When speculating on this sort of thing, it's unnecessary to think in terms of biology and the whole two eyes thing.
A cybernetic implant or augment could produce the effect of having another set of eyes that was seeing something else entirely.
Even cybernetic eyes that had a uniformly high-density perception area, instead of what's actually concentrated in a relatively small zone in biological eyes, might have the advantage of situating things "off to the side" but not requiring you to actually look at them to make sense of what's being conveyed.
Scott Westerfeld's novels The Risen Empire and The Killing of Worlds mention something like what you mention - several characters have implants that allow them to have multiple "levels" of sight and hearing to interface with technology.
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When speculating on this sort of thing, it's unnecessary to think in terms of biology and the whole two eyes thing.
A cybernetic implant or augment could produce the effect of having another set of eyes that was seeing something else entirely.
Even cybernetic eyes that had a uniformly high-density perception area, instead of what's actually concentrated in a relatively small zone in biological eyes, might have the advantage of situating things "off to the side" but not requiring you to actually look at them to make sense of what's being conveyed.
Scott Westerfeld's novels The Risen Empire and The Killing of Worlds mention something like what you mention - several characters have implants that allow them to have multiple "levels" of sight and hearing to interface with technology.
Recommendation duly noted. I'm a big Vinge fan, too.