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Disparity Has a Sign: Stereo Matching Beyond the Zero-Disparity Plane

arXiv · AI, language, vision and robotics · article · Sep 6, 2026 · UTC

Modern stereo matching models fail when disparity crosses zero, with end-point error (EPE) rising by 4.6-37$\times$. Yet stereoscopic content, from cinema 3D to VR, routinely contains objects behind the zero-disparity plane (ZDP), corresponding to negative disparities. The blind spot cascades through datasets, architectures, and evaluation protocols, all of which inherit the non-negative geometry. Rectified parallel cameras place ZDP at infinity, so every finite depth yields $d=fB/z \ge 0$ by construction, and nothing within the standard pipeline can violate, or even measure, a negative dispar

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