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arxiv: 1012.4043 · v1 · pith:DOR6ICE5new · submitted 2010-12-18 · 🌀 gr-qc

Stereoscopic visualization in curved spacetime: seeing deep inside a black hole

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keywords distancespacetimecurvedvisualizationaffinevisionbinocularblack
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Stereoscopic visualization adds an additional dimension to the viewer's experience, giving them a sense of distance. In a general relativistic visualization, distance can be measured in a variety of ways. We argue that the affine distance, which matches the usual notion of distance in flat spacetime, is a natural distance to use in curved spacetime. As an example, we apply affine distance to the visualization of the interior of a black hole. Affine distance is not the distance perceived with normal binocular vision in curved spacetime. However, the failure of binocular vision is simply a limitation of animals who have evolved in flat spacetime, not a fundamental obstacle to depth perception in curved spacetime. Trinocular vision would provide superior depth perception.

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