Volume 6, Number 1, Article 6, Pages 64-74 doi:10.1167/6.1.6 http://journalofvision.org/6/1/6/ ISSN 1534-7362
The extended horopter: Quantifying retinal correspondence across changes of 3D eye position
Kai M. Schreiber
School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Douglas B. Tweed
Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Clifton M. Schor
School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Abstract

The theoretical horopter is an interesting qualitative tool for conceptualizing binocular correspondence, but its quantitative applications have been limited because they have ignored ocular kinematics and vertical binocular sensory fusion. Here we extend the mathematical definition of the horopter to a full surface over visual space, and we use this extended horopter to quantify binocular alignment and visualize its dependence on eye position. We reproduce the deformation of the theoretical horopter into a spiral shape in tertiary gaze as first described by Helmholtz (1867). We also describe a new effect of ocular torsion, where the Vieth–Müller circle rotates out of the visual plane for symmetric vergence conditions in elevated or depressed gaze. We demonstrate how these deformations are reduced or abolished when the eyes follow the modification of Listing's law during convergence called L2, which enlarges the extended horopter and keeps its location and shape constant across gaze directions.

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History
Received July 19, 2005; published January 25, 2006
Citation
Schreiber, K. M., Tweed, D. B., & Schor, C. M. (2006). The extended horopter: Quantifying retinal correspondence across changes of 3D eye position. Journal of Vision, 6(1):6, 64-74, http://journalofvision.org/6/1/6/, doi:10.1167/6.1.6.
Keywords
Panum's area, disparity, Listing's law, binocular correspondence, horopter, torsion
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