Item and XP drops are sucked towards the player's feet instead of their chest/torso

Possibly due to Grum's noted 14w06a change: Grum's techy notes on Twitter.
Fixed server referencing Entities by origin, client referencing by eyes (!!)

In first person mode, items and XP orbs no longer fly towards the player's hand (eyes, really) upon pickup, instead flying and being absorbed into the player's feet, where the origin of the entity supposedly is.
This is an awkward aesthetic bug which can be troublesome; sometimes you cannot see whether you've picked an item up because it's flown into your feet, not your chest where you can see it every time.

Compare with versions before 14w06a/1.8 to see the difference.