We are fairly accustomed to watching videos or shows that are played at a 24- to 30-frames-per-second rate. When you’re watching a baseball game from the stands, or you’re keeping an eye on a child riding a bike down your sidewalk, your eyes - and your brain - are processing the visual input as one continual stream of information.īut if you’re watching a movie on the television, catching a YouTube video on your computer or even playing a video game, it’s a little different. The optic nerve carries the electrical signals to your brain, which converts the signals into images.Then, photoreceptor cells at the back of your eye turn the light into electrical signals, while the cells known as rods and cones pick up on motion.The lens then focuses the light on a point at the very back of your eye in a place called the retina.
First, it’s important to remember how you’re able to see images in the first place.
