Comment by aylons
2 days ago
Binocular vision is not only relevant for driving (well, maybe for the steering wheel, but that's not the point).
2 days ago
Binocular vision is not only relevant for driving (well, maybe for the steering wheel, but that's not the point).
It gives us depth perception. And moving the eyes and/or head gives the depth perception over a wide field of view.
What I mean is that binocular vision just give us depth perception for a meter or so - about around where our hands can touch.
Moving the head/body goes a little further, but that was not my point.
Is this true? I'm looking at a tree outside and I get parallax when I close one eye and then the other. I thought the parallax is the basis for depth perception.