Resolution of the human eye

[D.B. Cooper]

I was thinking about how digital image quality is getting better and better these days, and resolutions are getting better, then I wondered if the human eye has an actual resolution and if we will ever surpass that.

[roy34543]

Did you know that a couple of hard drives have more memory capacity then the human brain these days? give it 5 years and your average hard drive will be able to hold more information then we can, at a maximum.
50 years and your average RAM will be bigger then your brain.
I imagine resoloution isnt far behind.
But if you want to be technical about it, a quick google search indicates the image quality the eye gives off is roughy equal to 576 megapixels
Considering the average camera today had 11-12 megapixel pictures, we have some time to go.

(Please note there are probably some experimental or very expensive cameras that can do an insane number of megapixels, but theyre not usually on the market)

[D.B. Cooper]

Thanks for the reply.

[CBR]

If by resolution you mean "angular resolution" then pretty much any telescope or binoculars are better than the human eye

Some telescopes are already capturing images in gigapixels IIRC so yes it has been surpassed.


CBR

[Manoflooks]

Did you know that a couple of hard drives have more memory capacity then the human brain these days? give it 5 years and your average hard drive will be able to hold more information then we can, at a maximum.
50 years and your average RAM will be bigger then your brain.
I imagine resoloution isnt far behind.
But if you want to be technical about it, a quick google search indicates the image quality the eye gives off is roughy equal to 576 megapixels
Considering the average camera today had 11-12 megapixel pictures, we have some time to go.

(Please note there are probably some experimental or very expensive cameras that can do an insane number of megapixels, but theyre not usually on the market)

About the memory, not really. Our brain stores all of our experiences, we just cant access them. Thats how people suddenly remember all the lyrics to a song they havent heard in 50 years.

[Ummon]

Did you know that a couple of hard drives have more memory capacity then the human brain these days? give it 5 years and your average hard drive will be able to hold more information then we can, at a maximum.
50 years and your average RAM will be bigger then your brain.

This is infact, incorrect. There is a difference in information storage, to the effect that our information is differently compressed. Not being digital, comparisons are also, difficult.

[D.B. Cooper]

No I mean like megapixels. Roy's 576 megs is pretty massive, but we're not far behind. I believe there are some 30+ megapixel specialty cameras out there.

[Del Valle]

Dayum!! 576 megapixels!!

[Yosemite]

i would have 40% of those 576 megapixels

I am glad we have glasses.

[Ältester der Motten]

i would have 40% of those 576 megapixels

I am glad we have glasses.

I don't see how wearing glasses helps with a glaucome.

[Yosemite]

i have myopia not glaucoma

glasses make me see clear

[Shadowcry]

Interesting, Is it possible to replace the human eye at the moment?