lumpenproletariat Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 Theres some weird thing called the "McGurk Effect", wherein you can hear a different sound depending on whether you are looking at the source (ie. mouth) or not. Ie. In this example you will probably hear "DA" if you are looking at his mouth. The "D" is a "audio-visual illusion". The sound "BA" is dubbed over, while the acting is mouthing "GA". Play it a few times, looking away and looking at it, its really annoying me to know how pathetic my human body is http://www.media.uio.no/personer/arntm/McGurk_english.html (the website kind of explains it a bit too) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Celes Crusader Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 My body is as pathetic as yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katzaniel Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 (edited) Ack!!! (or Dack?) Edit: You could probably convince someone that the computer knows where you're looking and modifies the sound accordingly. Hehe, oh to be evil... Edited March 31, 2004 by Katzaniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamaranis Posted April 6, 2004 Report Share Posted April 6, 2004 You could probably convince someone that the computer knows where you're looking and modifies the sound accordingly. Hehe, oh to be evil... I wouldn't put it past those sneaking, kniving computers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayshela Posted April 6, 2004 Report Share Posted April 6, 2004 *blinkblink* how do you get a D in that? *blinkblink* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katzaniel Posted April 6, 2004 Report Share Posted April 6, 2004 (edited) I would say it's probably because you see a sound with the lips apart (G.) and hear one with the lips together (B.), your brain takes what you hear (B.) and substitutes the sound that is closest to it but with an open mouth - D. But you probably didn't want to hear that sort of explanation Edit: silly thing substitued smilies on me until I added dots after my B's Edited April 6, 2004 by Katzaniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canid Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 The G and D differ only in tongue movement, the man's mouth was too dark to be captured in the film. If we hear one thing and see another, our brains make the best guess. In that case we are probably visually dominant, as the B mouth movement is entirely different... D is thus the closest to both visual and audio, so we 'hear' D. Interesting illusion. When I listened very carefully I could still hear B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayshela Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 yeah, i heard the B clearly every time i closed my eyes, and G watching it, and never did hear a D. *blink* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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