I will never understand why video games want these effects in them. Am I playing as a fucking camera? The only games where these lens effects make any sense is like a cyberpunk game where you have robot eyes or you’re actually watching through a camera.
Real eyes don’t get lens flares. Real eyes don’t see chromatic aberration. Or film grain. Or have vignettes. Real eyes realize real lies.
Also, about 2/3 of the population of the US wears some form of corrective vision prosthetic; this doesn’t include the number of people who wear reading glasses, although it does include Contact lens wearers. In any case, about half the population is seeing lens flare and chromatic aberration on the regular.
Film grain was mostly a joke. When your lenses get dirty, it does look like film grain is everywhere.
Chromatic aberration, definitely. The middle of the lens is typically clear, but anything off-center gets shifted a bit, the stronger the lenses, the more noticeable it gets.
Yep. I eventually realized the car headlights don’t actually have a blue LED dot included in them…my glasses and/or crappy eyes are doing something funny that splits out a blue dot.
Let me tell you about optical migraines, it’s like having a built in etch a sketch overlay onto your vision.
The first time it happens you shit bricks wondering if you’re having a heart attack at like 20. Good times on top of lensflare astigmatism you end up like a personal biological photoshop to real life.
I will never understand why video games want these effects in them. Am I playing as a fucking camera? The only games where these lens effects make any sense is like a cyberpunk game where you have robot eyes or you’re actually watching through a camera.
Real eyes don’t get lens flares. Real eyes don’t see chromatic aberration. Or film grain. Or have vignettes. Real eyes realize real lies.
Aha but I have astigmatism.
So I really do get lens flare in real life.
It’s rather annoying. Some TVs in certain lighting situations actually compound my astigmatism with the lens flare to make ultra flares.
And traffic lights at night, they’re the biggest offender
Same.
Also, about 2/3 of the population of the US wears some form of corrective vision prosthetic; this doesn’t include the number of people who wear reading glasses, although it does include Contact lens wearers. In any case, about half the population is seeing lens flare and chromatic aberration on the regular.
People who wear glasses can get all three of those.
Wearing glasses makes you get chromatic aberration and film grain? 🤨
Film grain was mostly a joke. When your lenses get dirty, it does look like film grain is everywhere.
Chromatic aberration, definitely. The middle of the lens is typically clear, but anything off-center gets shifted a bit, the stronger the lenses, the more noticeable it gets.
your supposed to clean your glasses? aw shit
Yep. I eventually realized the car headlights don’t actually have a blue LED dot included in them…my glasses and/or crappy eyes are doing something funny that splits out a blue dot.
Maybe if they get really really stoned they unlock those additional effects
Let me tell you about optical migraines, it’s like having a built in etch a sketch overlay onto your vision.
The first time it happens you shit bricks wondering if you’re having a heart attack at like 20. Good times on top of lensflare astigmatism you end up like a personal biological photoshop to real life.
No no, see, you’re wearing six pairs of glasses.
Real eyes see through the lies of the Jedi!
Oh, wait. Wrong community.