Monocular vision: Difference between revisions

'''Monocular vision''' is [[Visual perception|vision]] in which one eye [[human eyes|eye]] is used, or multiple eyes are used independently of each other. ByIn usingzoology, monocular vision refers to the ability of an animal to use two eyes inon thisopposite waysides theof its head to see a greater [[field of view]]. isIn this increasedcase, while [[depth perception]] is limited due to limited or no stereo overlap. The eyes of an animal with monocular vision are positioned on opposite sides of the animal's head, giving it the ability to see two objects at once. This is usually most commonly seen with prey animals, as the reason why their eyes are placed on either side of their head is to make it easier for them to look out for predators, which usually have forward-facing eyes to make it easier to find prey. However, there are some exceptions to this rule, usually if the predator is an animal that is often preyed upon by a greater predator (because of this, apex predators usually tend to have forward-facing eyes) or sport an anatomy that makes it very difficult for it to see straight, such as a short, stiff neck that would limit its head movement, and therefore would require its eyes to be on either side (this is often seen with marine predators such as sharks and killer whales). '''Bimonocular vision''' also named two-eyed monocular vision or seeing in a monocular way over the entire field of view without visual field loss and without fusion is vision in which both eyes are used separately in human species and was discovered in 2018 by John Post a Belgian inventor in optics{{Citation needed|reason=People have lived with this condition since at least the early 1990s, what evidence is there that Mr. Post "discovered" this?|date=December 2021}}. The word monocular comes from the [[Greek language|Greek]] root, ''mono'' for single, and the [[Latin]] root, ''oculus'' for eye.