Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ukma!rutgers!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!bader+ From: bader+@andrew.cmu.edu (Miles Bader) Newsgroups: comp.graphics Subject: Re: 3-D perceptual abilities Message-ID: Date: 21 Feb 89 06:10:35 GMT References: Organization: Information Technology Center, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 19 In-Reply-To: po0o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Paul Andrew Olbrich) writes: > Never happened to me, but one thing that does happen to me (and other > people I've talked to) is a wierd sensation that everything's suddenly > shrunk down an order of magnitude, even though it really looks the same. > This happens very infrequently ... once every few months or so. Usually > it occurs after I've been staring at a book for a long time, or at a > computer screen. It always occurs at night, but I usually am not staying > up extremely late when it happens. Usually I get the sensation that I'm > atop a very tall building looking down at everything. It's very odd to > look down at your own body and still feel that way. I try to shake it off > by putting my hands right in front of my face but it usually doesn't work. > A simple change of scenery, like getting up and walking to the kitchen, > usually dispells the effect. This sometimes happens to me while I'm trying to fall asleep; it can be very un-nerving... It feels like you're not really a part of the world anymore... -Miles