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jboggan on March 10, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Avegant “Light Field” Display

3D movies are a misnomer, they're actually forced perspective.

taneq on March 10, 2017 [–]

Forced perspective refers to optical illusions relying on a particular viewpoint. '3D movies' are stereo pairs.

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