Boing Boing » vision http://boingboing.net Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 15:32:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 XKCD reveals your visual perception quirks http://boingboing.net/2012/07/11/xkcd-reveals-your-visual-perce.html http://boingboing.net/2012/07/11/xkcd-reveals-your-visual-perce.html#comments Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:21:30 +0000 Cory Doctorow http://boingboing.net/?p=170583
Today's XKCD, "Visual Field," is a terrific mind-bender: a series of optical experiments to try with your computer's screen and a rolled-up piece of paper that demonstrate the quirks of your visual field: your blind-spots, your ability to perceive detail, night vision, the ability to perceive polarization, sprites and floaters, color perception and so on.

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