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

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  • @TheActionLab
    @TheActionLab  Před 2 lety +3889

    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 Před 2 lety +7014

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

    • @_profile
      @_profile Před 2 lety +239

      I could see it on my phone
      Barely

    • @EfrenMunoz313
      @EfrenMunoz313 Před 2 lety +98

      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 Před 2 lety +53

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

    • @allhumansarejusthuman.5776
      @allhumansarejusthuman.5776 Před 2 lety +87

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

    • @TocsTheWanderer
      @TocsTheWanderer Před 2 lety +38

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

  • @cheezyskipper
    @cheezyskipper Před 2 lety +4356

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

  • @fluffycritter
    @fluffycritter Před měsícem +466

    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 Před měsícem +29

      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 Před měsícem +37

      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 Před měsícem +7

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

    • @hydrocarbon8272
      @hydrocarbon8272 Před 27 dny +2

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

    • @Arkylie
      @Arkylie Před 20 dny +2

      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?

  • @aleratz
    @aleratz Před 2 lety +1319

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

    • @smilloww2095
      @smilloww2095 Před měsícem +34

      Weird that this doesn't have a thousand likes

    • @RichD1
      @RichD1 Před měsícem +26

      @@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 Před měsícem +13

      @@RichD1 2 years to make a massive comeback lol

    • @geefreck
      @geefreck Před měsícem +10

      I see what you did there
      But I needed some sunglasses
      😎

    • @faithlyngrace2517
      @faithlyngrace2517 Před 26 dny

      😂

  • @adb012
    @adb012 Před 2 lety +4176

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

    • @jep9092
      @jep9092 Před 2 lety +40

      Same

    • @XYZ_Syphur
      @XYZ_Syphur Před 2 lety +62

      I see it

    • @TheNeilBlack
      @TheNeilBlack Před 2 lety +91

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

    • @Schuyler2614
      @Schuyler2614 Před 2 lety +7

      Same

    • @gustavofring9434
      @gustavofring9434 Před 2 lety +58

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

  • @lbrown21494
    @lbrown21494 Před 2 lety +2944

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

    • @expertoflizardcorrugation3967
      @expertoflizardcorrugation3967 Před 2 lety +94

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

    • @scheezy
      @scheezy Před 2 lety +158

      Incredibly niche, unrelatable moment

    • @lbrown21494
      @lbrown21494 Před 2 lety +243

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

    • @lbrown21494
      @lbrown21494 Před 2 lety +144

      @@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 Před 2 lety +45

      @@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

  • @NikkiTheViolist
    @NikkiTheViolist Před 23 dny +70

    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 Před 12 dny +15

      I hope you told your doctor about that

    • @flyguy0765
      @flyguy0765 Před 8 dny +3

      I can also identify a specific artificial light; for me it's infrared light. I get really bad headaches if I'm around it for long enough, like Microsoft Hololens or TrackIR

    • @kalwidorntheimmortalcaptai2435
      @kalwidorntheimmortalcaptai2435 Před 6 dny

      Its our retinas crying for help basically.

  • @michahalczuk9071
    @michahalczuk9071 Před 2 lety +48

    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 Před 2 lety +1803

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

    • @dutchrailroadcrossings
      @dutchrailroadcrossings Před 2 lety +62

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

    • @tubax926
      @tubax926 Před 2 lety +16

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

    • @dutchrailroadcrossings
      @dutchrailroadcrossings Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety +8

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

  • @VirtualRiot
    @VirtualRiot Před 14 dny +8

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

    • @anxylum
      @anxylum Před 13 dny

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

  • @michaelhockey8671
    @michaelhockey8671 Před 2 lety +88

    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 Před 15 dny

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

    • @michaelhockey8671
      @michaelhockey8671 Před 12 dny

      @@user-bf6gz8ej4o Just the yellow not the blue

    • @candinunya5211
      @candinunya5211 Před 9 dny +3

      There r many reasons you might see a yellow haze.

  • @devraval7957
    @devraval7957 Před 2 lety +2304

    The "hey everyone" never gets old

    • @sanketsalaria1565
      @sanketsalaria1565 Před 2 lety +40

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

    • @LeventK
      @LeventK Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety +2

      @@LeventK why?

    • @waterbiscuit6907
      @waterbiscuit6907 Před 2 lety +2

      yea will nerver get old

    • @waterbiscuit6907
      @waterbiscuit6907 Před 2 lety +6

      @@LeventK what are you talking about

  • @firedrive45
    @firedrive45 Před 2 lety +548

    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 Před 2 lety +113

      I’ve got the retardation and compensation covered.

