Not Everyone Can See Haidinger's Brush-Can You?

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  • @TheActionLab
    @TheActionLab  2 года назад +3783

    if you are actually seeing it, it will tilt as you tilt your head. For me when I looked through the polarizer I saw blue the brightest and yellow was faint. But on the screen yellow was the brightest. This may be different for different people though.

  • @O4C209
    @O4C209 2 года назад +6720

    Me, on my phone: I'm sure that was cool.

    • @_profile
      @_profile 2 года назад +232

      I could see it on my phone
      Barely

    • @EfrenMunoz313
      @EfrenMunoz313 2 года назад +97

      You could orient your phone to make it work. If you have polarized sunglasses, put them on and rotate your phone until it dims or turns purple. That's the angle you should try to see this "brush" at

    • @tankadar
      @tankadar 2 года назад +52

      I am on phone I see it it doesn't change lol

    • @allhumansarejusthuman.5776
      @allhumansarejusthuman.5776 2 года назад +84

      @@EfrenMunoz313 most phones do not use the polarized light anymore.
      They use oled's that are directly viewable.

    • @TocsTheWanderer
      @TocsTheWanderer 2 года назад +38

      @@allhumansarejusthuman.5776
      That might explain why I can see it on my older phone.

  • @adb012
    @adb012 2 года назад +4005

    The Action Lab: "Not Everyone Can See Haidinger's Brush-Can You?"
    Me: No, but I will blame my monitor.

    • @jep9092
      @jep9092 2 года назад +39

      Same

    • @XYZ_Syphur
      @XYZ_Syphur 2 года назад +61

      I see it

    • @TheNeilBlack
      @TheNeilBlack 2 года назад +89

      I have two monitors. I can see it much better on one than on the other.

    • @Schuyler2614
      @Schuyler2614 2 года назад +6

      Same

    • @gustavofring9434
      @gustavofring9434 2 года назад +56

      I see it it's a yellow line going in-between two light blue dots like a plus sign

  • @fluffycritter
    @fluffycritter 29 дней назад +373

    With the particular presentation in this video it's also possible that you're going to see a persistence aftereffect from having stared at the yellow and blue nodes.

    • @Lucius_Chiaraviglio
      @Lucius_Chiaraviglio 23 дня назад +27

      This indeed seems to be the case -- after he quit showing the pattern, I saw it rotated 90 ` for several seconds before it eventually faded away.

    • @magentamonster
      @magentamonster 22 дня назад +32

      Real Haidinger's brush has an unbroken yellow part, and broken blue. When you tilt your head, its orientation won't follow your eyes. A negative afterimage of a picture of Haidinger's brush has an unbroken blue part, and broken yellow. When you tilt your head, its orientation will follow your eyes.

    • @Lucius_Chiaraviglio
      @Lucius_Chiaraviglio 22 дня назад +7

      @@magentamonster . . . And that's what I got.

    • @hydrocarbon8272
      @hydrocarbon8272 17 дней назад +2

      I thought so too, but as I rotate my head one way the 'brush' rotates the reverse.

    • @Arkylie
      @Arkylie 10 дней назад +1

      I got the afterimage from staring at a fullscreen Notepad and then tipping my head -- didn't notice much while my head was upright, but a strong yellow when tipped. I presume that means I'm seeing, but not easily perceiving, a blue while my head is level?

  • @NikkiTheViolist
    @NikkiTheViolist 12 дней назад +25

    The last time I was at an eye doctor's, I was able to tell the screen they were using was polarized because I've discovered that one of my eyes starts hurting when staring at polarized light in a dark room and everything starts to look weird with that eye.

    • @jynxx37
      @jynxx37 2 дня назад +4

      I hope you told your doctor about that

  • @lbrown21494
    @lbrown21494 2 года назад +2815

    Me with macular albinism trying to see it.
    Him: it occurs in the macula.
    Me: Oh, well damn.

    • @expertoflizardcorrugation3967
      @expertoflizardcorrugation3967 2 года назад +90

      ouch. what sort of unique visual quirks are associated with macular albinism

    • @scheezy
      @scheezy 2 года назад +146

      Incredibly niche, unrelatable moment

    • @lbrown21494
      @lbrown21494 2 года назад +227

      @@scheezy Lol, look at you with your functioning eyes over here.

    • @lbrown21494
      @lbrown21494 2 года назад +137

      @@expertoflizardcorrugation3967 Legal blindness, nystsgmus, light sensitivity, strabismus ( though that part has mostly corrected itself since childhood) lack of pigment in skin. With a special pair of glasses i am able to drive though.

    • @expertoflizardcorrugation3967
      @expertoflizardcorrugation3967 2 года назад +43

      @@lbrown21494 does it effect your perception of colour properly. from what I can find it mostly decreases general visual acuity and image quality as opposed to recognition of wavelengths

  • @cheezyskipper
    @cheezyskipper 2 года назад +4260

    When I saw "Includes paid promotion" I started to pray for not being Raid Shadow Legends.

    • @gabor6259
      @gabor6259 2 года назад +132

      Still better than Manscaped.

    • @nou4898
      @nou4898 2 года назад +62

      Add a public reply...

    • @shitingscrotum
      @shitingscrotum 2 года назад +18

      Agrega una respuesta pública...

    • @mr.stealyourspaghetti8004
      @mr.stealyourspaghetti8004 2 года назад +35

      @@nou4898 Drop a nuke on Iraq...

    • @jafergaming1329
      @jafergaming1329 2 года назад +53

      @@mr.stealyourspaghetti8004 as an Iraqi I give you full permission to do so

  • @aleratz
    @aleratz 2 года назад +1037

    I like your content, but I find it a bit polarizing...

