Could Avatar have been filmed using toed-in method?

[WheatstoneHolmes]

This video shows the 2 lenses on James Cameron's specially designed camera being toed-in!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2squ9HDuBeI[/youtube]

[Freke1]

Maybe if that is the camera he used.
Toe-in on close-up shots looks very very bad though. Tried it.

[phil]

What did I just see. Please tell me this is some sort of spoof.

[cybereality]

This is for real. It was filmed to mimic the way your eyes work. So yeah, toed-in.

Since it is surely adjustable its not like he had to use it for every shot though.

[Likay]

I'm guessing but it's probably for simlulate the eyes natural movement in response to a scene (focus cameras on the object that the audience is suppoused to focus on). I think they need to programmed or (most probably) handled manually. That'll give a good and relaxing effect i think.

In my experience trying toe-in on homemade stereocameras gives a worse image than keeping them parallell. A slight toe-in doesn't hurt but it doesn't seem to do anything better to the image either.