    • @jamescollier3
      @jamescollier3 Před 2 lety +36

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

    • @Paraselene_Tao
      @Paraselene_Tao Před 2 lety +68

      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 Před 2 lety +20

      Thank you for taking your time to explain it.

    • @dibulater640
      @dibulater640 Před 2 lety +3

      @@jamescollier3 ho

  • @TorQueMoD
    @TorQueMoD Před měsícem +16

    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.

    • @SuperC142
      @SuperC142 Před 8 dny +1

      Are you sure what you're seeing isn't due to astigmatism?

  • @w13rdguy
    @w13rdguy Před měsícem +164

    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.

  • @GRBtutorials
    @GRBtutorials Před 2 lety +825

    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 Před 2 lety +58

      *cries in super AMOLED*

    • @nilo70
      @nilo70 Před 2 lety +11

      Works on my Kindle

    • @Tom--Ace
      @Tom--Ace Před 2 lety +5

      Worked on mine (mate 20 Pro)

    • @cheedam8738
      @cheedam8738 Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety

      rip :(

  • @DendiAli401
    @DendiAli401 Před 2 lety +931

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

    • @oscarfine8343
      @oscarfine8343 Před 2 lety +27

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

    • @dimp.3102
      @dimp.3102 Před 2 lety +46

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

    • @Zie-Zwei
      @Zie-Zwei Před 2 lety +10

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

    • @DendiAli401
      @DendiAli401 Před 2 lety +1

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

    • @GlenBradley
      @GlenBradley Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety +233

    “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 Před 2 lety +6

      That's funny

    • @Robert41265
      @Robert41265 Před 26 dny +16

      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_ Před 20 dny +2

      @@Robert41265how do swing states then

    • @Robert41265
      @Robert41265 Před 20 dny +5

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

  • @LDogSmiles
    @LDogSmiles Před 2 lety +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!

  • @missaisohee
    @missaisohee Před 2 lety +586

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

    • @iwaffle727
      @iwaffle727 Před 2 lety +7

      yes

    • @UrBrothaInChrist
      @UrBrothaInChrist Před 2 lety +2

      😂😂😂😂

    • @nohulse
      @nohulse Před 2 lety +29

      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 Před 2 lety +5

      On my phone and I can see it

    • @theconphentedcow241
      @theconphentedcow241 Před 2 lety

      Me with an old phone

  • @HT79
    @HT79 Před 2 lety +491

    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?!

  • @zanzlanz
    @zanzlanz Před 2 lety +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!

  • @timmytommy2921
    @timmytommy2921 Před 18 dny +4

    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.

  • @prathambhardwaj2009
    @prathambhardwaj2009 Před 2 lety +750

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

    • @Chrnan6710
      @Chrnan6710 Před 2 lety +25

      "woooah! (giggles)"

    • @tjsudac
      @tjsudac Před 2 lety +12

      *so kewl

    • @Your_Father1980
      @Your_Father1980 Před 2 lety +3

      @@tjsudac kul

    • @samuraiboi2735
      @samuraiboi2735 Před 2 lety

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

  • @TerryLawrence001
    @TerryLawrence001 Před 2 lety +219

    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 Před 2 lety +7

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

    • @mungbean345
      @mungbean345 Před 2 lety +2

      😲

    • @TerryLawrence001
      @TerryLawrence001 Před 2 lety +39

      @@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 Před 2 lety +7

      Vikings used a sunstone.

    • @venn7257
      @venn7257 Před 2 lety +1

      That's awesome

  • @ytmndan
    @ytmndan Před 2 dny +3

    I didn't see it, but I did notice a lot more floaters than I thought I had.

  • @2nd-place
    @2nd-place Před 3 dny +1

    That was actually amazing, I never thought I would learn something this weird about myself and then pick up on it within seconds of turning my head a few times. Now this is probably something I'm going to see all the freaking time!

  • @Fadeddeath
    @Fadeddeath Před 2 lety +166

    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 Před 2 lety +240

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

    • @Trititaty
      @Trititaty Před 2 lety +5

      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.

  • @bobingabout
    @bobingabout Před 2 lety +9

    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 Před měsícem +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 Před 26 dny +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.

