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Rogers B, Graham M, 1979, "Motion parallax as an independent cue for depth perception" Perception 8(2) 125 – 134
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Motion parallax as an independent cue for depth perception

Brian Rogers, Maureen Graham

Received 9 August 1978, in revised form 12 January 1979

Abstract. The perspective transformations of the retinal image, produced by either the movement of an observer or the movement of objects in the visual world, were found to produce a reliable, consistent, and unambiguous impression of relative depth in the absence of all other cues to depth and distance. The stimulus displays consisted of computer-generated random-dot patterns that could be transformed by each movement of the observer or the display oscilloscope to simulate the relative movement information produced by a three-dimensional surface. Using a stereoscopic matching task, the second experiment showed that the perceived depth from parallax transformations is in close agreement with the degree of relative image displacement, as well as producing a compelling impression of three-dimensionality not unlike that found with random-dot stereograms.

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