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by Jarmsy 472 days ago
I remember reading about a physical device someone constructed with mirrors (I think at an early burning man) that gave you the experience of a huge inter ocular distance to get a giant's eye view. I've always wanted to try one (or the opposite to experience a tiny inter ocular distance).
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A pair of periscopes laid flat will do it, but it'll really confuse your eyes. I can feel it on these images: the eye muscles are trying to converge on a distance closer than the focusing muscles want to focus on, and I can tell that's a bit weird. That might be an age thing though.
You get the same thing with VR headsets as their physical focus is always around 1 metre away (3-4 feet). But you get used to it quickly.