[threeseed]

> near perfect 3D representations of the world with 2D images

This is ridiculous.

I am sitting in front of a monitor right now. Please explain how I can perfectly determine the depth of it even though I can't see behind it ? I can move my ahead all around it to capture hundreds of different viewpoints but a car can't do that.

[ebg13]

Nobody made a rule that says cars can't have cameras in more than one location.

[aeternus]

When moving, cars can compare hundreds of different viewpoints. Multiple cameras provide for depth perception when stationary.

[davidgould]

it’s too bad that cars can’t move to get additional points of view.

[nguoi]

Not like a human can, actually. Fixed cameras are fixed relative to the bodywork, necks are not. OTOH, if I move my head it's usually to get around a blind spot, something cameras have less of an issue with.