Stereopsis Flashcards
What is depth perception?
Depth perception means you can see the world in 3D and understand how far or near an object is from you.
What are the two forms of vision?
Monocular clues i.e. strabismus
- Have DP monocularly but not as good as binocularly
Binocular clues - stereopsis = best form
- Stereopsis is used to judge depth
What are the monocular pictorial cues?
- Relative size
- Occlusion / Interposition
- Relative height
- Shadows
- Atmospheric perspective
- Linear perspective
- Familiar size
- Texture gradient
What is relative size?
When 2 objects that are equal in size - the object that is far away will take up less space than the one nearer.
What is occlusion/interposition?
When one object is hidden, the hidden object is considered to be further away
What is relative height?
Below horizon = objects further away have higher bases
Above horizon = objects further away have lower bases
What do shadows do?
e.g. A shadow removes the contradiction as to whether the object is in front or elevated.
What is atmospheric perspective?
Due to the light scattering by the atmosphere, objects that are a great distance away appear hazy.
What is linear perspective?
With the depth, the distance between parallel lines becoms smaller in 2D
What is familiar size?
Previous knowledge of the object’s size is used to determine the absolute depth of the object.
What is texture gradient?
Fine detail on the nearby objects can be seen clearly, but these details cannot be seen on far away objects.
What are th monocular movement produced cues?
- Motion parallax
- Kinectic depth effects
What is motion parallax?
Near objects pass the retinal image plane faster than the distant objects.
What is kinetic depth effects?
When a 3D form of an object can be perceived when the object is moving.
How do we perceive depth and size?
Using oculomotor cues.
Monocular = accommodation
Kinesthetic sensations from ciliary muscles sent to the visual cortex where it is used for interpreting distance/depth
Binocular = convergence
Kinesthetic sensations from EOMs helps in distance/depth perception.
i.e. MR used to converge - the more the MR contracts, the closer the object is.