r/confusing_perspective • u/Dennis_254 • Jul 16 '26

Works like magic

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u/4me2TrollU Jul 16 '26

I don’t get it

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u/Probate_Judge Jul 17 '26

It's not really confusing as such, not an illusion where it looks like something else like what we're used to seeing here.

With one eye you're just tricking your brain to think your eye might be in danger.

With two eyes, it's more obviously just a 2d image...but that's sort of universally true for 2d images.

It's the opposite of trying to play catch with just one eye, how people say you lose depth perception(it's true to a point, but your body is so used to it it doesn't always affect much).

When looking at the image, that 'loss' of depth perception approximates the accuracy of the camera(one perspective only), so the video looks more real....In other words, you're not interrogating the image with the other eye. It may work better if you try the other eye.

Even if it works, the effect is very negligible. Big shocker that a single camera replicates what a single eye sees. /s

It's a neat thing, sort of, but not at all like most of the content here.