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Properties of the space horopter
Abstract:
For general points of fixation the space horopter has been found to be a twisted cubic curve, which, when fixation is in the median plane, degenerates into a conic curve inclined to the plane of fixation. The inclination of the plane of this conic is found to be a function of the angles of torsion of the two eyes. If these angles are zero and fixation is horizontal the space horopter reduces to the Vieth-Müller circle. Previous experimental techniques for plotting the horopter curve do not in fact determine the locus in space of those points that will stimulate corresponding points in the two retinae: they are, locate the position of certain chords of the space horopter. The Hering-Hillebrand deviation coefficient is found theoretically to be a linear function of the fixation distance. This had been shown experimentally by previous workers, but without any satisfactory explanation.
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