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The illusion creator's homepage is an old favorite of mine. http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/index-e.html http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/index-e.html
by SAI_Peregrinus 9y ago
The illusion creator's homepage is an old favorite of mine.
http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/index-e.html http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/index-e.html
The illusions discussed in the article are the Cyanophyceae under the shape illusions category.
- sillysaurus3 9y agohttp://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/ACSwamp2010.jpg http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/ACSwamp2010.jpg got me. But there's a catch: it only works when you scroll. So you have to go to http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/index-e.html http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/index-e.html and scroll down till you see it. It looks bizarre.
- duskwuff 9y agoWow, and it doesn't even require color. There's a grayscale illusion which behaves similarly -- maybe even a bit stronger! -- at: http://www.psy.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/mesh-driftillusion01.jpg http://www.psy.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/mesh-driftillusion01...
- majewsky 9y agoWorks for me without scrolling.
- SAI_Peregrinus 9y agoYeah, that set is a great one. I've noticed the scrolling effect too, it definitely intensifies the movement. I suspect the cause of the movement is the saccades shifting where it is in the visual field slightly, and scrolling is a much bigger shift.
- yellowapple 9y agoBobbing my head up and down also works.
- justin_ 9y agoHe's also very friendly on his Facebook account. He's got quite a few fans there.
- yellowapple 9y agoI noticed that the rotating snake illusion only seems to occur when my eyes are actually moving; if I focus on a specific spot for long enough, they seem to all stop spinning. Really neat stuff.
- ballenf 9y agoAre there examples of these patterns in use in real world logos or, e.g., website designs? Not designed to make people dizzy, but used to give an illusion of animation maybe?