  • @Betamon
    @Betamon Před 7 dny +1

    oh my god i’ve been seeing this for YEARS and never had any idea what it was!!!! i’m diagnosed with HPPD and have extremely bad visual snow so because of that i always second guessed myself thinking it was whenever i was on a bright white screen it was causing like a tiny part of my visual snow to become way more noticeable (despite knowing from experience that my visual snow improves greatly with strong light and only gets bad and intense in low light) but it was unmistakably different and i’m so glad i finally have an answer!! it’s extremely noticeable on my monitor but i see it sometimes on my ipad too (never on phone) for anyone having trouble seeing it, keep in mind that for me at least the simulation he shows of it is a bit misleading in terms of its visual clarity and shapes, for me on my pc monitor when my head was in the normal vertical position i was seeing the blue as quite large messy circular shapes like an infinity sign, but when i tilted my head sideways to see the yellow it was a much thinner profile in comparison as it wasn’t as messy (still very vibrant though)
    thank you for finally giving me the answers to this extremely mild “inconvenience” that i thought was me just being crazy lol

  • @Intrafacial86
    @Intrafacial86 Před 2 lety +915

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

  • @etherraichu
    @etherraichu Před 2 lety +445

    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."

  • @dimitardobrev3296
    @dimitardobrev3296 Před měsícem +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.

  • @tiredatm3009
    @tiredatm3009 Před 2 lety +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.

  • @DS-lt7fw
    @DS-lt7fw Před 2 lety +127

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

  • @MichaelTau
    @MichaelTau Před 2 lety +98

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

  • @Augusto5843
    @Augusto5843 Před 2 lety +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!!!

  • @jordanwright5795
    @jordanwright5795 Před měsícem +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.

  • @odda3190
    @odda3190 Před 2 lety +97

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

  • @MatterIsNotSolid
    @MatterIsNotSolid Před 2 lety +394

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

    • @jonathanramiro100yearsago
      @jonathanramiro100yearsago Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety

      @@HanisExperiments you are everywhere

    • @blueredbrick
      @blueredbrick Před 2 lety +3

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

    • @marsrocket
      @marsrocket Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety +1

      @@HanisExperiments I thiink you watch what I watch

  • @bunthewiser4330
    @bunthewiser4330 Před 2 dny +1

    I wish this started off with an explanation of what "Haidinger's Brush" is.

  • @OmnipotentNoodle
    @OmnipotentNoodle Před 2 lety +3

    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

  • @naterich3613
    @naterich3613 Před 2 lety +104

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

  • @a7mad7xx
    @a7mad7xx Před 2 lety +253

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

    • @esmitothemosquito
      @esmitothemosquito Před 2 lety +25

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

    • @evilotis01
      @evilotis01 Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @AxeMan808
    @AxeMan808 Před měsícem +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.

  • @Squintis
    @Squintis Před 16 dny +4

    That’s a bush? It just looks like 4 large dots

  • @pew4808
    @pew4808 Před 2 lety +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)

  • @google_was_my_idea67yearsa45

    I can see it perfectly without the polarizer.

    • @legendarypinkmilk3092
      @legendarypinkmilk3092 Před 2 lety +32

      Same

    • @45bm51
      @45bm51 Před 2 lety +45

      lcd screen huh

    • @littletimelord2755
      @littletimelord2755 Před 2 lety +8

      I could only see the blue.

    • @hampter460
      @hampter460 Před 2 lety +41

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

    • @fabriperoconalgomasytodojunto
      @fabriperoconalgomasytodojunto Před 2 lety +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

  • @uwuvision3211
    @uwuvision3211 Před 7 dny

    i used to see this thing all the time back when i used to be really concerned with my visual disturbances, i thought that was just another one of them!!! i saw it every time i rotated my phone. this is super cool!!

  • @kelly-bo-belly
    @kelly-bo-belly Před 23 dny

    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.

  • @theangelking96
    @theangelking96 Před 2 lety +146

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

  • @Dreamy115
    @Dreamy115 Před 2 lety +171

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

    • @abelincoln7473
      @abelincoln7473 Před 2 lety +5

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

    • @persephonehades7547
      @persephonehades7547 Před 2 lety +2

      Is it supposed to be really feint?

    • @abelincoln7473
      @abelincoln7473 Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety

      Everyone else with the naked eye?

