{"id":10716,"date":"2024-03-15T10:41:36","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T17:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=10716"},"modified":"2024-02-12T10:48:40","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T17:48:40","slug":"invisible-until-it-moves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=10716","title":{"rendered":"Invisible until it moves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interesting visual effect where objects animated on a random field of black and white pixels are only visible when they are moving. Still images just look like random noise. Maybe this is how animals with highly motion based vision experience the world?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TdTMeNXCnTs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A game called <a href=\"https:\/\/silverspaceship.com\/static\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/silverspaceship.com\/static\/\"><em>Lost in the Static<\/em><\/a> uses a very similar effect: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbkxMNmFIcm9Pczh6YmFNdnNLVlFWWUltY21aUXxBQ3Jtc0tramZsVWJHWGtTcXRRalpvNl96Mld3UndUMFJGc29LMVFaODY2bGctakVUb0daY0M2b0dfNk9TaWE4c2pfbDd6TFU3blFDVmQ4S0plWGU0d2lSREtYbHNJc1FySmdBdmZ4TkdwYlVicEN4V2JCLVE3MA&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fsilverspaceship.com%2Fstatic%2F&amp;v=TdTMeNXCnTs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/silverspaceship.com\/static\/<\/a> Lost in the Static dev <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squidi.net\/three\/entry.php?id=56\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.squidi.net\/three\/entry.php?id=56\">Sean Howard wrote a blog entry on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The graphics for the youtube video were generated by a simple Win32\/C++ app at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa1hHZ1NpUWNST3F3b0xDSE13UkpkUHpNVFZjZ3xBQ3Jtc0ttMEFaMnF5YjVsQkRHUUFXVG1kUnlNb2pLbTlPNEIzWkxiU3M5R2tqNDBiY2VPaWhSdFF4Y2VpVF92VDVRMXNLdE0tS3J0NnlzQ2NvRnNvOFlhYXRRS0hYNGhnTU04cW1MdmFiaUlkRElLNnpYUTFHMA&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FChrisBLong%2FPOV&amp;v=TdTMeNXCnTs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/github.com\/ChrisBLong\/POV<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting visual effect where objects animated on a random field of black and white pixels are only visible when they are moving. Still images just look like random noise. Maybe this is how animals with highly motion based vision experience the world? A game called Lost in the Static uses a very similar effect: https:\/\/silverspaceship.com\/static\/ Lost in the Static dev Sean Howard wrote a blog entry on how it works. 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