[photo-3d] Re: Don't go to 3D movies

[Jim Crowell <jcrowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> There have been studies where they stuck glasses on
> people (college students despirate for money no doubt)
> which flipped their field of view upside down.  After a few
> hours - nothing.  But after a few days... they saw
> everything normally through the glasses.  Their brains were
> plastic enough to compensate and 'fix' the way they saw
> things.  Of course, when they finally took the glasses off,
> they saw everything upside down for a few days again.  :)

I've spoken to some of the people who did those studies.  Apparently, the
world never actually looks right-side-up no matter how long you wear
inverting prisms, you just learn to deal with it.

-Jim C.

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