Out of Your Depth | Brain Games

the depth perception that your
stereoscopic vision provides is one of
the most important tools in your visual
toolbox to illustrate just how useful it
is try this simple experiment take two
coins preferably of the same size and
pinch one in each hand raise your arms
at your sides and quickly touch the
edges of the two coins together in front
of you not too hard right now reset your
arms and try it again with one eye
closed without slightly different
perspectives from both eyes creating a
helpful sense of depth the task becomes
much harder the way our eyes are
positioned and the Keen depth perception
that comes with them gave humans
evolutionary advantages that have helped
us survive and thrive
thank your depth perception the next
time you’re able to take the money and
run