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Motion Blindness

Postby Bill Cummings » Mon Jan 16, 2012 12:21 pm

I found this over on the Oz Report. Regarding safety.
http://www.msf-usa.org/motion.html
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Re: Motion Blindness

Postby Bob Kuczewski » Tue Jan 17, 2012 3:16 am

Hey Bill,

That was pretty cool!!!

In fact, I thought it was so cool, that I wrote a Java program to run that same simulation and generate an animated GIF file:

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For some reason, it doesn't rotate as fast here as it does when I display the GIF on my local computer. Hmmm....
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Re: Motion Blindness

Postby JoeF » Tue Jan 17, 2012 2:35 pm

Bill,
something not mentioned in the article:
When sqinking, so that the blue crosses are partially blanked, then I see the yellow dots continuously. Full gaze gives the disappearing act. So, in flying, perhaps: blink, squink, close eyes for reopening, change targets and return. That lurking UFO may return!
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Re: Motion Blindness

Postby Bill Cummings » Tue Jan 17, 2012 6:11 pm

Looking just slightly cross eyed once per second works too :crazy:
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