Relationship between Monocular and Binocular Depth Acuity

Abstract
Estimates of monocular and binocular depth acuity were obtained on two samples of subjects with adequate visual acuity and capacity for stereopsis. Both a method of average error and a modified method of limits were employed to secure the estimates. Eight ratios of binocular to monocular depth acuity ranged from 2.4:1 to 4.2:1 at a distance of 15 ft. The results contradict the familiar generalization that binocular depth perception is about 20 times as acute as monocular depth perception.