https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/categories/15/tags/2227.rssNew Posts Tagged 'vision' - Scientific SpeculationScientific Speculation - Codidact2020-06-19T05:08:32Zhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/275870Black as color of magicPraharahttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/529322020-06-08T12:02:13Z2020-06-19T05:08:32Z<p>I am trying to create "black magic" with a visual black effect with lore backing (it is for PC game). How can I create this effect, either optically or neurologically? I am not talki...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/238521What would be different if a person has broader visual spectrum than normalHendrik Liehttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/372912018-01-15T19:37:25Z2020-06-02T01:00:01Z<p>What would be differently perceived from a person with broader visual spectrum than normal?</p>
<p>So I've seen this <a href="https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/91230/how-would-i...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/262972What does a timeflow-doubled superhero see?Foo Barhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/366422020-05-07T12:50:02Z2020-05-09T00:23:29Z<p>I was just bitten by a radioactive stopwatch, gaining the voluntary ability to experience time at twice the usual rate. While doing so, for every second of real time, two seconds occur within my...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/259783Feasibility of non lethal "x-ray" false-colour vision?user6760https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/373502020-01-26T05:13:41Z2020-02-07T09:15:32Z<p>One of the powerful abilities of Superman is his ability to make several layers of opaque solid objects translucent to him and only him alone. What plausible future technology would allow us to ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/260083How does a creature evolve to become invisible to night vision goggles?user6760https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/373502020-02-03T02:48:38Z2020-02-03T12:27:52Z<p>I am wondering if a species might evolve to deceive human technology - in particular, a set of night vision goggles. I imagine it is either cold blooded or it has thick fur - which doesn't trap ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/224789How would a person see with an adjustable cross-shaped pupil?Yuuzahttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/34802016-10-30T21:02:34Z2019-11-22T17:56:00Z<p>I know that this would, perhaps, be biologically impossible, but suppose it's possible, how would such person see?</p>
<p>I know that cats have a vertical adjustable pupil and goats have a hori...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/257866Could a dichromatic animal distinguish red and green but not blue?Tanyahttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/441882019-11-19T23:16:43Z2019-11-20T14:34:56Z<p>If a dichromatic mammal had better night vision than a human, including tapetum lucidum, could they see large (red) and medium (green) light wavelengths but not small (blue)? Would something sim...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/257833Could a dichromatic animal see red?Tanyahttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/441882019-11-19T06:53:05Z2019-11-19T21:45:48Z<p>So I'm not really sure whether I get it right or not, but apparently most mammals are dichromatic. Humans have three cones that detect light wavelengths, small for blue, medium for green, and la...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/256458Cool way to see through fog and darknessWindWelderhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/442152019-09-28T16:21:45Z2019-10-01T15:58:14Z<p>My planet is frequently set with thick fog. What is the best way to have its residents see accurately?</p>
<p>One species called Hell Fires fall from the sky, landing on top of prey and killin...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/255340Why would a blind creature evolve display features?Johnarahttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/441162019-08-22T16:00:57Z2019-08-23T11:57:17Z<p>I'm thinking of a predatory creature that lives deep inside large caves. Because this environment is so dark, the creature's eyes have disappeared through evolution since the creature relies on ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/254166How to evolve human-like eyes that can stare at the sun without protection?Renanhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/389332019-07-09T22:44:23Z2019-07-10T20:55:32Z<p>Imagine a species that is very much like humans in shape, size and physiology. But they are able to stare at the sun for long periods without suffering any harm, and without needing any artifici...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/243665How would eyes that evolved in air differ from our own?KernelOfChaoshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/61762018-07-13T23:27:41Z2019-06-30T22:12:09Z<p>In one of the documentaries he's featured in, Neil deGrasse Tyson talked about the evolution of the eye.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SXHMm5I-68" rel="noreferrer">https://ww...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/253921How large would a circular wall need to be to appear straight?Caleb Brinkmanhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/368112019-06-25T23:33:56Z2019-06-26T15:58:11Z<p>How large (in terms of height and radius) would an <em>outdoor</em> circular wall (like a city wall on a colossal scale) need to be before a casual observer would perceive the wall as "straight"...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/253771How to get cool night-vision without lame drawbacks?verityhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/438322019-06-19T18:53:12Z2019-06-26T10:20:38Z<p>In this scenario, I would like to focus specifically on humanoids (read: human shaped blinking eyes, protected by eye-lashes and evolved in a waterless environment and fitting human eyesockets, ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/253450Non-aqueous eyes?Efialteshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/416412019-06-05T20:10:11Z2019-06-07T20:01:23Z<p>I am trying to create an organism that can survive in space for short periods, but I realized that I can't have its eyes be similar to those of most animals and humans because they would boil in...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/253142What does the view outside my ship traveling at light speed look like?JBHhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/29562019-05-23T20:31:20Z2019-06-07T09:29:49Z<p><strong>World Rules:</strong></p>