    • @smilloww2095
      @smilloww2095 25 дней назад +29

      Weird that this doesn't have a thousand likes

    • @RichD1
      @RichD1 24 дня назад +18

      @@smilloww2095its just being recommended, you replied this one hour ago in a 2 year old comment leading for it to be recommended to me, just wait a little and you will (probably) see

    • @smilloww2095
      @smilloww2095 24 дня назад +9

      @@RichD1 2 years to make a massive comeback lol

    • @geefreck
      @geefreck 24 дня назад +10

      I see what you did there
      But I needed some sunglasses

    • @faithlyngrace2517
      @faithlyngrace2517 16 дней назад

      😂

  • @michaelhockey8671
    @michaelhockey8671 2 года назад +72

    I have been noticing something yellow in my field of view for about a year now only with my iPad on white background when reading. It was quite annoying, I though it was old age and my eyes were going. But so cool to know what it is now. Thanks!

    • @user-bf6gz8ej4o
      @user-bf6gz8ej4o 4 дня назад

      Was it as prominent as when the blue and yellow stuff was shown here or not that intense?

    • @michaelhockey8671
      @michaelhockey8671 День назад

      @@user-bf6gz8ej4o Just the yellow not the blue

  • @devraval7957
    @devraval7957 2 года назад +2291

    The "hey everyone" never gets old

    • @sanketsalaria1565
      @sanketsalaria1565 2 года назад +39

      ""Hey everyone today I'm going to be....""

    • @LeventK
      @LeventK 2 года назад +18

      I'm a chess lover; I feel offended.
      Edit: That was just a joke... The most popular chess channel "agadmator" starts his videos by *"Hello* everyone!" that's why I said I feel offended for saying "Hey everyone"

    • @dss5052
      @dss5052 2 года назад +2

      @@LeventK why?

    • @waterbiscuit6907
      @waterbiscuit6907 2 года назад +2

      yea will nerver get old

    • @waterbiscuit6907
      @waterbiscuit6907 2 года назад +6

      @@LeventK what are you talking about

  • @missaisohee
    @missaisohee 2 года назад +580

    Me, on my phone : is this how you feel when you don't get the joke that makes everyone laugh?

    • @iwaffle727
      @iwaffle727 2 года назад +7

      yes

    • @UrBrothaInChrist
      @UrBrothaInChrist 2 года назад +2

      😂😂😂😂

    • @nohulse
      @nohulse 2 года назад +28

      What's even worse is when you do get the joke, but are the only one who doesn't find it funny, and you think to yourself "why is that roll-on-the-ground funny to everyone?"

    • @cinnamon4ada7
      @cinnamon4ada7 2 года назад +5

      On my phone and I can see it

    • @theconphentedcow241
      @theconphentedcow241 2 года назад

      Me with an old phone

  • @TorQueMoD
    @TorQueMoD 25 дней назад +9

    I've seen this around lights constantly since I was young. Around 12 years old I told my mom about it because I thought there might be something wrong with my eyes and she (being a spiritual lady) told me I see auraa. It's neat to have a scientific explanation for what I'm seeing, because I've never shared her spiritual explanation.

  • @michahalczuk9071
    @michahalczuk9071 2 года назад +27

    Quick notice for people trying this on phone or tablet.
    Protective glass strongly depolarizes the light coming from LCD, so it won't work with glass screen protector.

  • @pratikpoudel5228
    @pratikpoudel5228 2 года назад +1784

    What's amazing about him is he has very good knowledge of biology, chemistry & physics and he knows how to use them

    • @dutchrailroadcrossings
      @dutchrailroadcrossings 2 года назад +61

      And he knows how to give the information as interesting as possible

    • @tubax926
      @tubax926 2 года назад +16

      Honestly if you invest 2 years into studying each of the abovementioned sciences you can be just as good as him

    • @dutchrailroadcrossings
      @dutchrailroadcrossings 2 года назад +38

      @@tubax926 Meh, the only reason these subjects interest me, is purely because this guy explains everything so well. I am not dedicated enough to grab the books and learn

    • @aquacelot
      @aquacelot 2 года назад +11

      @@tubax926 that’s also a problem with schools, only one year to teach a bunch of subjects and people lose interest so fast

    • @adyatma1
      @adyatma1 2 года назад +8

      @@aquacelot i choose learning german in my school, now i don't want to learn it from school but still wanted to learn

  • @w13rdguy
    @w13rdguy 29 дней назад +135

    As a child, I always stopped and stared at the puddle in the parking lot. The oil on the top made a polarizing effect. I tried to explain it to my parents, but they couldn't see it.

    • @tylerswhorkshoppe8799
      @tylerswhorkshoppe8799 9 дней назад +6

      I haven't noticed that effect in awhile, come to think of it..... Do you still notice it?

    • @seitanbeatsyourmeat666
      @seitanbeatsyourmeat666 9 дней назад +1

      Wait, not everyone can see it?

    • @heyyo3746
      @heyyo3746 9 дней назад +7

      Wait they can't see it?

    • @w13rdguy
      @w13rdguy 8 дней назад +1

      @@heyyo3746 No, not the ones I was looking at.

    • @Matty80822
      @Matty80822 8 дней назад +1

      @@w13rdguy angles

  • @zanzlanz
    @zanzlanz 2 года назад +6

    WOW that's subtle! The moment I took off my normal nearsighted glasses I could see it, because the yellow part switched from being vertical to horizontal. I'm confused how that could happen given the explanation, but it was really cool to see!

  • @prathambhardwaj2009
    @prathambhardwaj2009 2 года назад +748

    "that is so cool" "holy cow" can never get old

    • @Chrnan6710
      @Chrnan6710 2 года назад +25

      "woooah! (giggles)"

    • @tjsudac
      @tjsudac 2 года назад +12

      *so kewl

    • @Your_Father1980
      @Your_Father1980 2 года назад +3

      @@tjsudac kul

    • @samuraiboi2735
      @samuraiboi2735 2 года назад

      Kinda reminds me when i was in india with the holy cows huh no wonder why the name got invented

  • @GRBtutorials
    @GRBtutorials 2 года назад +809

    It’s important to note this might not work in OLED screens, as those don’t need to use polarisers. Furthermore, screen protectors usually scramble the polarisation due to them using a thin plastic film (if you look at a screen protector through a polariser you can see random multicolor interference patterns).

