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Eye Movement
Retinal Stabilization
Temporal Response
Persistence of vision
Zoetropes
Stroboscopes
Eye Movements
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Concept Question
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Eye Movement
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Retinal Stabilization
While it is not possible to prevent your eye from
moving, it is possible to cancel out the effects of
the motion of the eye.
Retinal Stabilization
Actual image
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Temporal Response
The visual system response to a flash of light is
twofold:
Persistence of Vision
The image of a flash or image lasts for between
1/20s (in low light) and 1/50s (in bright light)
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Motion
A series of images, each only slightly different
from the previous one, produces continuous
motion.
Each image is shown too quickly to process
separately, and your visual system fills in between
the images
Appearance of Motion
persistence time
delay
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Concept Question
Zoetropes
Invented in the 1830s, zoetrope means, roughly,
wheel of life
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Flicker
Flicker in Motion
persistence time
delay
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A
time
B
time
C
time
Stroboscope
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Stroboscopic Photography
Using a strobe light to illuminate a scene for a very short
period of time, you can freeze motion that otherwise
would be a blur in the image.
Stroboscopic Photography
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