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Monocular vision is known as seeing and using only one eye in the human species. Depth perception in monocular vision is reduced compared to binocular vision, but still is active primarily due to accommodation of the eye and motion parallax. The word monocular comes from the Greek root, mono for single, and the Latin root, oculus for eye.
Eye is the title of two sculptures by American artist Tony Tasset. They are large eyes with blue irises and made of fiberglass , resin , and steel detailed with oil paint . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The first was made in 2007 with a diameter of 6 feet (1.8 m) and is located in Laumeier Sculpture Park in St. Louis , Missouri. [ 3 ]
The Spirit of Aggieland is the alma mater of the Texas A&M University.It was originally written as a poem by Marvin H. Mimms while he was a student at Texas A&M. [1] Richard J. Dunn, the director of the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band at the time, composed the music.
"[The patient] wanted a sparkle in his eye," he explains. A novelty eye can cost anywhere from $2,500 to $5,500 -- about the same range as a regular prosthetic -- but they aren't covered by insurance. Andy recalls one patient who was determined to make a return on his investment: He asked . for an eye that featured the Nike swoosh.
The human eye can detect a luminance from 10 −6 cd/m 2, or one millionth (0.000001) of a candela per square meter to 10 8 cd/m 2 or one hundred million (100,000,000) candelas per square meter. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] [ 21 ] (that is it has a range of 10 14 , or one hundred trillion 100,000,000,000,000, about 46.5 f-stops).
It’s one that rewards attention, defying what Cooper calls “the most impatient of ages” when it comes to media consumption defined by instant gratification. “I stand against that,” he adds.
British neurologist Oliver Sacks lost his stereoscopic vision in 2009 due to a malignant tumor in his right eye and had no remaining vision in that eye. [6] His loss of stereo vision was recounted in his book The Mind's Eye, published in October 2010. [7] In 2012 one case of stereoblindness was reportedly cured by watching a 3D film. [8]
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