By prediciting which
elements of a visual scene are most likely to receive attention, it allows designers to validate their work before committing to production.
«The eyes are giving you a camera - like
snapshot of the visual scene, whereas for sounds, you have to calculate where they are coming from based on differences in timing and loudness across the two ears.»
Dieter has also studied how differences in left - eye and right - eye visual quality impact what we see, discovering that in fact the strength of each eye is different in various
portions of the visual scene.
By that I mean that the score always seems to match the
feel of the visual scene: an open, airy, wide feel to the music as Mario soars from moon to moon, or a softer, quieter melody that plays when Mario is underwater.
As the Alkatraz team are aware of their specific role and tasks within the frame of the Metelkova City visual community, they have invited the team of the World of Art (SCCA - Ljubljana, Center for Contemporary Arts) to join in the creation of an exhibition - research
project of the visual scene of the Metelkova City.