Where's Waldo? A Brain's Perspective

Where’s Waldo? A Brain’s Perspective. "Where’s Waldo?” is just one of thousands of examples of visual search we perform every single day. From driving a car to looking for groceries in a store to avoiding NPCs video games, we, as humans, are constantly using our visual system to search through scenes. In this talk, we will explore a variety of experiments focused around how the human brain processes a visual search and how that influences media/game design. We will understand where our brains excel, where they fall short, and how to design products that best take into account the brain’s functionality.

Speaker: Ian Cinnamon, Stanford