pezus said:
Michael-5 said:
I read that article, and do not disagree with any of it. However it does not explain something called "The Wagon Wheel Effect." In real life. Information is constantly streamed into our eyes, but out brains translate the data we see very similar to a digital camera.
How light works is that light is both a photon and a wave. Brighter images have a higher count of photons hitting that spot, while dark objects have significantly less photons hitting that source. Fancy confusing stuff aside, a digital camera works by counting the number of photons in a given pixel and assigning that pixel a certain value for light intensity and colour. These pixels are refreshed every x seconds,and this is where the term FPS comes from.
Your retina, like a camera, consistently pick up photons for every cone/rode present. I believe there are million o rods present, but I forget the actual count. Anyway. photons are counted per pixel (cones and rods), and your brain taks this data and produces an image. In fact this data actually comes in upside down and our brains correct this, but that's besides the point.
Your brain takes that steady stream of info, and just like a camera produces a series of frames. Under different lighting conditions, we see different FPS because our brain demands out eyes give objects more/less time for exposure of each frame.
Anyway, simple enough? Good job, you know something about eyes, but our minds obtain vide infrmation just like a digital camera. This is why objects, like a planes propeller sometimes look like they rotate backwards. It's just a trick of the mind, a limitation due to our FPS vision. |
That's actually the less likely of two proposed reasons for the effect. Scientists have pointed out that the effect can be seen on non-uniform/non-periodic objects, something like a spinning belt of sandpaper. Therefore, your theory about this effect being because of some "FPS-vision" can't be true.
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I thought it was the more accepted reasons for the effect. I have not read or heard of what you are claiming now. I would assume if the effect can be seen on non uniform/periodic objects, it could be because your eye is focusing on one point, and your mind is returning a frame when the object is there to be focusable onto.
Anyway, that previous post is what I've been told in chemisty and 1 psychology course I took (basic one). When you look up the wagon wheel effect, there is no mention of what you are claiming.
