Chapter 6 Our Peripheral Vision is Poor
The previous chapter explained that the human visual system differs from a digital camera in the way it detects and processes color. Our visual system also differs from a camera in its resolution. On a digital camera’s photo sensor, photoreceptive elements are spread uniformly in a tight matrix, so the spatial resolution is constant across the entire image frame. The human visual system is not like that.
This chapter explains why:
• Stationary items in muted colors presented in the periphery of people’s visual field often will not be noticed.
• Motion in the periphery is usually noticed.
Resolution of the Fovea Compared to that of the Periphery
The spatial resolution of the human visual field drops ...
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