So far, almost every autonomous vehicle we’ve encountered uses lidar to determine how far away things are, just as the winners of the DARPA Grand Challenges did back in the early 2000s. But not every ...

It's common knowledge that humans and other animals are able to visually judge depth because we have two eyes and the brain compares the images from each. But we can also judge depth with only one eye ...

For people with misaligned or damaged eyes, depth perception is limited. Monocular depth clues like shadows, comparative size, and motion parallax do exist, but binocular vision allows for a more ...

Here's all you need to know about Travis Rice and his fellow riders' quest to explore the unique connection between snowboarding and nature for the new film. Though the 24-hour showing of the full ...

New research, jointly-funded by Fight for Sight, has found that special eye tests could help identify which people living with dementia struggle most with judging distances, which is known to increase ...

Despite advances in visual technology that let machines emulate a vast degree of human brain function, one thing that mechanical instruments have yet to master is depth perception. Even with advanced ...

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