Hyperbolic Geometry as an Alternative to Perspective for Constructing Drawings of Visual Space

1 April 1977

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in Perception

Vol. 6 (2) , 221-225
https://doi.org/10.1068/p060221

Abstract

It is demonstrated by the use of drawings: (i) that two-point perspective drawings based on projective geometry possess systematic distortions, and (ii) that these distortions can be eliminated in drawings based on hyperbolic geometry.

Keywords

VISUAL SPACE
HYPERBOLIC GEOMETRY
DISTORTIONS
DRAWINGS
TWO POINT
POINT PERSPECTIVE
ALTERNATIVE TO PERSPECTIVE
PERSPECTIVE FOR CONSTRUCTING

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How we see Straight Lines
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Convergence Function in Binocular Visual Space I A Note on Theory
Journal of the Optical Society of America, 1957