Re: [Algorithms] FPS Questions

[Jim O. <j.o...@in...>]

> ...except that eye's don't have a "shutter" or a "framerate" - they have a
> response time, but it's continuous, not discrete like a movie camera. So
you
> can't say that the eyes are "out of sync" - they don't _have_ a sync.

Not entirely true; The cells in your retina do need some time to 'discharge'
(can't remember the proper term from my biology classes...) after they have
received some light (and require some time to 'charge' before a new signal
is sent to the brain). This is related to the fact that your eyes need time
to adjust when you go from darkness into the light (though this is primarily
caused by your pupils being wide open in the dark, so when you step into the
light you experience a sort of overflow effect). I am pretty convinced that
the eyes send discrete images to the brain, though maybe not as discrete as
the frames in a computer game.

However, the brain fills in the gaps. In fact, your brain does this all the
time, with all sensory input. Most of the time, when you see a certain
object, you only see it because the brain _expects_ to see that object.

Jim Offerman

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