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From: jkl@csli.STANFORD.EDU (John Kallen)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: 3-D perceptual abilities
Message-ID: <7823@csli.STANFORD.EDU>
Date: 1 Mar 89 05:34:11 GMT
References: <MY0CeRy00WB6Q9XlRb@andrew.cmu.edu> <4230@mtuxo.att.com>
Reply-To: jkl@csli.stanford.edu (John Kallen)
Organization: Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford U.
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In article <4230@mtuxo.att.com> mcripps@mtuxo.att.com (XMP12-M.CRIPPS) groovily writes:

>That's very interesting.  When I first started wearing glasses (years ago),
>whenever I took them off, I would feel like I was 2 feet taller.  My legs
>seemed longer, the ground seemed farther away, and my head seemed to be
>higher off of the ground.

When I got my latest pair of glasses (-3 dioptries), wearing them gave me the
illusion of being in a "pit" about 40 cm deep. This "pit" would follow me
around when walking, causing enormous trouble in staircases. It took a week,
for my brain to get accustomed to the fishbowl-like distortion of the objects
in my peripheral vision...

>
>Mike Cripps
>mtuxo!mcripps
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