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Binocular Depth Cues

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Binocular depth cues require both eyes and arise from the slightly different images each eye receives.

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Holding a finger close and alternating eyes shifts its apparent position sharply against the background.

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Binocular cues dominate only at close range. Beyond a few meters, the two images converge.