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placed at the edge of the table. To gage their relative

right eye will see the front and right side (B3, fig 3-7).

distances, the use of both eyes and the employment of

The brain fuses these two separate pictures into a single

stereovision will be required.

image giving the impression of depth. The observer

d. A simple demonstration of stereoscopic vision

sees the front, both sides, and forms a conception of the

depth of the cube, and in this way pictures the cube in

can be made by looking at a near object such as a small

three dimensions (C, fig 3-7).

cube. The observer will see a different view with each

eye. The left eye will see the front and left side of the

cube (A, fig 3-7). The

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