Why Does My Reflection Appear Normal on My Inverted iPad Screen?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the phenomenon of color inversion and reflection as experienced by a user of an iPad. Participants explore how the camera's inversion of colors interacts with the user's perception of their reflection on the screen, touching on concepts of visual perception and inversion through technology.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory, Conceptual clarification

Main Points Raised

  • One participant notes that the screen view of oneself is inverted, and the reflection seen in the eyes is also inverted, leading to a double inversion that results in normal colors.
  • Another participant agrees with the double inversion explanation and relates it to a similar effect observed when using two mirrors, which also results in a return to normal orientation.
  • There is an acknowledgment of the surprising nature of the experience, suggesting it may evoke curiosity or wonder.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the explanation involving double inversion leading to normal colors, but the discussion remains exploratory without a definitive conclusion on the broader implications of this phenomenon.

Contextual Notes

The discussion does not address potential limitations in understanding the visual perception involved or the specific conditions under which the observations were made.

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Hello.
I played with my new, first ipad yesterday. I inverted sceen colors and activated the cam.
How comes there is an image of me reflected in my eyes with NORMAL colors?
 
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The screen view of yourself is inverted.
The reflexion of your screen view in your eyes is captured by the camera, and it is also inverted.
Therefore this image is yourself inverted twice, therefore with the same colors.
 
bloby said:
Hello.
I played with my new, first ipad yesterday. I inverted sceen colors and activated the cam.
How comes there is an image of me reflected in my eyes with NORMAL colors?

Everything the camera sees will get colour- inverted. So a double inversion is just what you'd expect. Having said that, though, I imagine what you saw made you wonder . . . . . . A nice experience when things like that turn up.
You get a similar effect (but spatially) when you use two mirrors to view writing. It becomes laterally inverted twice i.e. back to normal.
 
Simple and nice. Thanks.
 

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