What Is Stereoscopic Image?

Stereoscopy (also called stereoscopics, or stereo imaging) is a technique for creating or enhancing the illusion of depth in an image by means of stereopsis for binocular vision. ... Most stereoscopic methods present two offset images separately to the left and right eye of the viewer.

How does a stereoscopic image work?

Stereoscopy is the production of the illusion of depth in a photograph, movie, or other two-dimensional image by the presentation of a slightly different image to each eye, which adds the first of these cues (stereopsis). The two images are then combined in the brain to give the perception of depth.

What are stereoscopic photographs?

3D photography or stereoscopic photography is the art of capturing and displaying two slightly offset photographs to create three dimensional images. The 3D effect works because of a principle called stereopsis. ... The two images are then viewed so that each eye sees only the corresponding picture.

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