Re:The death of self-driving cars is greatly exaggerated
by mlyle on Saturday June 03, 2023 @09:30PM
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A bit longer than this-- 10 meters or so.
So it's not useless for e.g. pulling into a parking spot or steering around a close vehicle.
(I'm crosseyed and don't benefit from binocular depth cues. For the most part I do alright, though rarely I'm comically off when someone throws me a ball or I'm picking up something close to me).
Re:The death of self-driving cars is greatly exaggerated
by bnjms on Saturday June 03, 2023 @11:25PM
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Do you swivel your head like an owl to get parallax? I find if I do that in inclement weather I feel better.
Re:The death of self-driving cars is greatly exaggerated
by mlyle on Saturday June 03, 2023 @11:55PM
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Nah. Maybe sometimes I lean forward and back a little to judge something, but people with binocular vision do that too.
Most of our depth perception isn't from stereopsis or other binocular cues.
Re:The death of self-driving cars is greatly exaggerated
by snovv_crash on Sunday June 04, 2023 @04:27AM
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Swiveling doesn't reall give parallax, you need lateral linear motion, think of a soccer goalie getting into position.
Re:The death of self-driving cars is greatly exaggerated
by MrScruff on Sunday June 04, 2023 @04:39AM
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Rotating your head will give some lateral motion (your eye moves in space since the centre of rotation is your neck). You can see this easily by turning your head while focusing on an object in the foreground, your perspective on it will shift.
Re:The death of self-driving cars is greatly exaggerated
by bnjms on Sunday June 04, 2023 @06:27AM
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Side to side motion is actually what I meant and what I do sometimes in poor weather driving or when I have branches up close and blocking my vision while trying to see beyond them.
Re:The death of self-driving cars is greatly exaggerated
by patch_cable on Sunday June 04, 2023 @02:44AM
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I have one eye. Can confirm its the same to me. Also always comically off with baseball and tennis. Pouring tea is also tricky for me unless I am holding both the pot and the cup.
Actually, my understanding is that the depth perception induced by binocular vision is relevant only within a relatively short range (like, single-digit number of feet away), which makes it relatively useless for long-distance depth perception needed for driving.