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<li><p>Travelers are able to move at the speed of light without disruption of their lives. Time passes "normally" for them. They think, breathe, love, c...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/252209Would color changing eyes affect vision?Hailey H.https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/435932019-04-20T18:46:30Z2019-05-13T01:43:25Z<p>I am writing a medieval fantasy story in which there is a race of humanoids who have multicolored eyes. Their eyes may change to bring out one color or another if they are experiencing very stre...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/252030What would be the ideal power source for a cybernetic eye?Celestial Dragon Emperorhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/424812019-04-15T12:36:53Z2019-04-17T12:18:53Z<p>After nearly a decade of development and public prototypes, the Mizaru company is ready to unveil the cybereye. A fully cybernetic eye that provides its user/host with high definition vision, en...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/251965Would an alien lifeform be able to achieve space travel if lacking in vision?Liam00https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/437322019-04-12T14:23:31Z2019-04-14T08:43:33Z<p>Think of this alien life form as something resembling earth bats, placed in a planet with Earth-like conditions.</p>
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<li>Micro-bats have small and poorly developed eyes. Similarly, this al...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/234163Would having larger pupils allow elves to see better in the dark?Jordan Williamshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/413052017-08-26T12:27:40Z2019-02-12T12:14:35Z<p>In my setting elves can see very well in the dark. I've suggested tapetum lucidim but that would make their vision less clear so would larger pupils make it easier to see in low light areas?</p>
https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/247648How is infra-vision any good?kingledionhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/77042018-11-15T15:58:46Z2018-11-15T23:57:49Z<p>Supposing a world like the Underdark, full of civilizations that developed and live their lives completely away from the light of the sun. In the typical D&D type setting, these creatures have ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/247513How far can a human see?JBHhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/29562018-11-11T17:20:57Z2018-11-14T10:59:34Z<p>I'm asking this question as a reference for use in worldbuilding when developing world size, atmospheric content, or alien optometric abilities (aka, vision). </p>
<p>While I'm specifically as...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/246174Realistic darkvision?ScottShttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/21652018-09-23T02:06:47Z2018-09-23T03:52:28Z<p>This question is similar to <a href="https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/94437/17332">"How would the human eye need to change in order to see in low light without any changes to physical a...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/245645My protagonist can see UV light. What will she be able to see that others can't?Systemhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/-12018-09-04T20:04:56Z2018-09-06T14:46:12Z<p>So in my world interdimensional travel produces UV light. However, there are obviously other things which produce UV light/reflect it and look different. <strong>Being a non-physics person, can ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/243602Vision on Titan/Early Earth and the technicalities of a creature seeing in near infraredMerlin Rowlandshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/417762018-07-11T19:58:56Z2018-07-13T23:24:42Z<p>I am trying to develop an alien species that could live on Titan and at first I supposed it would be easy with the species being able to use yellow, red and near-infrared wavelengths of light to...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/242568What 3 wavelengths of IR light would be ideal for "Predator Vision"?Horikhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/422672018-06-09T00:09:20Z2018-06-09T02:38:18Z<p>Alright, so I'm working on a setting with dwarves in it. I've been thinking that, to make things more interesting, certain clans would have the cone cells in their eyes see infrared light instea...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/241446Super Vision In the DarkAmoebahttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/60682018-04-28T04:14:52Z2018-05-22T12:21:31Z<p>I have made this planet for my creatures and it is constantly dark, night or day. </p>
<p>No it's not a rogue planet, it's dark because of the 1,000 feet tall autotrophs that suck up all the su...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/240975Dragonfly GogglesAmoebahttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/60682018-04-12T21:23:49Z2018-04-13T22:08:49Z<p>Ahh insects, such fascinating creatures with fascinating traits, but sadly as I have found out most are only available to them and not us thanks to the square cubed law.</p>
<p>Maybe the follow...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/223921What would people with black eyes see?totally not rick sanchezhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/395872016-10-06T13:18:06Z2018-03-17T06:34:37Z<p>Imagine if you will..a world where humans had large black pupils that covered most of their eye like the picture below</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/R6ICz.jpg" rel="noreferrer"><img...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/239647What are the implications of multiple cooperating intelligent species with different spectral ranges for vision?Beefsterhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/418742018-02-20T21:58:30Z2018-02-22T18:07:29Z<p>Suppose you had two intelligent species that came together and built a society or whatever. For the sake of example, we'll call them species A and species B. Species A evolved to see some subset...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/239535What would the impact of 2 suns have on the development of humanoid ocular organs?Jameshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/23552018-02-16T15:38:45Z2018-02-16T22:50:30Z<p>How would the human eye have developed differently on a planet with two suns? </p>