    • @uyagraph
      @uyagraph 2 года назад +58

      *cries in super AMOLED*

    • @nilo70
      @nilo70 2 года назад +10

      Works on my Kindle

    • @Tom--Ace
      @Tom--Ace 2 года назад +4

      Worked on mine (mate 20 Pro)

    • @cheedam8738
      @cheedam8738 2 года назад +7

      Oh so that's why my Zenfone's screen reflection looks fine but my Xiaomi looks like Note 10+'s sugar rush candy racer backdoor

    • @mozzfio
      @mozzfio 2 года назад

      rip :(

  • @LDogSmiles
    @LDogSmiles 2 года назад +38

    I love this channel so much b/c it reminds me of the early days of science communicator youtube. Every video is creative and discusses science topics I've never heard of before. These days, there are countless channels that just rehash what others have talked about already. Awesome work!

  • @dimitardobrev3296
    @dimitardobrev3296 26 дней назад +1

    I can see it!
    Had to turn my head down 90 deg to see it better, but its there, about 1/2 the size of the one you started with.

  • @HT79
    @HT79 2 года назад +482

    Me, when I saw that brush: Woah, I have a super power
    Me, after realising that it was an image: Oh....damn
    Me, after the image is gone: AM I BLIND?!

  • @DendiAli401
    @DendiAli401 2 года назад +921

    thumbnail: "can you see this?"
    people with High quality 8K Display : "yep clearly"

    • @oscarfine8343
      @oscarfine8343 2 года назад +26

      Im on 144 p and i can see it, my eyes are pros

    • @dimp.3102
      @dimp.3102 2 года назад +46

      @@oscarfine8343 the amount of pixels doesnt really matter, its the color

    • @Zie-Zwei
      @Zie-Zwei 2 года назад +9

      Me with my 2016 phone : i can see it clearly, cuz i always see it everyday

    • @DendiAli401
      @DendiAli401 2 года назад +1

      @@dimp.3102 yep and High quality 8K Display has better color quality, like OLED 8K Display or something

    • @GlenBradley
      @GlenBradley 2 года назад +16

      It's neither the color nor the pixel depth, it's the polarization effect and your ability to discern it. In fact the pixel depth is super irrelevant to this one. One giant pixel would do the job just fine. And as for colors, I would *imagine* that the exact same effect is there no matter what, but the color of the light would wash out the effect to the degree that that color interacts with yellow and blue, so if the light was bluish, the blue region would disappear and the yellow region would take a greenish cast...but everything after the word 'imagine' is just speculation.

  • @werdna1969
    @werdna1969 2 года назад +222

    “Left polarized light, and right polarized light”
    Me: There’s a political joke in there somewhere.
    *Shows the light waves in red and blue*
    Me: Oh come on.

    • @scot6089
      @scot6089 2 года назад +5

      That's funny

    • @Robert41265
      @Robert41265 15 дней назад +12

      Apparently, if you were randomly dropped anywhere in the United States, you can use the filters in this kit to determine if you're in a blue state or a red state. 😉

    • @wilyriley_
      @wilyriley_ 9 дней назад

      @@Robert41265how do swing states then

    • @Robert41265
      @Robert41265 9 дней назад +3

      ​​@@wilyriley_A swing state would be unpolarized. 😉

  • @tiredatm3009
    @tiredatm3009 2 года назад +1

    Wow! I couldn't see it at first, and then I got the test image to look more bright, so I tried again with the actual white image and I saw two yellow dots flip sort of diagonally! Cool stuff.

  • @firedrive45
    @firedrive45 2 года назад +522

    Optical Engineer here, a lot of the light "information" here is not right. For example, metals do reflect and polarize light. There is a whole field of measurements "metrology" dedicated to thin films and metal polarization detection also known as ellipsometry. Linear polarizers dont work on circular or elliptically polarized light, instead, you need a retarder (compensator), quarter wave plate + a linear polarizer to resolve the polarization of light coming from a metal.

    • @bengineering3d
      @bengineering3d 2 года назад +113

      I’ve got the retardation and compensation covered.

    • @jamescollier3
      @jamescollier3 2 года назад +34

      Engineer here too. Happens all the time when you get a great education 😪... The "news" is The Worst

    • @Paraselene_Tao
      @Paraselene_Tao 2 года назад +63

      I'm no engineer, but I appreciate your comment a lot. The video shocked me a little when the metal film didn't get blocked by the linear polarizer. I thought to myself, "does this mean that metal doesn't polarize light when it reflects? There seems to be a contradiction somewhere."
      Then you came into the comments and helped clarify it. Thanks.

    • @ratunkuuu
      @ratunkuuu 2 года назад +19

      Thank you for taking your time to explain it.

    • @dibulater640
      @dibulater640 2 года назад +3

      @@jamescollier3 ho

  • @Intrafacial86
    @Intrafacial86 2 года назад +911

    *[Macula]:* "You guys say 'Colorado!'"
    *[Eye Floaty]:* _"I'M A GIRAFFE!!!"_

    • @alejandroquesada
      @alejandroquesada 2 года назад +14

      Underappreciated comment. XD

    • @Project_Slagharen
      @Project_Slagharen 2 года назад +2

      omg xD

    • @revenevan11
      @revenevan11 2 года назад

      🤣

    • @makhtydh
      @makhtydh 2 года назад

      Who is macula and eye floaty

    • @TheTheninjagummybear
      @TheTheninjagummybear 2 года назад +8

      @@makhtydh, The macula is a part of the eye, and an eye floatie/floater is a little spot you can sometimes faintly see in your vision.

  • @SPRS7R
    @SPRS7R 2 года назад +1

    i can see it! did take me a bit of time, but yeah, i see it way better when i tilt my head 90° to the left or right, it's way more subtle when i try to see it while keeping my head straight.
    that's not retinal persistence with the model at the start of the white screen test, because i skipped this part to not influence the test and tried some minutes later to be sure.
    i tried on my brand new smartphone (amoled) and i can see it too.
    i noticed that the brush rotating in the OPPOSITE way when i tilt my head, if i tilt it to the right the brush will rotate anti-clockwise.
    that's very fascinating!

