A stereo-observation system includes a stereo imaging unit which has at
least two entrance pupils and an imaging means forming a first image for
the left eye and a second image for the right eye which have parallax and
a stereo display unit which has two image display means displaying two
images formed by the stereo imaging unit. In this case, the stereo
display unit is constructed so that an angle of vergence .alpha.2 is made
by the line of sight of the left eye of the observer viewing the center
of the first image displayed by the image display means with the line of
sight of the right eye of the observer viewing the center of the second
image displayed by the image display means, and the angle of vergence
.alpha.2 satisfies the following condition: (.alpha.1-2
tan.sup.-1(d/2L)).times.(w2/w1).times.0.83.ltoreq..alpha.2.ltoreq.{2
sin.sup.-(G/2D)-(2 tan.sup.-1(d/2S)-.alpha.1).times.(w2/w1)}.times.1.2
where .alpha.1 is the angle of vergence (the inward angle) of the stereo
imaging unit, d is a distance between the centers of the two entrance
pupils of the stereo imaging unit, L is a distance from a far point of
the depth of field of the stereo imaging unit to the entrance pupils of
the stereo imaging unit, S is a distance from a near point of the depth
of field of the stereo imaging unit to the entrance pupils of the stereo
imaging unit, w1 is the field angle of the stereo imaging unit, w2 is the
field angle of the stereo display unit, G is an interpupillary distance
of the observer, and D is a distance from the pupil position of the
observer to the observation image.