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J J Gibson is known for starting the optical flow or apparent motion algorithm that Computer Vision people took from

I have nothing to add here except that JJ Gibson looks like a militaristic(army) guy from the one picture I saw
it looks like some other aviation people I know
he has that look that face posturing

and people in the military don't believe in metaphysics that's for sure
so that's where his direct vision comes in what you see is what you get
nothing behind the mask a complete facade
a flat topology