The brain avoids looking at glassy skyscrapers
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The brain avoids looking at glassy skyscrapers
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Re: The brain avoids looking at glassy skyscrapers
#2Isn't it simply brain looking at the edges of things? If a building doesn't have edges inside it then we look at its silhouette.
Re: The brain avoids looking at glassy skyscrapers
#3It turns out that the new glassy exteriors, whether boxy or round, are really tough on the brain—difficult for it to take in.
I'd say it is the exact opposite: no one will focus on flat nearly-featureless surfaces, because there is no fine detail to focus on. It's easy to "take in" at a glance, so the brain doesn't direct any more attention to it.
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#4This seems ridiculous. Based on the output of an automated tool developed by 3M that produces a saliency map based on an image, I'm not sure how we can conclude that people ignore skyscrapers.
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#6This seems ridiculous. Based on the output of an automated tool developed by 3M that produces a saliency map based on an image, I'm not sure how we can conclude that people ignore skyscrapers.
How does the software work? Seam carving style "energy functions" or neural networks? If it's neural networks how did they train it? Eye tracker?
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#8Isn't it simply brain looking at the edges of things? If a building doesn't have edges inside it then we look at its silhouette.
The author shows how for more classical buildings with more structure, the eye focus on the structural aspects of the buildings.
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#9The article keeps using the word 'ignore'. The brain is not ignoring the buildings, its just looking at them more subliminally.
Re: The brain avoids looking at glassy skyscrapers
#10Isn't it simply brain looking at the edges of things? If a building doesn't have edges inside it then we look at its silhouette.
The author shows how for more classical buildings with more structure, the eye focus on the structural aspects of the buildings.
In a much tighter image. The last picture with the older building gives the viewer almost no choice to look around, beyond, or even above the building when compared to the first one. There may be some truth to the statement in the title, but these three images are not evidence of much.