Stereoblindness
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Stereoblindness is the inability to see in 3D
Three-dimensional space
Three-dimensional space is a geometric 3-parameters model of the physical universe in which we live. These three dimensions are commonly called length, width, and depth , although any three directions can be chosen, provided that they do not lie in the same plane.In physics and mathematics, a...

 using stereo vision, resulting in inability to perceive stereoscopic depth by combining and comparing images from the two eyes. (There are other ways to perceive depth to partially compensate, such as movement parallax and image cues such as shadows, focal depth and geometric overlap.)

Individuals with only one eye
Human eye
The human eye is an organ which reacts to light for several purposes. As a conscious sense organ, the eye allows vision. Rod and cone cells in the retina allow conscious light perception and vision including color differentiation and the perception of depth...

 always have this condition; the condition also results when two eyes do not work in proper concert.

It has been asserted that the Dutch painter Rembrandt may have been stereoblind, which would have aided him in flattening what he saw for the production of 2D works . It has been said by scientists that more artists seem to have stereoblindness compared to people with stereo-acuteness (normal stereo vision) .
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