[OT] The coolest optical illusion I have seen in my life...

[Fast Learner]

Re: *sigh*

How do you think this compares for "coolness" with the my personal favourite types of optical illusions:

(1) the stereograms where you can see a 3d image in a 2d image simply by adjusting the focal length of your vision - remember all the people standing around in shopping centres staring at bits of paper and occasionally going "Wow!"

(2) the Truman Show advert where you can see a big picture made up of tiny discrete pictures. I especially liked the Star wars themed ones on this...

I actually find this to be quite a bit cooler than Magic Eye stereograms and the big pictures made up of smaller ones. Neither of those blew my understanding of how I interpret what I see, while this one did. Of course Adelson is a master of the visual interpretation of data, and I would expect no less.

 

[sunbeam60]

Re: *sigh*

(snip)
(1) the stereograms where you can see a 3d image in a 2d image simply by adjusting the focal length of your vision - remember all the people standing around in shopping centres staring at bits of paper and occasionally going "Wow!"
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Yeah, I never got that. Apparently I belong to the 10% who can't see them. Heard an explanation why some years ago, but I can't remember the details. Anyone...?

regards
Toft

 

[Paul_Klein]

Remember Wilhem... relax your eyes...

 

[Tiberius]

Re: Re: *sigh*

Yeah, I never got that. Apparently I belong to the 10% who can't see them. Heard an explanation why some years ago, but I can't remember the details. Anyone...?

regards
Toft

I can't see them either, even though both of my parents and my brother can. I suspect it has something to do with the fact that while one of my eyes functions perfectly, the other one has been lazy since I was a child and meets the threshold for legal blindness. I'm no good at seeing 3D stuff either, so no Virtual Boy for me.

-Tiberius

 

[The Forsaken One]

Love it and amazing and scores th best illusion here as well, just amazing. Nuff said.

Kris-

 

[Heathen72]

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Don't take this the wrong way. But if that illusion (which is tres cool, by the way) is enough to make you drool, I'd LOVE to have you in a Call of Cthulu game....

I'm with James on this one -drooling pathetically in a corner. I think I just suffered a d10 San loss. every so often I go back and check it again, pondering wheter or not the image is accompanied by some odd virus that changes the shade of tiles as I shift them.

 

[cbatt]

Remember Wilhem... relax your eyes...

Hey. Look. A Sailboat!

 

[EverSoar]

Hey. Look. A Sailboat!

Hah, you dumbo, its a schooner not a sail boat..

might i add, this is probably the most freakiest illusiony thing i've seen

 

[Mr. Draco]

This is arguably the most awesome optical illusion i've ever seen, now if only i could concentrate on my english hw again...

 

[Mistwell]

Do you think that these lines are parallel? They are!

It may look as if the two arms of the 'X' use different shades of pink, but in fact the whole X only uses a single colour.

Just count the little black balls...