    • @wjspade
      @wjspade Před 2 lety +5

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

  • @ShojoBakunyu
    @ShojoBakunyu Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @ziomada99
    @ziomada99 Před 2 dny

    I could see it very nicely. It does tilt with your head tilt which almost throws you off at first till you realize that's how it is intended.
    20/20 vision here.

  • @michaelrose93
    @michaelrose93 Před 2 lety +79

    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 Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety +2

      Wait you can purposely see floaters? How???

    • @michaelrose93
      @michaelrose93 Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety +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).

  • @CalebICT
    @CalebICT Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety

      @@persephoneblack888 same

    • @anit8811
      @anit8811 Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @artistocracy
    @artistocracy Před 2 lety

    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!

  • @jettesides420
    @jettesides420 Před 18 dny +1

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

    • @anxylum
      @anxylum Před 13 dny +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. 😂

  • @blueredbrick
    @blueredbrick Před 2 lety +243

    This is indeed like unlocking a superpower, cool.

  • @tinyluffy2822
    @tinyluffy2822 Před 2 lety +27

    Instructions are wrong, ended up activating mangekyo sharingan.

  • @nibbonbon
    @nibbonbon Před 2 lety

    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

  • @joeshabado1431
    @joeshabado1431 Před 13 dny

    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.

  • @PixelParanoid
    @PixelParanoid Před 2 lety +110

    this is what they use on cameras while filming shiny surfaces

  • @jacknation1141
    @jacknation1141 Před 2 lety +329

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

    • @MrTehNoms
      @MrTehNoms Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety +29

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

    • @reahthorolund8373
      @reahthorolund8373 Před 2 lety +4

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

    • @encross8058
      @encross8058 Před 2 lety +2

      It means it's cold lmao

    • @Gingersnaps_the_pumpkin_kitty
      @Gingersnaps_the_pumpkin_kitty Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @ThePawsOfDeception
    @ThePawsOfDeception Před měsícem

    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!

  • @siriusmywaifu4043
    @siriusmywaifu4043 Před 20 hodinami +1

    I could see the yellow as clear as day, but the blue was like thinly stretched watercolor. (Without polarization)

  • @toogoodatall960
    @toogoodatall960 Před 2 lety +38

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

  • @bholuwhoop5944
    @bholuwhoop5944 Před 2 lety +90

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

    • @peachyjam9440
      @peachyjam9440 Před 2 lety +8

      Turn down your monitor's brightness damnn

    • @Sachin-ct3md
      @Sachin-ct3md Před 2 lety +11

      that proves that you have a head

    • @SunGodAtomes
      @SunGodAtomes Před 2 lety +6

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

    • @Sachin-ct3md
      @Sachin-ct3md Před 2 lety +3

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

    • @rex1630
      @rex1630 Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @ViridianFlow
    @ViridianFlow Před 14 dny

    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

  • @xtremefurrycat
    @xtremefurrycat Před 2 lety +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.

  • @bondermas0170
    @bondermas0170 Před 2 lety +168

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

    • @DibIrken
      @DibIrken Před 2 lety +12

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

    • @adityajain5732
      @adityajain5732 Před 2 lety +21

      I have my blue light filter on and I saw it

    • @bondermas0170
      @bondermas0170 Před 2 lety +4

      You guys might have it at a lower level.

    • @AntonFetzer
      @AntonFetzer Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety +5

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

  • @solemnbum
    @solemnbum Před 2 lety +95

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

    • @venusalexa7367
      @venusalexa7367 Před 20 dny

      Ahhh, that makes sense

    • @ladyserenity5
      @ladyserenity5 Před 19 dny

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

  • @rylanasher4756
    @rylanasher4756 Před 18 dny

    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!

  • @NeoNthriller
    @NeoNthriller Před 12 dny

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

  • @GrassMan6942O
    @GrassMan6942O Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety +1

      We are the almighty powerful with our eyes

    • @littletimelord2755
      @littletimelord2755 Před 2 lety

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

    • @DrawinskyMoon
      @DrawinskyMoon Před 2 lety

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

  • @remino
    @remino Před 2 lety +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.

  • @Iyiouseismouse
    @Iyiouseismouse Před 4 dny

    Reminds me of the 3d “relax your eye” things. Though after a second the blue I didn’t notice at first in the thumbnail was there and wouldn’t go away, lol. ❤ your vids btw

  • @NobodyReallly
    @NobodyReallly Před 6 dny

    Well thank you for making me clean my screen, i saw it too, its smaller than i expected and then yellow was much more noticeable than the blue, neat.