  • @timmytommy2921
    @timmytommy2921 8 дней назад +2

    I actually noticed this when looking at computer screens more that a decade ago. I searched for “blue and yellow blob in vision” and got my answer. It’s always fascinated me that some (or most) of us can faintly detect not only polarized light, but the direction of polarization. Really cool. A 6th sense.

  • @etherraichu
    @etherraichu 2 года назад +443

    Me: "I can see it, but the blue is horizontal." Video: "Which direction it is depends on how you're tilting your head." me, laying on my side: "Well there you go then."

    • @lionessfit3041
      @lionessfit3041 2 года назад

      You see blue?

    • @official-obama
      @official-obama 2 года назад

      That’s the polarization of it

    • @adityasuhane8930
      @adityasuhane8930 2 года назад +4

      @@lionessfit3041 I also saw blue

    • @ginopascual1700
      @ginopascual1700 2 года назад

      That happened to me too

    • @Godless_Punk
      @Godless_Punk 2 года назад +18

      I see both of them. Doesn't change when I turn my phone or tilt my head.
      Yellow: Horizontal
      Blue: Vertical

  • @TerryLawrence001
    @TerryLawrence001 2 года назад +217

    I remember an Inuit guide describing a similar vision that he used to navigate in the snow. I was so crazy how these guys could get around in wast expanses of white with no landmarks before GPS and compasses were very bad in the Arctic.

    • @AGKyran
      @AGKyran 2 года назад +7

      You mean, like, being able to see magnetic fields?

    • @mungbean345
      @mungbean345 2 года назад +2

      😲

    • @TerryLawrence001
      @TerryLawrence001 2 года назад +37

      @@AGKyran They see the polarized light in the snow and can tel where the sun is on a cloudy day. There are special goggles you can make that will do this too.

    • @IndigoIndustrial
      @IndigoIndustrial 2 года назад +6

      Vikings used a sunstone.

    • @venn7257
      @venn7257 2 года назад +1

      That's awesome

  • @jordanwright5795
    @jordanwright5795 26 дней назад +1

    Pretty neat stuff. I use cross polarization all the time on VFX projects where we need to control which lights are producing specular highlights on objects that are going to be comped in with 3D animated elements. Each light source will have a polarizer that is aligned specifically for that group and the the camera lenses will have a circular polarizer that can be adjusted depending on the lighting group that is needed.

  • @joeshabado1431
    @joeshabado1431 3 дня назад

    That's really cool. I never would have known that was something other than light play. Mine was 20% the size of the image you showed but visible.

  • @Fadeddeath
    @Fadeddeath 2 года назад +165

    This is perfect timing! My wife and I were talking about polarized sunglasses and our kids asked what polarization is. This video explains it better than I did so now I can show them this!

  • @camerica7400
    @camerica7400 2 года назад +240

    If you orient your sunglasses correctly,
    *Rotates head*. .
    Driving 10/10

    • @Trititaty
      @Trititaty 2 года назад +4

      The sun is usually above our heads, so all the polarized sunglasses just block glares from right above sources best and do a decent job when the source is slightly to the side.
      If the sun is below your head you might better be slightly concerned about your car being upside down.

  • @Augusto5843
    @Augusto5843 2 года назад +1

    👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Amazing!!!
    I always thought that was something on monitors, I never thought that's something about vision.
    I thought the yellow part was the light source of the screen and the blue part the areas where were not well lightened.
    I was looking to the phone and tilted a little, this gradient pattern doesn't fit the screen, because it was bigger, but it changes direction, going to the opposite direction from where I started to tilt.
    Love this experiment!!!

  • @silvory7021
    @silvory7021 2 года назад +14

    Me first seeing the polarizer in action: Wow, imagine if there was like something you can wear that would just block all the glares on screens
    Me like a few seconds later when he gets to the phone: Crap I just accidentally reinvented sunglasses

  • @DS-lt7fw
    @DS-lt7fw 2 года назад +127

    All I could see was how dirty my screen was when I watched this on my TV.

  • @odda3190
    @odda3190 2 года назад +97

    Everyone who can't see it:
    "Alright, then. Keep your secrets. 😏"

  • @artistocracy
    @artistocracy 2 года назад

    I have one eye through which I see clearly, after having 7 ops on the other one for retinal detatchment which see but doesn't focus. So, I can see tons of yellow but not the blue, and that's with no sunglasses. Thanks for sharing this, I saved it to favourites!

  • @kelly-bo-belly
    @kelly-bo-belly 13 дней назад

    6:56 ooo.. what you’re talking about may be why I have great peripheral vision. I have always practiced seeing without moving my eyes or head. It helps so much to be able to look forward and in your side view mirrors (or rear view mirror) simultaneously when driving. Maybe this is different, but it sounds like it is using the same technique.

  • @naterich3613
    @naterich3613 2 года назад +102

    Family caught me staring at a white screen with my sunglasses on. Thanks Action Lab!

  • @MichaelTau
    @MichaelTau 2 года назад +95

    I thought I was special till he took the image away.

  • @bobingabout
    @bobingabout 2 года назад +7

    5:17 The normal orientation, it's invisible, but I imagine the starting point is that the yellow line is vertical.
    If I tilt my head left, the yellow line tilts right, and if I tilt my head right, the yellow line tilts left.
    It's possible that it's invisible to me when level because I'm used to looking at this screen with a level head, so my brain just filters it out.

    • @solemnwaltz
      @solemnwaltz 26 дней назад +3

      I'm gonna second the brain filter theory
      I can see it while tilting my head, but only while my head is moving
      Once I stop, it fades away

    • @laughsingay
      @laughsingay 15 дней назад +1

      Oooh thanks! You actually helped me see it consistently. I was beginning to wonder if I was just seeing things because I would see it faintly for only a split second at a time.

