With the right equipment, would walking backwards seem natural?

Asked by LostInParadise (32182

) July 21st, 2018

I read somewhere that if people are given glasses that turn images upside down, they eventually are able to adjust and then have to readjust when the glasses are removed.

Imagine wearing a helmet with lenses that show you what is behind you. Initially, what is behind you will appear to be in front of you, but if you walk forward, the image becomes smaller. Do you think it would eventually become to walk backwards toward what you see, perhaps to the extent that you would have to readjust once the helmet is removed?

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Well, I’m not sure if it would be a matter of time, only.
Probably our physique must evolve too, to be able to walk backwards (smoothly, for longer periods of time).
The knee joint, and the ankles’ seem problematic here.
I have walked backwards in the past; when I was in Greece and had to walk up a hill to get to my room (at night, slightly (not really slightly) intoxicated) I decided to try walking side ways (like a crab, trying to make the angle less steep) and backwards (in order to activate different muscle groups.
It works, but it’s not smooth.
Of course I wasn’t wearing goggles with images of what was behind me, but I peeked every few steps to see what was coming.

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