For fighting games, here's an example of what Sako looks at.
He is playing as Elena on the 2P side.<p><a href="https://youtu.be/RmAwAefKZ8o?t=58" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/RmAwAefKZ8o?t=58</a>
> "information you never act on is useless information."<p>Sometimes the act of processing information is useful in itself, as a mental exercise. It's not just about training your eyes, it's about keeping the gears oiled.
It's interesting to see this phenomenon appear in gaming. I'm familiar with "listening ahead" or reading ahead while playing music. It probably crops up in sports as well (though I'm not athletically inclined enough to say). Any skillful performance probably involves this kind of anticipation.
The same post also on LessWrong: <a href="https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/gCz7cB6JG66EhweSS/where-do-your-eyes-go" rel="nofollow">https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/gCz7cB6JG66EhweSS/where-do-y...</a>