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From: SharkD
Date: 30 Nov 2009 06:43:03
Message: <4b13afc7$1@news.povray.org>
On 11/30/2009 5:28 AM, Invisible wrote:
> I think the primary thing that stereoscopic vision gives you is depth
> perception. Using it, you can tell, with reasonable accuracy, how far
> away a given surface is. (Seems to be more accurate for near objects;
> very distant ones like clouds tend to look "flat".)

Stereoscopic vision allows you to triangulate an object's position, just 
like a surveyor can determine an object's position by forming a triangle 
between an object and two reference points.

--
Michael Horvath
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http://isometricland.com


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