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despite everything, it's still matt @elementnumber4611/19/2023, 3:51 AM

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@mehbark11/19/2023, 3:24 AM

hey did you know your peripheral vision is made up

this box will change to a random color every five seconds. if you get it in your periphery just right, you should be able to see a color that just straight up isn't there! isn't that weird!

inspired by this two-tweet thread

#css crimes #random #random color #interactive #(arguably)#vision #peripheral vision #your brain is a brilliant hack #brain #human brain #brain (other)

Belarius @belarius11/19/2023, 3:45 AM

Damn, that's a much more effective demonstration than I was expecting. Bet this could be a lot of fun with one of those enormous curved monitors presenting cues across the whole field of view.

Guess I shouldn't be that surprised though. After all, all color is made up.

#vision #perception #color perception

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The Pnictogen Wing @pnictogen-wing11/19/2023, 3:48 AM

holy heck that's rather dramatic actually...I feel like there might at least be a consistent spectral shift? maybe depending on what we're looking straight at? not at all sure about that tho ~Chara

ahundred T. wolfsatyr @wolfsatyr11/19/2023, 5:31 AM

this is pretty neat. there is one thing that your peripheral vision gets right tho, you aren't seeing straight lines.

in tuft we trust @tit11/19/2023, 12:45 PM

you're seeing grayscale out there, it's literally just your brain filling in what it thinks is there based on surroundings, pretty much exactly like photoshops content aware fill! same goes for your blind spots

@darryl @darryl11/19/2023, 1:20 PM

Eyes are stumbling into work on the first day, hung over, panicking, “oh man I can’t do this job properly, I’m so unqualified, idk how I got hired” and their old friend Brain just claps ‘em on the back, “bro, don’t worry, I’ll cover for you, I got this” and forty years later the scam is still going

ash @sorrel11/19/2023, 2:19 PM

hey that's fucked up wow awesome

SArpnt @SArpnt11/19/2023, 4:01 PM

i'm doing my absolute best to get this to the edge of my peripheral vision but i either get reasonably close to the correct color or i can't really see anything other than it changing

Loni CB @loni11/19/2023, 4:33 PM

what! what! what!

virtueisdead @virtueisdead11/19/2023, 5:00 PM

idk it seems to just be slightly inaccurate for me. a little brighter, a little morr saturated, or a slightly different hue
edit: oh i think i just wasnt putting it far enough in my peripheral vision
edit 2: nope still 80% accurate 90% of the time

august kline @kline11/19/2023, 5:21 PM

I feel crazy cause I just...see the color? not sure what's supposed to happen

SnepShark @SnepShark11/20/2023, 11:22 AM

For me, when I stare away from my screen, with it to the side of my head and juuust inside my field of view, the color is correct… right up until it changes.

At that point, if I then turn to look at the screen, I see what color is really being displayed, and it’s consistently very different from what I thought it switched to while seeing it out of the edge of my vision

Scribble Sheep @Scribble-Sheep11/23/2023, 10:15 AM

Interesting! I've tried a lot of these "see not-real colors" tricks, and for some reason, this is the only one that's actually like, worked for me, lmao

@hillexed1/3/2024, 2:45 PM

what the heck

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ash @hierarchon11/19/2023, 6:11 AM

if you look in a mirror and move your eyes, you'll never see your eyes move, because your brain blocks the signal. however, if you look at your phone's front-facing camera, the extra signal delay is enough to make the movement visible.

Belarius @belarius11/19/2023, 6:12 AM

Saccade-blindness is totally wild.