What would two eyes teach Owen?

Seeing is more than receiving a picture

The binocular-vision research specifies paired, calibrated eyes and depth estimates that preserve ambiguity. It considers eye movement, occlusion, sensory controls and the consequences of perception for embodied action.

A useful test would ask whether an additional visual mechanism changes what the learner can predict or do. An attractive visual display alone would not answer that question.

A direction awaiting integration

The document explicitly describes research and design, not integration into running Owen. It belongs on the timeline as a major intended change to perception, while its implementation status remains separate.

This distinction carries forward to November’s sensory-memory probes. A temporary disappearance from a perception stream is not automatically a physical occlusion experiment, and a sensible stop response is not by itself evidence of improved visual understanding.