Re: [HOE] Night Vision Scopes/Depth Perception

[Robert Holland <robert@macauley.com>]

>On Sun, 04 Mar 2001 19:58:46 -0600 Sam & Max <samnmax@swbell.net> writes:
>
>> I had honestly assumed they were stereoscopic as well. The 
>> disadvantage sounds nice and is way to get a common sense 5% or 10%
>Flaw that isn't 
>> overpowering.
>
>Why assume that it's stereoscopic?  For stereoscopic vision, you need 2
>cameras and 2 monitors.  The powers are written for one of each.

For one thing, with two 2 sensor and 2 commo a simple pair of binoculars is the
size of a briefcase.

Basic sensors provide a 90-degree scan arc, with no especial penalties. If there
*were* monoptic penalties involved with basic sensors, wouldn't it have
mentioned it in the book? It's a pretty important consideration. I'd say if you
want a monoptic sensor, either apply the beam scan mod or a side effect.

--Robert Holland