  • @slepyneko1443
    @slepyneko1443 Před 2 lety +13

    me finding out not everyone can see this:
    visible confusion

  • @TheAdvertisement
    @TheAdvertisement Před 2 lety +17

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

  • @Amvienttz
    @Amvienttz Před 18 dny

    Now I can't unsee it. Very cool!

  • @Jabberhopper
    @Jabberhopper Před 9 dny

    My dad told me he use to use this method for fishing, so you can see fish under the water, one of the last memories before he passed 3 years ago ❤

  • @ScottMaday
    @ScottMaday Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety +2

      Why don't you show us instead 😁

    • @ScottMaday
      @ScottMaday Před 2 lety +3

      @@bilalejaz1682 Vsauce touched on the blind spot of the eye here: czcams.com/video/4I5Q3UXkGd0/video.html

    • @kiritoe1527
      @kiritoe1527 Před 2 lety

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

  • @ryanmalin
    @ryanmalin Před 2 lety +36

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

    • @thebaddestogre-3698
      @thebaddestogre-3698 Před 2 lety +5

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

    • @rickreed123
      @rickreed123 Před 2 lety +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  Před 2 lety +6

      yes it seems very small compared to the picture I showed

    • @narmathaarulkumar4250
      @narmathaarulkumar4250 Před 2 lety

      Whoa the action lab

    • @togeinumaki8002
      @togeinumaki8002 Před 2 lety

      @@narmathaarulkumar4250 woah a person

  • @greenblanko815
    @greenblanko815 Před 8 dny

    In my case, they were not vertical and horizontal, they were a little bit in X form.
    And the blue and yellow switched colors as I tilted my head (when I tilted right, yellow was \ and blue /, but when tilted left, yellow was / and blue was \).

  • @hansisbrucker813
    @hansisbrucker813 Před rokem

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

  • @silvory7021
    @silvory7021 Před 2 lety +16

    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

  • @r1w3d
    @r1w3d Před 2 lety +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.

  • @iantheinventor8151
    @iantheinventor8151 Před měsícem

    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. 🤔

  • @lapisinfernalis9052
    @lapisinfernalis9052 Před 2 lety

    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.

  • @SarahSingh7512
    @SarahSingh7512 Před 2 lety +40

    It's a little fainted but still visible.

    • @leandro4552
      @leandro4552 Před 2 lety +4

      If you tilt your computer screen (or your head) left or right you can see the blue getting bluer and the yellow getting yellower. pretty cool.

  • @damn6039
    @damn6039 Před 2 lety +15

    So was there anyone who DIDN'T see anything?

    • @Tater_Toot
      @Tater_Toot Před 2 lety

      I saw it after I turned my screen brightness all the way down.

    • @strangelee4400
      @strangelee4400 Před 2 lety

      I saw...something. It could've been an afterimage though. An incredibly faint small yellow 'bow tie'.
      (i hope it wasn't my imagination).

    • @patrickhenigin4805
      @patrickhenigin4805 Před měsícem

      See what?

  • @boriswilsoncreations
    @boriswilsoncreations Před 2 lety +3

    What I saw was something way cooler. I had some polarized sunglasses here and I tried to see the effect, but when I put it and I looked at my phone screen I saw a very cool rainbow pattern with two radial poles and that move depending of the direction and orientation of the screen. I recommend trying if you have any polarized sunglasses. It was very accidental btw.

  • @M4ggy98
    @M4ggy98 Před 17 dny

    Tip to see it: completely darken your room and slowly tilt your head 90° from side to side while looking at the screen

  • @ArcturusCOG
    @ArcturusCOG Před 2 lety +32

    What’s odd is that I instantly saw it from the thumbnail but it did give me a bit of a headache from looking at it.

    • @mintycbm
      @mintycbm Před 2 lety +27

      I think that's an image tho. I think where you have to really see it is at 5:19

    • @pethowl
      @pethowl Před 2 lety +2

      @@mintycbm still there, colour flips but shifts no matter where I look as well with tilting. Freaky.

    • @blazer6248
      @blazer6248 Před 2 lety +5

      The thumbnail is just a representation of the effect so everyone sees the thumbnail 🤣

  • @slimjamesason912
    @slimjamesason912 Před 2 lety +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.

  • @artisanrox
    @artisanrox Před 2 lety

    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 ❤

  • @samfuller4902
    @samfuller4902 Před 2 lety

    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...