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Stereodisplay — the ladder

One essay so far against this idea. A ladder is the distinct arguments that stand against one idea, and this one has room to grow.
  1. 010203040-2502550disparity on the screen — millimetreswhere the point is depicted — metres from the eyesd = 63 mm — the eyes' separationon the glassscreen at 2.0 m · eyes 63 mm apartthe ceiling is the head, and it does not move when the screen does

    Two pictures on one screen

    A stereoscopic display puts a point where two sightlines cross, so the depicted depth is b·D/(b−d) and the disparity that reaches infinity is exactly the separation of the reader's eyes — 63 mm, at any screen distance whatever. The depth budget is set by the width of a head and by nothing about the scene.

    rung 1 · screen

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