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Re: [photo-3d] Re: 3d vision again


  • From: Gabriel Jacob <3-d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: [photo-3d] Re: 3d vision again
  • Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2000 19:31:03 -0400


>I am not an ophthalmologist, but as a pediatrician I do know a little
>about strabismus and amblyopia ("lazy eye" etc). I am curious as to
>whether someone (older child or adult) who has never seen
>stereoscopically could actually fuse and "process" the images into 3D
>even if they are delivered appropriately to each eye by correcting the
>visual axes of the input tomatch the eyes. If so, would this be an
>immediate "skill", or acquired/improved with practice? Or is there a
>developmental time window after which the brain would be unlikely to be
>able to do this?

I'm not an ophthalmologist  either, but what I've read is, if they haven't
learned to view in 3-D from an early age, they never acquire it later in
life. I'll try to find some reliable sources on this, but I believe this is 
pretty
much common knowledge among ophthalmologists, at least.

Gabriel.