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William Pietri @williampietri.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/01/2026

Here we move from history to speculation, but I think the real reason this doesn't matter is that humans are extremely good at reconstructing mental 3D from visual 2D. It doesn't appear to be well studied, but human binocular vision mainly works well up close, and peters out around 50 feet […]

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William Pietri @williampietri.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/01/2026

My grandfather was blind in one eye from 12, but you never would have known it; he just lived his life. My understanding was that it was more a field-of-view problem for him than anything involving depth perception. You can try it now yourself. Close one eye and […] [Original post on sfba.social]

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DrYak @dryak.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 17/01/2026

@williampietri Yup exactly: stereo doesn't require that much AND also requires twice the processing cost (e.g.: two parallax photographs and twice the chemistry, two parallel movie shootings, twice the 3D rendering, etc.) at *minimum* (head mounted displays require much higher resolution (unless […]

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William Pietri @williampietri.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/01/2026

Or we can look at seeing entertainment in person versus on a screen. People have many reasons for going to see live performances, but never once have I heard somebody say they went to a play or a concert because they wanted it to be in 3D. 16/

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