How do video games create the illusion of distance.

Question

In games such as Horizon Zero Dawn and RDR2 that have large maps you are able to see objects in the distance that would appear to be many many miles away. You’d expect that it’d take hours to get there but it only takes minutes. How is this illusion possible?

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Answer 1

Far things small, close things big. make small things big, far things become close.

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