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How many frames per second can the human eye see?

How many frames per second can the human eye see?

This is a tricky question. And much confusion about it is related to the fact, that this question is NOT the same as: How many frames per second do I have to have to make motions look fluid?

And it's not the same as: How many frames per second makes the movie stop flickering?

And it's not the same as: What is the shortest frame a human eye would notice?

Website 100fps.com beautifully explains and illustrates the relationship between smoothness of motion, frames per second and sensitivity of the human eye. Highly recommended reading.

And while you are at it, I suggest you read some of the other articles on the site, particularly the one about video codec comparison and de-interlacing. Enlightening stuff.

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  1. AnonymousNovember 11, 2010 at 3:51 AM

    nice, this looks like the best place to post this question.
    could someone tell me how does the eye react to fast shutters (like 3d glass)?

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