microstrabismus, stereo vision

http://spie.org/Images/Graphics/Publications/FG04_P23_distribution.jpgAccording to this distribution, the mild amount of hyperopia (far-sightedness) I have in both eyes is in statistically acceptable ranges, and is easily corrected optically. Even without correction, this amount of hyperopia — unlike myopia — is such that I could and did get away with normal accommodation. After a visit to a very thorough ophthalmologist, though, I found out that refractive error was the least interesting thing about my vision, and as a result I finally have answers to everything that I had wondered about for years. For example, now I know why it was more difficult for me to see those Magic Eye images.
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