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Approaching From Behind Is Perceived as Faster
A research team at Toyohashi University of Technology showed that an object approaching from behind appears to move faster than one approaching head-on, even at the same speed.
What happened
U.S. technology news outlet techxplore.com reported on experiments conducted by a research team at Toyohashi University of Technology. According to the article, the team found in five experiments using a physical autonomous mobile robot and virtual reality that approaches from behind tend to be perceived as faster than head-on approaches.
Sources
Translated from the Japanese original: /news/toyohashi-gijutsuka-gakudai-no-kenkyuu-chiimu-kouhou-kara-se-9c6625. The Japanese version is authoritative if they differ.