  • @ShojoBakunyu
    @ShojoBakunyu 2 года назад +1

    Ooooohhhhhh!!!!! That explains something I've always experienced! In some lights I've seen yellow or blue auras...

  • @a7mad7xx
    @a7mad7xx 2 года назад +253

    This man looks like hes so sick of life yet he opens my mind to life

    • @esmitothemosquito
      @esmitothemosquito 2 года назад +25

      He's too smart so now he's just bored

    • @evilotis01
      @evilotis01 2 года назад +9

      someone else described him as looking like both the happiest and saddest man in the world, which is both perfect and kind of disturbing

    • @jorgepeterbarton
      @jorgepeterbarton 2 года назад +2

      @@evilotis01 eyebrows are everything here. I recon anyway, plus he is maybe doing a presenter smile not a genuine one.

  • @michaelrose93
    @michaelrose93 2 года назад +78

    Great, another thing that I can't un-see. Someone showed me how to see all the "floaters" one day, now they're with me for life.

    • @beezowdoodoozoppitybopbopb9488
      @beezowdoodoozoppitybopbopb9488 2 года назад +14

      For me floaters are kind of like the game. You only lose if you think about it. By the way, you just lost the game

    • @doesntmatter2732
      @doesntmatter2732 2 года назад +2

      Wait you can purposely see floaters? How???

    • @michaelrose93
      @michaelrose93 2 года назад +1

      @@doesntmatter2732 Try looking at a big fluorescent black light bulb (regular, not blue-black) for a minute. You can also see them against the blue of the sky, maybe not quite as well.

    • @michaelrose93
      @michaelrose93 2 года назад +6

      @@doesntmatter2732 I guess I should elaborate a bit, we were all tripping one night. A few of my friends were over by the black light, "Can you see them yet?" "Whoa!." I had never heard of floaters, but after looking at the light for a minute or two, I suddenly saw them as well. The sun was coming up, when I went outside and looked against the blue of the sky, I saw a whole bunch of floaters, from that day forward, unfortunately.
      Once you see them, you can't unsee them. Are you absolutely sure that you want to see them? They have always been with you, but you block, them out, like background noise. But after you notice that spot on the wall, you're might see it the rest of your life. Are you _sure_ that's what you want???

    • @AGKyran
      @AGKyran 2 года назад +1

      I rarely see floaters, but it's nice when I do. Wouldn't wish for anyone to see them all the time though.
      But after taking a lot of drugs during about 4 years, I now have phosphenes all the time.
      I mostly see them at night, it's very easier to see them in dark places.
      And it's cool. If you start focus at them, they may start to change and make shapes.
      The more I focus on them, the more they get detailed.
      It's a fun thing.
      Also staring for a moment dehydrates your eyes.
      You can play with it by fixing the ground. It works better on clear repetitive patterns.
      When you do, it then starts to move.
      I've done that again recently (don't do it too often!), and it looked like ripples.
      It's quite awesome.
      Also, learned the trick where you stay in the dark, and turn on a light above your head on the side of your head.
      Makes you able to see the blood vessels in your eyes, like a web (it will be in a dark gray most likely).

  • @Nathan0A
    @Nathan0A 2 года назад +1

    I noticed is I could see it better focusing slightly "behind" the screen instead of focusing right on the surface of the screen. Also, I have 2 monitors and the angle of yellow/blue cross was different on my older IPS monitor (blue band horizontal) vs newer VA monitor (blue band more vertical), absolutely nutty!

  • @AxeMan808
    @AxeMan808 20 дней назад +1

    While I didn't see the Brush, I did get the thought to turn my polarized sunglasses and WOW when it dimmed that white background (at around 45 degree tilt) I saw all the spots on my monitor!
    Thanks for this new tech.

  • @pew4808
    @pew4808 2 года назад +13

    i’m kinda really glad this channel went mainstream. it’s used to be like my guilty pleasure of learning bout random sciency nerdy things, now the comments are flooded with meme replies and inside jokes and action labs lore, lmao. i love it. feels like a hidden gem i like is being shared w the world (in a good way)

  • @MatterIsNotSolid
    @MatterIsNotSolid 2 года назад +394

    Yes. But if you are being honest it in part is based on the quality of the screen you are using.

    • @jonathanramiro100yearsago
      @jonathanramiro100yearsago 2 года назад +4

      Test like this is not usefull if it wasn't played on same display or on paper and people looking at it from same distance and angle,but it fun tough

    • @harshvardhan4766
      @harshvardhan4766 2 года назад

      @@HanisExperiments you are everywhere

    • @blueredbrick
      @blueredbrick 2 года назад +3

      The idea is to look into a diffuse homogenous white backlite that fills your field of view if i understand correctly ?

    • @marsrocket
      @marsrocket 2 года назад +7

      He’s not talking about the example image he showed, he talking about looking through a polarizing filter at a flat white light source.

    • @harshvardhan4766
      @harshvardhan4766 2 года назад +1

      @@HanisExperiments I thiink you watch what I watch

  • @coolay2973
    @coolay2973 2 года назад +1

    This title was like those old 99% CAN’T SEE IT videos on RUclips, but the difference being that this video is better then 100 of those videos put together

  • @ViridianFlow
    @ViridianFlow 3 дня назад

    Looking at this on a (not super modern) Galaxy S22 from 2 years ago from when I'm viewing this video, you can see it if you pause the video and hold your phone in landscape, then look at the camera cutout dot and move the phone backwards and forwards until the centre of the video is around about where your ocular blindspot is (where the ocular nerve is, like those old tests where you put 2 xs on a piece of paper and move your vision forward and back from it)
    So the spot shows up right around where your normal blind spot is
    So stare at the camera cutout, close the eye closest to the cutout and move the phone forward and back slowly until you see it.
    If that's hard, look at the image with your clossr eye and move the phone until the camera dot disappears, then open that eye and close the other eye

  • @google_was_my_idea67yearsa45
    @google_was_my_idea67yearsa45 2 года назад +742

    I can see it perfectly without the polarizer.

