On alternative approaches to 3D image perception: Monoscopic 3D techniques.

In the eighteenth century, techniques that enabled a strong sense of 3D perception to be experienced without recourse to binocular disparities (arising from the spatial separation of the eyes) underpinned the first significant commercial sales of 3D viewing devices and associated content. However following the advent of stereoscopic techniques in the nineteenth century, 3D image depiction has become inextricably linked to binocular parallax and outside the vision science and arts communities relatively little attention has been directed towards earlier approaches. Here we introduce relevant concepts and terminology and consider a number of techniques and optical devices that enable 3D perception to be experienced on the basis of planar images rendered from a single vantage point. Subsequently we allude to possible mechanisms for non-binocular parallax based 3D perception. Particular attention is given to reviewing areas likely to be thought-provoking to those involved in 3D display development, spatial visualization, HCI, and other related areas of interdisciplinary research.

In the eighteenth century, techniques that
enabled a strong sense of 3D perception to be
experienced without recourse to binocular disparities
(arising from the spatial separation of the eyes)
underpinned the first significant commercial sales of
3D viewing devices and associated content. However
following the advent of stereoscopic techniques in the
nineteenth century, 3D image depiction has become
inextricably linked to binocular parallax and outside
the vision science and arts communities relatively
little attention has been directed towards earlier
approaches. Here we introduce relevant concepts and
terminology and consider a number of techniques and
optical devices that enable 3D perception to be
experienced on the basis of planar images rendered
from a single vantage point. Subsequently we allude to
possible mechanisms for non-binocular parallax based
3D perception. Particular attention is given to reviewing
areas likely to be thought-provoking to those
involved in 3D display development, spatial visualization,
HCI, and other related areas of interdisciplinary
research.

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