Depth Interval Estimates from Motion Parallax and Binocular Disparity beyond Interaction Space

Static and dynamic observers provided binocular and monocular estimates of the depths between real objects lying well beyond interaction space. On each trial, pairs of LEDs were presented inside a dark railway tunnel. The nearest LED was always 40 m from the observer, with the depth separation betwe...

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Published in:Perception (London) 2011-01, Vol.40 (1), p.39-49
Main Authors: Gillam, Barbara, Palmisano, Stephen A, Govan, Donovan G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cues
Distance Perception - physiology
Humans
Lighting - methods
Motion
Motion Perception - physiology
Regression Analysis
Vision Disparity - physiology
Vision, Binocular - physiology
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Summary:Static and dynamic observers provided binocular and monocular estimates of the depths between real objects lying well beyond interaction space. On each trial, pairs of LEDs were presented inside a dark railway tunnel. The nearest LED was always 40 m from the observer, with the depth separation between LED pairs ranging from 0 up to 248 m. Dynamic binocular viewing was found to produce the greatest (ie most veridical) estimates of depth magnitude, followed next by static binocular viewing, and then by dynamic monocular viewing. (No significant depth was seen with static monocular viewing.) We found evidence that both binocular and monocular dynamic estimates of depth were scaled for the observation distance when the ground plane and walls of the tunnel were visible up to the nearest LED. We conclude that both motion parallax and stereopsis provide useful long-distance depth information and that motion-parallax information can enhance the degree of stereoscopic depth seen.
ISSN:0301-0066
1468-4233
DOI:10.1068/p6868