Video games use invisible bounding boxes to simplify collision and click detection

A closer look

Checking if you clicked on a highly detailed polygonal character model takes way too much math. To speed things up, software wraps objects in an invisible, tightly fitting rectangular prism known as a bounding box. Before it even attempts to calculate exact interactions, it quickly checks if your mouse is inside the cube. It perfectly illustrates how incredibly lazy digital physics becomes the instant the player stops looking.