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> Before that, looking at trees (and other complex objects) was "painful" You are the only other person I have ever heard describe looking at complex objects a
by wdewind 12y ago
> Before that, looking at trees (and other complex objects) was "painful"
You are the only other person I have ever heard describe looking at complex objects as sometimes painful. This happens to me sometimes, mostly with very complex and disfigured cartoon faces. Very strange. I have never had someone understand what I'm talking about when I try and describe it. Do you have any idea what causes this effect?
- freehunter 12y agoAs a layman who has read up a bit on how the brain processes stimuli such as visual data (my mom has severe migraines and I'm afraid someday I will be told this information by a doctor on her behalf), what I understand is that if the part of the brain that would normally process these images is damaged, the brain has to be rewired to use another part for this activity. So it's "painful" because that part of the brain isn't used to processing this data, so it's inefficient at it. Looking at a static image is easy, looking at something with a complex physics system such as a lot of individually moving leaves would require more processing power. The more sprites/polygons on screen, the harder it is to render, to use computing examples. I might be wrong, and I would love to be educated further if my understanding is incorrect. I hope I never need to use this information in my life.