“We realised that it wouldn't have worked if we'd put on the original Vantablack material, as the viewer would have lost all sense of three-dimensionality” Isn

“We realised that it wouldn't have worked if we'd put on the original Vantablack material, as the viewer would have lost all sense of three-dimensionality” Isn’t that the point? It’s a bit like saying an Escher drawing “doesn’t work” because the viewer can’t tell where the stairs start or end.