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Depth Perception – Monocular and Binocular Depth cues

Depth Perception – Monocular and Binocular Depth cues. Unit 1 Psychology. Depth Perception. Depth perception involves interpretation of visual cues that indicate how near or far away objects are.

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Depth Perception – Monocular and Binocular Depth cues

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  1. Depth Perception –Monocular and Binocular Depth cues Unit 1 Psychology

  2. Depth Perception • Depth perception involves interpretation of visual cues that indicate how near or far away objects are. • To make judgements of distance people rely on quite a variety of clues which can be classified into two types: binocular and monocular cues.

  3. Types of Depth Clues

  4. Binocular Cues • Binocular Depth cues are clues about distance based on the differing views of two eyes • Example: Viewmaster/Stereomaster toy

  5. Monocular Cues • Monocular depth cues are clues about distance based on the image in either eye alone

  6. When do we use these cues? • When something is far from us, we rely on monocular cues, those that require the use of only one eye. For closer objects, we use both monocular cues and binocular cues, those that necessitate both eyes.

  7. Monocular cues include: Accommodation and Pictorial Cues • Accommodation occurs when the curvature of the lens adjusts to alter visual focus. When you focus on a close object, the lens of your eye gets fatter (rounder) in order to give you a clear image. When you focus on distant objects, the lens flattens out to give you a better image of them WATCH THE VIDEO (available on Wikispace)

  8. Pictorial Depth Cues • It is a monocular depth cue • Pictorial cues are so named because artists use them to create depth and distance on two-dimensional surfaces such as paper and canvas. There is 5 pictorial depth cues - they include:

  9. 1. Linear Perspective • Parallel lines that run away from the viewer seem to get closer together • Linear perspective is the apparent convergence of parallel lines as they recede (‘go back’) in distance

  10. 2. Interposition • Also called overlap, occurs when one object partially blocked object is perceived as further away than the objects that obscures it (and vice versa) • The shapes of near objects overlap or mask those of more distant ones

  11. Because of interposition you can see that this little character is in front of his parents

  12. 3. Texture Gradient • As distance increases, a texture gradually becomes denser and less distinct • Texture gradient refers to the gradual reduction of detail that occurs in a surface as it recedes into the distance, compared with a surface that is close and perceived in fine detail

  13. Example of Texture Gradient Look at the tiles and buildings

  14. 4. Relative Size • If separate objects are supposed to be of the same size, the larger ones are seen as closer • Refers to the tendency to visually perceive the object that produces the largest image on the retina as being closer, and the object that produces the smallest image to be further away. The objects being perceived must be expected to be about the same size in real life.

  15. Because of Height in the visual field, you will recognise that the people closer to the horizon are further away, and things further from the horizon are closer to you (i.e. the hand and arm)

  16. YourTask Use the 5 pictorial cues you have just learned to discuss a photo Do one or more and please

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