# How do you see the people, vehicles etc. in this inverted video? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 7, 2011, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520 "2011-04-07T14:17:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mops/32/16494_2.png) [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/1 "2011-04-07T14:17:55Z")
Yesterday I first tried bicycling with a helmet cam. Of course I attached it inverted, also pointing a bit more downwards than I intended. The effect looked a bit disconcering to me, so I posted this clip uncorrected to Youtube [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcLC9N2RrJw](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcLC9N2RrJw) What do you see? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/2 "2011-04-07T14:25:46Z")
I have an upset stomach and that just made it worse. It was really disconcerting. ---
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_Holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Mycroft\_Holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_Holmes)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/3 "2011-04-07T14:32:55Z")
Tübingen looks lovely as ever. The blue sky looks almost like a river that you were floating along. All in all it’s an interesting effect. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/4 "2011-04-07T16:50:19Z")
Other: A bit of both, or a reflection. My brain accepts it as an inverted scene, but the swinging motion of the camera (I guess when you rocked your head a bit) does make it feel as though the objects are suspended from a ceiling. The slight fisheye distortion sometimes makes it seem like maybe it’s a reflected image in the curved panel of a car or something. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/5 "2011-04-07T16:59:11Z")
I feel like I want to throw up from a single second. ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/6 "2011-04-07T18:08:40Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > The slight fisheye distortion sometimes makes it seem like maybe it’s a reflected image in the curved panel of a car or something. I concur. The fisheye was actually quite fascinating and was what I focused on. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/7 "2011-04-07T21:16:25Z")
I didn’t find this disconcerting. It’s pretty fun to watch. After the first 30 seconds it just “felt like” everyone was on the ceiling. I even have a migraine and this didn’t aggravate it. I’ve practiced reading words backwards and upside down though, and can do that quite easily, which may be related. I’m not ambidextrous though. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/8 "2011-04-07T21:18:25Z")
For some reason I watched two seconds of it and it made me feel just a little bit ill. Which is totally fascinating to me. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/9 "2011-04-07T21:33:48Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I feel like I want to throw up from a single second. > [@tdn](#): > > I have an upset stomach and that just made it worse. It was really disconcerting. > [@Ravenman](#): > > For some reason I watched two seconds of it and it made me feel just a little bit ill. > > Which is totally fascinating to me. Yeah, does anyone who watches that not feel sick? 'cause I do too. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/10 "2011-04-07T21:48:03Z")
> [@Mops](#): > > I attached it inverted On purpose? In heaven’s name, why? ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/11 "2011-04-07T21:48:30Z")
Well, China is on the other side of the planet, so they bike that all the time, right? 😉 Gave me a headache and made me nauseous. Only lasted about 20 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/12 "2011-04-07T22:25:46Z")
I made it about 15 seconds in before I started feeling a headache. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/13 "2011-04-07T22:38:01Z")
It was frustrating! I was trying to check out the people and the scenery but I couldn’t because my brain didn’t want to process the information. So I turned my laptop upside down. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/14 "2011-04-07T22:54:15Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Yeah, does anyone who watches that not feel sick? 'cause I do too. Not sick. I got bored after about 30 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/15 "2011-04-07T23:49:27Z")
Eh. No nausea or anything. Just kind of annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/16 "2011-04-08T00:08:31Z")
I only watched about 20 seconds because I didn’t want to hog my cousins’ bandwidth, but I was somewhat disturbing. Of course, I get seasick easily. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/17 "2011-04-08T00:23:14Z")
It didn’t seem like things were hanging because the people, bikes and cars were all moving, therefore my brain interpreted that things had to be pushed upwards while they moved, hence “anti-gravity”. Didn’t get sick of looking at it…and I got more accustomed to it as time went on observing it. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/18 "2011-04-08T02:08:46Z")
The first time I watched I started feeling really ill after about ten seconds so I shut it off. I tried again after reading some of the comments, and I noticed if I choke back the nausea about fifteen seconds in the ill feeling vanishes and it really does seem like they are hanging from above blue nothingness. Pretty cool! ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/19 "2011-04-08T02:26:02Z")
When I first looked at it for a few seconds, it didn’t seem like much. Then I read the comments and took a look at the whole thing- it was fascinating and terrifying. I know the pedestrians have figured out how to live in this horrible universe, but you can’t shake the feeling that the fall into the void is awaiting everyone and everything, and the local architecture is powerless to stop it. ---
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/20 "2011-04-08T02:29:35Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Yeah, does anyone who watches that not feel sick? 'cause I do too. I didn’t. I thought it was pretty cool. It did sort of fee like things dangling from a very low ceiling. Caveat: I spend a lot of time upside-down in my circus class, so I’m probably used to it. The first time I tried to function whilst upside-down was… interesting. (I had no sense of where my body was in space. Still no nausea though.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520.md?page=2)