P3D Re: Vertical eye placement?

["William J. Carter, Ph.D." <wc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 03:31 PM 8/30/98 -0600, Joel Bass mused:

>How would one's vision be different if one's eyes were stacked VERTICALLY
>rather than being arranged horizontally on one's face?
<snip>
>long been curious about how different the world would look if our two eyes
>were vertically placed, or - even better - if we had three eyes in a neat
>triangle.

I'd say a pair or more of stalks would be the way to go. You could vary your
base line for the best stereo acuity/least retinal conflicts, as well as
aligning your eyes to take full advantage of the surrounding landscape;
trees and grasses, or limbs and logs.

I have done some work with auto stereoscopic displays having a third,
vertical, input. It's very effective for up/down head motion parallax. The
difference is similar to the difference you find between 3D and holography.


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