# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/21 "2011-04-08T02:59:51Z")
No nausea, but I did kinda feel like I was having my forehead grinding on the ceiling ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/22 "2011-04-08T07:28:27Z")
I have a sensitive inner ear and get motion sickness easily. I made it 10 seconds before I had to turn it off, the pounding behind my eyeballs started already. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/23 "2011-04-08T14:37:16Z")
I thought it was interesting and pretty. Zero adverse effects, although I’m pretty strong when it comes to processing weird stimulations. ---
**Author:** ![Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrogance_ex_machina/32/192_2.png) [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogance_Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/24 "2011-04-08T14:58:24Z")
I had “Meanwhile, in Australia…” stuck in my head all the time I watched. And maybe some vertigo - really wouldn’t want to watch a full movie like that for example. Cloverfield was bad enough. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/25 "2011-04-08T15:00:50Z")
Sort of fun for awhile - kind of like being on an amusement ride upside down. Then it got boring. But didn’t make me feel nauseous or anything… ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/26 "2011-04-08T17:37:00Z")
My vertigo kicked in from the very start, and my mind kept alternating between the “hanging” and the “inverted.” I’m still feeling kinda queasy. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/27 "2011-04-08T17:53:20Z")
Couldn’t last 30 seconds. It really felt like the POV had absolutely no control over the situation - as if everything was moving towards the camera, rather than the camera moving in an environment. ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/28 "2011-04-10T07:21:31Z")
The bus, coming round a corner, made me think of Wuppertal. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/29 "2011-04-10T07:36:34Z")
Nothing here. Just looks like an upside down landscape to me. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/30 "2011-04-10T07:59:08Z")
I felt like I was hanging upside down. Even got the ‘head rush’ feeling, the impression was so intense. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/31 "2011-04-10T10:50:54Z")
> [@Tabby\_Cat](#): > > No nausea, but I did kinda feel like I was having my forehead grinding on the ceiling I think that sensation was more due to the angle than the orientation. \*\* Attacklad\*\* didn’t believe me when I told him it was shot in Australia. It’s so sad when they grow up and you can’t lie to them anymore. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/32 "2011-04-10T16:44:07Z")
OK I flipped the video over (thank you Intel video cards!) and it still made me nauseous watching it. I think it’s the constant bobbing around that does it. I bet if it were mounted on your handlebars it wouldn’t make me as sick as quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/33 "2011-04-10T17:20:18Z")
eye strain/headache sensation. Could not comprehend a fraction of what I was looking at compared to looking at it normally orientated. The brain clearly processes information based on normal expectations. There is a lot of extra processing involved trying to make sense of what I was seeing. This was made worse by the wide angle. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/34 "2011-04-10T17:59:18Z")
No nausea at all. Felt like I was walking on my hands. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/35 "2011-04-10T18:09:00Z")
Yeah, I didn’t ever feel sick watching it. Just wasn’t very exciting. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/36 "2011-04-10T19:06:33Z")
It looked almost incomprehensible upside down. However, if I tilted my head maybe 45 degrees to one side, everything kind of resolved and made sense. That was pretty weird. No nausea, though. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520/37 "2011-04-10T20:57:50Z")
Watched it for about 2 minutes looking to see what the reason for posting was. Didn’t get sick just bored and somewhat annoyed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520.md?page=1)