Motion in depth based on inter-ocular velocity differences.

S Shioiri; H Saisho; H Yaguchi

doi:10.1016/s0042-6989(00)00130-9

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Motion in depth based on inter-ocular velocity differences.

S Shioiri·H Saisho·H Yaguchi

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Abstract

Two different binocular cues are known for detecting motion in depth. One is disparity change in time and the other is inter-ocular velocity difference. In contrast to the well known fact of the use of the disparity cues, no evidence of contribution of inter-ocular velocity differences for detecting motion in depth has been reported. We demonstrate that motion in depth can be seen based solely on inter-ocular velocity differences using binocularly uncorrelated random-dot kinematograms. This indicates that the visual system uses monocular velocity signals for processing motion in depth in addition to disparity change in time.

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Depth Perception Female Humans Male Motion Perception Vision Disparity Vision, Monocular Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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S Shioiri, H Saisho, H Yaguchi. 2000. Motion in depth based on inter-ocular velocity differences.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0042-6989(00)00130-9

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