Watching a video on YouTube, I discovered that watching the video with one eye closed or covered that the 3D view (I mean real depth view) is more or less restored. Of course, the effect is notably stronger with objects in the foreground (as with all 3D viewing of course) It also works with still images although in that case the effect is not so strong. Either the L or the R eye should work. It also works in the Blender viewport. Just closing one eye for a few seconds or longer will give you a better depth view, useful with complex scenes. It is a bit weird, because one wouldn’t expect 3D depth view with just one eye…
Please try this and let me know if this works for you too?
Hey,
You mean watching with 3D stereoscopic glasses? I know that Blender has even an option for it!
Just view with one of your eyes closed, without glasses, with the normal view and stereoscopy NOT enabled. I know it sounds weird, not kidding, but try it anyway. did you notice the difference?
The depth effect is stronger while rotating the view a little. even better when viewing e.g. a diving video, while sitting close to a big screen like a 4k TV.
Thanks for an advice! I’ve tried that sometimes, just for “kidding” and due to the boredom & the only thing I’ve noticed is that it started to seem as if the actual location of the view shifting from the left to the right side and vice-versa, depending on which eye you have closed.
Sorry, it works for me. can’t imagine I am the only one experiencing it.
Hate to break it to you… but having two eyes is the reason we have depth perception at all, closing one eye actually lessens our depth perception by quite a bit.
For accurate depth perception, you generally need to have binocular (two-eyed) vision. In a process called convergence, our two eyes see an object from slightly different angles and our brain compares and processes the two sets of information to form a single image. When both eyes see clearly and the brain processes a single image effectively, it is called stereopsis.
People who rely on vision primarily in one eye (called monocular vision) may struggle with depth perception.
Yeah Joseph, I know all that, that was what I thought too. I have made stereo slides long aga with two synced cameras - but dit you try it?? Give it a few seconds. It’s not only with Blender btw. E.g. look at any video and stills you can find e.g. with youtube with one eye. e.g. Preferably viewing close to a big screen. Landscapes with trees, grass etc in the foreground. It doesn’t work watching a flat image with both eyes. It works probably because If one looks at a flat (3d) image like a foto, the brain assumes that it is flat, because both eyes receive the same image (albeit from a different angle) However, if one looks at the flat image with one eye, the brain “misses” the L or R eye’s view, so it attempts to reconstruct the depth from other image properties than convergence. well, at least that is my reasoning. So try (again) please. (no, I am not crazy, btw)