<p>One sun will be a yellow star functionally the same as Sol and the other will be a red dwarf. The planet ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/238600How would computer monitors work if we could sense the frequency of light?PyRulezhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/374292018-01-18T08:13:32Z2018-01-19T00:02:26Z<p>Human's abilities to perceive light is quite limited. Essentially, we have three type of light sensors that each give a linear signal, and if two different light sources give the same signals th...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/238051Could a land predator naturally evolve active night-vision?vszhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/48392017-12-30T11:12:35Z2017-12-30T22:00:59Z<p>By active night-vision I mean that it emits light in a wavelength other animals can't see, but it can perceive that wavelength, so it can see even in zero-light conditions. </p>
<p>Being able t...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/235770How would the human eye need to change in order to see in low light without any changes to physical appearance?anwenhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/415082017-10-10T01:25:18Z2017-10-10T14:21:30Z<p>In my world there are humans who have undergone a mutation from being exposed to a certain kind of magic. They have not realized they have been mutated until they start noticing that they have t...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/234040Could elves realistically have tapetum lucidum?Jordan Williamshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/413052017-08-23T22:14:57Z2017-08-26T14:37:07Z<p>I know that certain animals have the ability to see in darker areas but not in pitch black due to a special ability they have in their eyes which also gives them that glowing effect. Could elves...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/226892What are alternative particles to photons that would allow vision?Zxyrrahttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/397492016-12-25T13:55:52Z2017-07-03T09:32:25Z<p>I swear I saw this question elsewhere. Let me know if this is a dupe.</p>
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<p><strong>Photons</strong> are great. They're little bundles of energy that </p>
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<li><strong>Reflect off o...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/213726Stationary eye with moving pupil, is it possible?Jessehttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/378772015-08-26T13:51:57Z2017-07-03T06:55:51Z<p>I am making a sci-fi web-comic set on an alien world and I thought up an idea for an eye that works much like an eye from a mammal, but instead of moving the whole eye, only the pupil moves. Thi...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/232562Relationship Between Eye Color and Color of Sunjvaranhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/410222017-07-02T23:56:00Z2017-07-03T03:18:11Z<p>Does anyone know what the relationship is between the range of likely eye colors in animals and the color of the sun on a given alien planet? For example, on Earth we primarily see browns, green...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/232345How would eyes, pupils and camouflage evolve if the sun was stationary near the horizon?Fred the Johnhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/410252017-06-25T12:34:20Z2017-06-25T15:04:44Z<p>Basically I'm considering the physiology of eyes and camouflage might look like on an eyeball planet; tidally locked to the sun so the sun is stationary in the sky. At any point on the habitable...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/217702Benefits of or reasons why a species would have only one eye?Xandar The Zenonhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/383382016-03-01T06:17:36Z2017-06-25T14:49:49Z<p>Traditionally, a Cyclops has one eye, as well as some other aliens in fiction. </p>
<p>My question is simple: Would there be <strong>any situations</strong>, Earth-like or otherwise, where a cr...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/230619Confusing predators with reflected or refracted sunlightApproachingDarknessFishhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/365942017-04-23T19:58:14Z2017-04-24T13:37:10Z<p>Imagine a large butterfly- or moth-like creature, with a wingspan of about one meter (it's moth-<em>like</em>, not actually related to Earth insects). It lives its entire life high in the open s...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/215410How to modify the human eye to see into the ultraviolet and infrared bands?Andrewhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/33562015-11-12T19:58:20Z2017-03-22T13:15:59Z<p>If I'm writing a sci-fi story and I wanted to include humans with modified eyesight that see into the ultraviolet and infrared bands of the electromagnetic spectrum, what would I have to change ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/226202Can we identify distinct "colors" beyond visible light?Zxyrrahttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/397492016-12-10T04:37:05Z2016-12-10T14:06:58Z<h2>Let's talk about the visible light "rainbow"</h2>
<p><strong>In almost all</strong> depictions of the electromagnetic spectrum, visible light is shown as a rainbow, and adjacent parts of the s...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/224941What adaptations to a mammal's eyes would allow it to see large contrasts well, and what other effects would those have?Caninahttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/80492016-11-03T19:48:34Z2016-11-03T23:24:08Z<p>There is a nocturnal mammal, about <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_fox#Dimensions" rel="noreferrer">the size of a common red fox</a>, which has evolved (by way of some unspecified-at-...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/223975Could aliens naturally evolve synesthesia?Uncle Treshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/37152016-10-07T15:35:13Z2016-10-07T16:01:31Z<p>For all who are unaware, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia" rel="nofollow">synesthesia</a> is a condition in the brain where two or more senses are connected; for example being ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/219704What would the science be behind a monster who can only see shades of red, black and white?JamesTofohttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/388012016-06-05T22:28:52Z2016-10-07T10:23:02Z<p>I have an idea for this crazy blood thirsty monster and the reason behind its love for killing is red is the only color it sees, but I don't know how or if that is possible a logical scientific ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/211160Would white pupils/irises on an animal allow it to see properly?Hawkpelthttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/374352015-04-17T00:42:21Z2016-10-07T10:19:09Z<p>I'm designing creatures with naturally occurring white or pale grey irises and pupils so that it looks like their eyes are all white. What effect could this have their vision (colorblindness, li...