Recently, the issue of resolution has become increasingly relevant for games, monitors and televisions. But how much resolution does the eye actually see?
02.01.2023 – A long time ago, we talked about how many frames the human eye sees in a very detailed technical article. Then the conclusion was that the human eye can improve, and in fact the eyes of the players are better than the eyes of ordinary people. Recently, however, not only the image refresh rate has become an issue among gamers, but also the resolution. Now we looked at the fact that while we’re watching something in 4K, 8K, 16K,
How many K do our eyes actually see? Does it matter if there is something 8k?
Can the human eye see in 8K?
Now that you’ve taken the Video Game Character Eyes You See quiz, can we find out what’s going on with our eyes? When it was announced a few years ago that big games would be available in 8K, we thought everything would be incredibly beautiful. OK, but can our eyes process this?
The difference between pixels and resolution
However, it is important to clarify that there is a difference between pixels and resolution. If you watch TV in HD, then in 4K and then in 8K, then the resolution and all the pixels will be higher. Pixels are the individual points of light that make up a digital image. For example, for an 8K TV, that’s 33,177,600 pixels. The term 8K refers to the number of pixels (8000) displayed horizontally per line.
However, we cannot talk about pixels in human vision. The organs in the eye make up the image, and what we see is actually what our eyes and brain put together as an image, not necessarily the reality itself. That is why the question should be examined a little differently.
But what is the resolution of the human eye?
Since the human eye does not see in pixels at all, it is very difficult to compare at the level of digital displays. But curious people want to know that if the human eye can see in pixels, how many pixels will we see in reality?
An expert had already calculated this and deduced what it was based on. I wouldn’t bore anyone with intricate details if you like, Read the accounts here. The point is that the result was exactly 576 megapixels.
Our eyes see 576 megapixels.
576MP means roughly 576 million pixels, so at first glance it appears we’re seeing a much better resolution than an 8K TV is capable of. But it’s not that simple. According to another expert, we see 576MP when our eyes move, but at a glance only 5-15MP.
Furthermore, of course, your eyes can have many flaws that cameras and displays do not. For example, the blind spot is where the optic nerve meets the retina. It can also be an error such as general view and distance vision. Then there are those who were born with super vision and see more colors in the world or on TV than others.
Should we finally buy an 8K TV or monitor?
The question is also complicated because it does not matter who uses it for what. As we’ve seen with FPS, gamers’ eyes are probably more sensitive to resolution because of games. The greater the difference in resolution, the better we will be able to perceive the difference. So our eyes can learn, evolve, and perceive the difference between decisions. Although we can really see more details in reality, we will see how much nicer the image is on our monitor screens. naturally…
This is also a matter of perspective
Imagine that you are on the beach. If you look down in front of you, you can see sand. Since it’s so close, you can almost count the grains of sand. But the further away you look, the more difficult or impossible it becomes. This is because distance plays a huge role in the accuracy of the eye. There are a lot of similar variables, and the same is true of whether we perceive the true resolution of an 8K or 16K screen.
Anyway, we knew that our eyes are still cooler than any display. But the way the game looks these days is also nothing. no?
Did you see the FPS article?
How many frames per second does the human eye actually see?
