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[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (4 children)

So is this like a type of buffering? Saving brain RAM?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Brain interpolating the parts of the image missing due to blood vessels, etc over the retina I think

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

It's more like shortcutting via pattern recognition

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Your eyes are very low resolution outside of the center of your vision, so your brain makes up a lot of missing info to prevent you from noticing. Try reading this comment without moving your eyes, for example. Keep them straight ahead. It is impossible.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Yeah this, most of the sides of the retinas are meant for color distinction and not granular details, the only detailed part of our eyes is very close to center

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I think you actually can see them all at once but they just blend in with the grey lines. If the dots were orange, you'd see all of them at once.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago

So what, my brain doesn't let me do a lot of things.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Most I can see is 12, how many are there?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

12. The only way I found to mostly break the illusion is to zoom in and you can see 3 at a time. If you rotate your phone, you may be able to see two at once.

It's a sneaky one and I don't remember it working this well on me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I got all 12 in landscape mode with one eye closed. :)

[–] Jax 3 points 9 months ago

Unfocus your eyes, it breaks most optical illusions

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You sure? I see like a lot of dots at all the intersections

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I only see a dot at the intersection I’m focusing on. I wonder what the difference is.

Are you a spider?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's likely the size of their display

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Makes sense, I’m only a phone and saw 12 immediately.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Damn how small is your phone. I tried to put my phone away to make my screen smaller in my FOV and I still can't see every dot. Hmm maybe it's my brain that's malfunctioning.