Why is it hard on our eyes to look at headlights IRL but not when watching a car in a movie?

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Why is it hard on our eyes to look at headlights IRL but not when watching a car in a movie?

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Basically the tv screen can’t reproduce that level of light intensity.

Your brain perceives “brightness” as the difference between the lightest and darkest areas in the scene, so a car headlight in a movie can still appear “bright” but there aren’t as many photons going into your eyes as a car headlight in real life.

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