nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agoNew Research Suggests Some Gamers' Eyes See More FPSkotaku.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down14
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minus-squareNightAuthor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoKnowing how well eyes can work could be useful for a ton of reasons, including focusing on the right aspects of display tech improvements. As for fps, they’ve shown previously that many people can identify a person when flashed on screen for a single frame at over 200fps.
minus-squareRightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoThat last part is kinda my point. The fact that they only tested 30Hz and 60Hz seems really bad for testing when they could have just tested until people said they couldn’t see the light flashing anymore? Why only test those two numbers?
minus-squareexocrinous@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoBecause the hypothesis that some gamers’ eyes see at different speeds only takes two datapoints to be proven true.
Knowing how well eyes can work could be useful for a ton of reasons, including focusing on the right aspects of display tech improvements.
As for fps, they’ve shown previously that many people can identify a person when flashed on screen for a single frame at over 200fps.
That last part is kinda my point. The fact that they only tested 30Hz and 60Hz seems really bad for testing when they could have just tested until people said they couldn’t see the light flashing anymore? Why only test those two numbers?
Because the hypothesis that some gamers’ eyes see at different speeds only takes two datapoints to be proven true.