Ecological Optics

Japanese: エコロジカル・オプティックス - えころじかるおぷてぃっくす
Ecological Optics

…So how can light, which cannot come into direct contact with objects or vibrate the body like sound or objects, provide information to understand the affordances of the environment? The unique theory of light that answers this question is called ecological optics. Gibson said that the environment can be described in terms of medium, material, and surface.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "ecological optics" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…では物や音のように直接接触したり,身体を振動させたりすることのできない光は,どのようにして環境のアフォーダンスを知るための情報となるのか。この疑問に答えるユニークな光の理論をエコロジカル・オプティックス(生態光学)とよぶ。 ギブソンは,環境は媒質と物質と表面から記述できるとした。…

※「エコロジカル・オプティックス」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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