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What’s the maximal frame rate humans can perceive? – xcorr: comp neuro

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Gamers care a lot about framerate. Should they? [Photo credit: Betto Rodrigues / Shutterstock.com]

Updated March 2020 Gamers care a lot about framerate. You will find endless threads on the internet where gamers argue that 60 (or even 120!) frames per second is better than 30, and any game that performs below that threshold is sacrilege. Favorite game of all time. That slowdown though. Why is 24 fps good enough for cinema, but the Oculus Rift need 90? What’s the maximal framerate that humans can perceive? This is a surprisingly complex question, and the answer involves both the interaction of the visual system with properties of the medium that does the presentation. So what is the…

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