    • @legendarypinkmilk3092
      @legendarypinkmilk3092 2 года назад +32

      Same

    • @45bm51
      @45bm51 2 года назад +45

      lcd screen huh

    • @littletimelord2755
      @littletimelord2755 2 года назад +8

      I could only see the blue.

    • @hampter460
      @hampter460 2 года назад +40

      Same.....
      I GUESS I'M A SUPERHERO NOW MOM TIME TO DECIDE A NICKNAME

    • @fabriperoconalgomasytodojunto
      @fabriperoconalgomasytodojunto 2 года назад +27

      i think everyone or almost everyone can see it but if you are actually seeing it he said that as you tilt your head you should see it tilting too or something like that which doesnt happen to me

  • @CalebICT
    @CalebICT 2 года назад +148

    I’ve always been able to see this. This has actually been a problem though. LED headlights really mess with my eyes.

    • @jmoneyjoshkinion4576
      @jmoneyjoshkinion4576 2 года назад +7

      I used to see that RIDICULOUSLY often on the back glass of cars after I tried my dad's sunglasses for about a week I could see it for MONTHS at a time, about 4 months, before the effect seemed to taper off.

    • @persephoneblack888
      @persephoneblack888 2 года назад +9

      I have the same issue. I might buy those night driving glasses that block the glare from bright lights. The LED lights completely destroy my eyes.

    • @CalebICT
      @CalebICT 2 года назад

      @@persephoneblack888 same

    • @anit8811
      @anit8811 2 года назад +1

      wait, so that's the reason I can't see glowing writings sharp? I always thought it was my glasses being wrong!

    • @Jayhhardy
      @Jayhhardy 2 года назад +2

      Same. I often have to wear polarised shades to stop my eyes hurting at certain as well.

  • @OmnipotentNoodle
    @OmnipotentNoodle 2 года назад +2

    Actually had a really easy time with this one :)
    Blue was horizontal, yellow was vertical, and the would each fade in an out, peaking as my head was perpendicular to the orbital

  • @nibbonbon
    @nibbonbon 2 года назад

    lol, i recently watched the polirisation phenomenon when sitting in the car and watching the lights with and without glass, finally i understand, thx for sharing

  • @blueredbrick
    @blueredbrick 2 года назад +243

    This is indeed like unlocking a superpower, cool.

  • @theangelking96
    @theangelking96 2 года назад +146

    I actually saw everything, though the yellow was relatively clearer to me than the blue

    • @CozyWinning
      @CozyWinning 2 года назад +6

      Same to me

    • @fukpoeslaw3613
      @fukpoeslaw3613 2 года назад +8

      yellow was a lot stronger yes

    • @no_idea0537
      @no_idea0537 2 года назад

      There's no blue touch liars

    • @CozyWinning
      @CozyWinning 2 года назад +17

      @@no_idea0537 there is, just concentrate

    • @Vextrove
      @Vextrove 2 года назад +1

      For me, blue was more obvious

  • @NeoNthriller
    @NeoNthriller День назад

    I have two different model screens. One had the yellow horizontal the other had it vertically. That was very interesting.

  • @Dreamy115
    @Dreamy115 2 года назад +171

    This is the moment I realized I've always seen it but never paid attention

    • @abelincoln7473
      @abelincoln7473 2 года назад +5

      Same here, its always been there, just didnt realize what i was looking at.

    • @persephonehades7547
      @persephonehades7547 2 года назад +2

      Is it supposed to be really feint?

    • @abelincoln7473
      @abelincoln7473 2 года назад +3

      @@persephonehades7547 yes absolutely, its almost like a hint of a "second shadow"
      Its most evident to me in very bright, direct sunlight, with the sun almost overhead, to eliminate other shadows.

    • @attraueketcham350
      @attraueketcham350 2 года назад

      Everyone else with the naked eye?

    • @wjspade
      @wjspade 2 года назад +5

      I thought for years that my monitor was messed up. Now I know that it’s just my eyes being awesome.

  • @bholuwhoop5944
    @bholuwhoop5944 2 года назад +90

    I got a headache after watching that metal reflection... It was as if I was staring at the sun 😂

    • @peachyjam9440
      @peachyjam9440 2 года назад +8

      Turn down your monitor's brightness damnn

    • @Sachin-ct3md
      @Sachin-ct3md 2 года назад +11

      that proves that you have a head

    • @SunGodAtomes
      @SunGodAtomes 2 года назад +6

      @@Sachin-ct3md I wish I had a head 😔

    • @Sachin-ct3md
      @Sachin-ct3md 2 года назад +3

      @@SunGodAtomes whar r u sayin ? you need a head 😲

    • @rex1630
      @rex1630 2 года назад +2

      discord people who always rant about light mode and demand dark mode will gonna hate this video 😆

  • @ThePawsOfDeception
    @ThePawsOfDeception 21 день назад

    No way! Is that what that thing is?
    Whenever I've seen it in the past I've just ignored it, assuming it was just a relic of looking at something else. Like if you stare at an image long enough and then look at a blank wall and see the negative of the image you were just staring at.
    That's amazing!! Thanks!

  • @jettesides420
    @jettesides420 8 дней назад +1

    I saw it on my tablet. Reminds me of the "Magic Eye" technique. Also saw I need to clean my screen.

    • @anxylum
      @anxylum 2 дня назад +1

      I’ve been trying that on my iPad. I’ve seen all kinds of crazy stuff, but not this. And now I have a headache. 😂

  • @toogoodatall960
    @toogoodatall960 2 года назад +38

    I really like your voice it is so chill… you should do a podcast

  • @tinyluffy2822
    @tinyluffy2822 2 года назад +27

    Instructions are wrong, ended up activating mangekyo sharingan.

  • @rylanasher4756
    @rylanasher4756 7 дней назад

    This was such a cool video and science experiment. I could see it very faintly if I rotated my head towards my left. I loved this video so much I liked it twice!

