Frames per second, or: The Illusion of Motion The story of why we perceive film as moving pictures, how TVs work, and how our brains create reality. Originally published on 2014/05/21 - Updated and overhauled on 2022/12/13. Like to watch, rather than read? Watch my recorded talk from SmashingConf 2014IntroductionYou may have heard the term frames per second (fps), and if you do, you probably saw i
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