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Um, this is absolutely false. There's actually a very famous optical illusion that proves that humans are extremely bad at visually diffing without animations.
by phailhaus 8y ago
Um, this is absolutely false. There's actually a very famous optical illusion that proves that humans are extremely bad at visually diffing without animations. If you switch between two pictures but separate them with a black screen, you will have a hard time figuring out what changed. The brain is extremely good at detecting movement, not "find the ten differences".
Here's an article that shows gifs that demonstrate the illusion:
https://www.thisisinsider.com/spot-the-difference-brainteaser-change-blindness-2018-1 https://www.thisisinsider.com/spot-the-difference-braintease...
- flukus 8y agoSeparating things with a blank screen isn't representative of a visual element suddenly appearing/dissapearing though. If they have to resort to that to confuse you then it shows that the brain is good at spotting the difference, it's almost like adding an animation if anything, a fade out and back in. This is also with a far more complex scene than most programs, so again not representative. Get rid of the blank screen in-between and tell me people have trouble spotting the difference.
- phailhaus 8y ago> Get rid of the blank screen in-between and tell me people have trouble spotting the difference. If you blink, you'll miss it. That's the problem: if you're not directly looking at the part that's changing (or near it), you'll miss it. Either way, our brains are not wired up to expect objects to suddenly blink into existence.