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jp11

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5. Really?

Reply to Serve The Servants (Original post)

Thu Jul 26, 2012, 05:58 AM

Jul 2012

If true, no one ever thought the guy with "stereoblindness – the process in which the brain translates depth based on the combined images received by two eyes (or in stereo.)" would benefit or should be treated with something that does what his brain coudn't?

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3D movie cures man with visual impairment [View all] Serve The Servants Jul 2012 OP

dang cant imagine what that would be like, probuably an immense experience. loli phabay Jul 2012 #1

My same thought as well. Javaman Jul 2012 #8

I can't see 3D movies or 3D illustrations/art. It sucks... Drunken Irishman Jul 2012 #2

Me too!!!! AynRandCollectedSS Jul 2012 #3

And your doctor didn't recommend appropriate therapy ??? eppur_se_muova Jul 2012 #6

Don't give up hope. EOTE Jul 2012 #17

Amazing dipsydoodle Jul 2012 #4

Really? jp11 Jul 2012 #5

For years, doctors insisted this condition could not be treated. eppur_se_muova Jul 2012 #7

Thanks for sharing this link. redqueen Jul 2012 #11

Call me skeptical. I don't have stereoblindness per se, but amblyopia. slackmaster Jul 2012 #9

A more reputable source for this story would be nice. Motown_Johnny Jul 2012 #10

i have that problem--and what really pissed me off was that i did not know until college dembotoz Jul 2012 #12

I move my head or entire body to "see" in stereo. hunter Jul 2012 #13

Is there a wiggle speed above which the effect doesn't work? cthulu2016 Jul 2012 #15

It's unpleasant... hunter Jul 2012 #18

What has become of journalism? cthulu2016 Jul 2012 #14

My friends and I went to a Pink Floyd 3-D laser show. Never in my life have I been more disoriented! Initech Jul 2012 #16