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But more interesting is the
likelihood of interaction
among cues. Interaction in
science means that a
combination of two factors
produces an outcome (positive
or negative) that neither alone
nor the mere sum of the two
would yield. As noted earlier,
some kinds of information are
absolute, referring to the
distance of an object from us;
other kinds of information are
relative, referring to the depth
between objects. One serious
problem not yet considered is
that few cues are suitable for
giving us absolute distance
information. Only
convergence, accommodation,
and familiar size qualify. For
one reason or another already
discussed, the second and third
of these are questionable, thus
leaving only convergence. But
it seems unlikely that the angle
at which the eyes converge on
one object--which is potential
information only about its
distance and only for limited
distances at that--could be the
source of the simultaneous
impression we typically seem to
have of the distances from us of
all things in the scene. But
convergence in interaction
with stereopsis or with
pictorial cues could yield such
an impression. The logic is
this: If, in the figure to the
left, the cylinder appears to be
X distance from us because of
the cue of convergence, and if
the pyramid appears to be Y
distance behind the cylinder
because of the cue of
stereopsis, it follows that the
pyramid is X + Y distance from
us. Similar interactions may
occur between convergence
and pictorial information.
Thus, if pictorial information
leads to a perceptual scene that
is vividly three-dimensional
and convergence anchors any
single point in it to a definite
distance from us, then, ipso
facto, the whole scene takes on
the appropriate set of absolute
distances. But without such
absolute distance, the display
lacks realism.