stereoscopic vision
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Stereoscopic Vision Essay
I am writing an essay based on stereoscopic vision. I chose to write about this topic because I believe that it is a very important factor in our lives. Humans have two eyes located side by side in front of our heads. This close positioning means that each eye takes a view of the same area from a slightly different angle.
The two eyes have plenty of things the same, but each eye picks up visual information the other doesn't. The images arrive simultaneously in the back of the brain from each eye. Here they are then united into one image. The small differences between the two images add up to make the big image. This combined image is a three-dimensional stereo picture.
The word stereo comes from a Greek word 'stereos' meaning solid...