  • @VirtualRiot
    @VirtualRiot 4 дня назад +1

    Thank you for showing me how dirty my laptop screen really is

    • @anxylum
      @anxylum 2 дня назад

      I just had to clean my phone and my iPad trying to see this thing… 🤣🤣🤣

  • @jacknation1141
    @jacknation1141 2 года назад +329

    Y'know, this would be *really* interesting if he actually explained what polarized light is! :D

    • @MrTehNoms
      @MrTehNoms 2 года назад +100

      Light in nature are made of oscillating pairs of magnetic and electric fields. Normal light is
      like tons of those pairs of waves he showed, but all mooshed and close together and tilted
      at random angles from each other. Imagine lots of fish randomly swimming serpentine in
      one direction, but some are upside down, sideways, etc.
      The polarizers he had are like microscopic window blinds. When the sun shines through your
      blinds, some light is blocked and you get parallel lines of light on the wall or whatever. Polarizers
      block all the light waves that aren't parallel to the little blinds on the sheet. So, if some light
      is LINEARLY polarized, then those polarizers will let it through if its wave can slide through
      the polarizer slits. The light gets dimmer if it's not lined up perfectly, and gets blocked when
      the wave is perpendicular.

    • @willbe3043
      @willbe3043 2 года назад +29

      I was waiting the whole time for him to explain it or point us somewhere we can learn about it lol

    • @reahthorolund8373
      @reahthorolund8373 2 года назад +4

      @@willbe3043 It just takes a second to search it on RUclips tbh

    • @encross8058
      @encross8058 2 года назад +2

      It means it's cold lmao

    • @Gingersnaps_the_pumpkin_kitty
      @Gingersnaps_the_pumpkin_kitty 2 года назад +2

      Yes. Or you could do your own research further into it.
      Not that hard and Google is free.

  • @remino
    @remino 2 года назад +7

    I just started messing with a polarizing filter on my camera and this made me realize why the filter can still be turned after being screwed in. Don’t know why I didn’t realize it sooner. Thank you.

  • @Amvienttz
    @Amvienttz 7 дней назад

    Now I can't unsee it. Very cool!

  • @iantheinventor8151
    @iantheinventor8151 29 дней назад

    Remember reading in a book a suggestion that vehicles could use polarised lights & have polarised windscreens to help reduce glare, always wondered if it would work. 🤔

  • @solemnbum
    @solemnbum 2 года назад +95

    Me: trying to see it
    Video: "it occurs in the macula"
    Me: with swollen optic nerves "ah."

    • @venusalexa7367
      @venusalexa7367 9 дней назад

      Ahhh, that makes sense

    • @ladyserenity5
      @ladyserenity5 8 дней назад

      I guess I should save this video as an amateur eye test for inflammation...

  • @slimjamesason912
    @slimjamesason912 2 года назад +7

    It looks pretty viewable (if that's even a word), I was able to see it clearly, not clear to the point of where it's not blurry, but it's clear, the white light altough starts to block me from seeing the blue part after a while.

  • @rylanasher4756
    @rylanasher4756 7 дней назад

    This video has just reminded of an experience I could repeat as a child, before puberty I think.
    I would close one of my eyes (forget which was which), lets say the right eye, so the left eye was open. With just the left eye open, I would experience a slight yellow tinge to the world, and if I swapped them, the right eye would experience a blue tinge.
    I remember telling my mum and she wasy just like "oh OK." Her response to anything I said really lol
    I remember doing this and thinking that this was just how vision wworked, and when both eyes were open they complemented each other and the world appeared "normal" or "regular."
    I just tried this again now, and I experience no difference between my eyes. Probably due to UV yellowing of the lenses of my eyes as I have aged.
    I don't know if this has anything to do with the effect described in the video, but it is interesting that the effect manifests as blue and yellow.
    Anyway, nice memory lane trip to go down. Don't know if anyone else has had a similar experience. Would be cool if someone out in the internet wildlands has seen the same thing.
    Thanks for reading.

  • @artisanrox
    @artisanrox Год назад

    It worked on my desktop screen just by opening a blank file. wow!!!
    But: I had to turn the brightness all the way up to 100 (I usually have it near zero to stop headaches), I had to take off the "nightlight" blue blocking option, and I had to tilt my head VERY slowly. It's more of a "ghost image" type thing, like an afterimage from looking at a bright like....or one of those Magic Eye pictures...but also not quite that. The yellow was mostly horizontal and the blue vertical but it did move a bit along with my head.
    Science is so fascinating omfg ❤

  • @PixelParanoid
    @PixelParanoid 2 года назад +110

    this is what they use on cameras while filming shiny surfaces

  • @TheAdvertisement
    @TheAdvertisement 2 года назад +17

    It's amazing how much and how little you can see with your own senses.

  • @samfuller4902
    @samfuller4902 2 года назад

    I wear glasses, and could not see it at first, but after re-watching I heard you said it can depend on the angle of your head, I rotated my head and I could see it so clearly!
    I'm assuming my glasses must mess with the polarisation in some way...

  • @lapisinfernalis9052
    @lapisinfernalis9052 2 года назад

    First I didn't see anything but the afterimage, but after some tries I got it to work. For me the yellow bulbs are horizonal and they actually tilt.

  • @r1w3d
    @r1w3d 2 года назад +3

    I have a blind patch in the center of my right eye from a pulse laser accident 5 years ago and it still exists. I've gotten so use to it I don't notice it normally unless I'm looking at close lines, grids or anything like a window screen or blinds. The blind spot distorts those things and reminds me of an event horizon. I can't say the spot is black though it's nothing like a dark spot, it's just distorted absence.

  • @bondermas0170
    @bondermas0170 2 года назад +168

    What he meant by "Not Everyone Can See" he meant people with their blue light filters enabled.

    • @DibIrken
      @DibIrken 2 года назад +12

      Is it odd that I saw both with and without the blue light filter enabled (LG v50 Thinq)?

    • @adityajain5732
      @adityajain5732 2 года назад +21

      I have my blue light filter on and I saw it

    • @bondermas0170
      @bondermas0170 2 года назад +4

      You guys might have it at a lower level.

    • @AntonFetzer
      @AntonFetzer 2 года назад +5

      I turned off my blue light filter for this video and saw nothing. I even checked with my polrised sunglasses that my screen is definitely polarised, but I can still not see it

    • @thepizzaguy8477
      @thepizzaguy8477 2 года назад +5

      Nah he meant that some people are physically incapable of seeing polarized light.

  • @Thaumh
    @Thaumh 27 дней назад

    Years ago, I had a pair of sunglasses that were both polarizing and UV filtering. Because of this, it could block the glare from some things, but the from the things it couldn't (sun glare off water) had this day-glo royal purple halo. Very pretty, I miss them.

  • @hansisbrucker813
    @hansisbrucker813 Год назад

    I saw this effect a few years ago in a similar experiment 😊

  • @ryanmalin
    @ryanmalin 2 года назад +36

    I can see it, its smaller than I expected. I could only see the horizontal yellow.

    • @thebaddestogre-3698
      @thebaddestogre-3698 2 года назад +5

      Once I could see yellow, I tilted my phone very slightly left and right, then the blue showed up just barely.

    • @rickreed123
      @rickreed123 2 года назад +2

      Same here. When I tilt my head left and right the yellow bar rotates a few degrees as well. Very interesting. Now I am going to be seeing that all day as I work at my computer.

    • @TheActionLab
      @TheActionLab  2 года назад +6

      yes it seems very small compared to the picture I showed

    • @narmathaarulkumar4250
      @narmathaarulkumar4250 2 года назад

      Whoa the action lab

    • @togeinumaki8002
      @togeinumaki8002 2 года назад

      @@narmathaarulkumar4250 woah a person

  • @tropical95
    @tropical95 2 года назад +3

    I found it way easier to spot the cross for the first time while it is tilting.
    Because then it moves in relation to the center of vision and changes in vision are always easier to spot for me.

  • @Sovereign86
    @Sovereign86 2 года назад +1

    This man had me pausing and squinting at my screen so hard!🤣🤣🤣👌🏾

  • @pineappleboi27
    @pineappleboi27 8 дней назад

    I accidentally discovered this a while ago, but I thought it was just my sun glasses being funky. Had no idea this was a normal thing. Super cool.

  • @ScottMaday
    @ScottMaday 2 года назад +18

    Video Idea: Do the opposite where you show how to find your blind spot by closing one eye, extending your arm, stick out your thumb, and move it away from the center of your vision until when you wiggle your thumb, you don't see it.

    • @bilalejaz1682
      @bilalejaz1682 2 года назад +2

      Why don't you show us instead 😁

    • @ScottMaday
      @ScottMaday 2 года назад +3

      @@bilalejaz1682 Vsauce touched on the blind spot of the eye here: ruclips.net/video/4I5Q3UXkGd0/видео.html

    • @kiritoe1527
      @kiritoe1527 2 года назад

      you just explained it, now, why we need a video

  • @GrassMan6942O
    @GrassMan6942O 2 года назад +33

    POV: you can both see the blue and yellow at the same brightness regardless of orientation
    *I am several universes ahead of you*

    • @stupidityofme7248
      @stupidityofme7248 2 года назад +1

      We are the almighty powerful with our eyes

    • @littletimelord2755
      @littletimelord2755 2 года назад

      I am only one universe ahead of everyone. I can do this, but only for blue

    • @DrawinskyMoon
      @DrawinskyMoon 2 года назад

      I can see both and see which color is overlapping even if the image is blurry

  • @xtremefurrycat
    @xtremefurrycat 2 года назад +1

    I was actually able to see it on both computer screen and newer phone, it actually showed up better on my phone than on computer screen.

  • @STPromosMusic
    @STPromosMusic 24 дня назад

    It's faint, but it's really interesting to see on my tablet screen, and what convinced me it wasn't image permanence is that what I was seeing was rotated 90 degrees compared to the example, and also worked after a bit of a break, plus, it changes the orientation based on how I rotate the tablet, very cool : )

  • @slepyneko1443
    @slepyneko1443 2 года назад +13

    me finding out not everyone can see this:
    visible confusion

  • @WonderOfU24
    @WonderOfU24 2 года назад +3

    When I tilted my head nearly ar 45° I was able to see that thing , though it was faint. But I saw it!
    Thanks to you!

  • @endgovernmentextremism
    @endgovernmentextremism 2 года назад

    Yup, I can see it on my phone's screen when it's vertical... very cool, thanks. I just realized I've seen this on my monitor before but didn't know what it was.

  • @WhyTheHorseface
    @WhyTheHorseface Год назад

    Very cool! I’ve probably got some disease, as I saw the yellow bulbs only, they were above center, very small, and they rotated the opposite direction of how I would tilt my head 😂

  • @nickiebanchou
    @nickiebanchou 2 года назад +4

    i thought i couldn't see it, but i tred tilting my head in front of my monitor's white screen and then it popped out super clear :O

  • @schmeeosaurus
    @schmeeosaurus 2 года назад +3

    The action lab is like my number one place to go on RUclips cuz he actually makes interesting stuff

  • @neoxbomb
    @neoxbomb 9 дней назад

    I saw a very light red horizon but it took up my whole screen (what does that mean?). it was neat to see it tilt as i tilted my head side to side

  • @Mr.Magnetix
    @Mr.Magnetix 2 года назад

    Right so i can see it on my phone, and yes its not very new. Although it was only for a short time adter the image was gone. It wasnt really a cross, but more of a diamond shape. The colors were more faint as well, but that was pretty cool, had to get pretty close with my phone as well

  • @jainpaul6649
    @jainpaul6649 2 года назад +5

    02:00 seems like he himself made a phone stand
    which alone would be a content for other DIY RUclipsrs