tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8606757687386980260.post858821848259032457..comments2008-05-13T13:45:38.500-04:00Arthur Shapironoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8606757687386980260.post-37171618322537913542008-05-12T20:44:00.000-04:002008-05-12T20:44:00.000-04:00Very interesting stuff.<BR/><BR/>In case variant perceptions of the illusions are of interest to you, I thought I'd note that with the horizontal bars, it's possible to shift between perceiving the moving objects as diamonds with bars in front of them and pairs of tip-to-tip triangles with bars between them.<BR/><BR/>I've also found a way to get the pink and yellow diamonds to pretty much stop moving (in the non-barred mode). One trick to doing this (and it does not seem easy to do consistently) appears to be to focus on the point where two of the yellow diamonds meet or the center of a spinning diamond. What happens is something like the rotating diamonds take on the appearance of octahedra which are spinning as if they were rolling toward me. My guess is that relevant perceptual change is convincing oneself that the blue/yellow diamonds and the spinning diamonds are not in the same plane.ploverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04394160970803074091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8606757687386980260.post-69297773589798119932008-05-10T18:11:00.000-04:002008-05-10T18:11:00.000-04:00I had no idea what the horizontal bars did until I read your description, which is when I realized that I was only looking at triangles (but still saw the diamonds).The Science Pundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14497373296651049624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8606757687386980260.post-19722789606028315682008-05-08T03:38:00.000-04:002008-05-08T03:38:00.000-04:00Losfer words! Incredible illusions. Wish David Copperfield checked these himself.amiyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377884408239081072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8606757687386980260.post-19294421962654467142008-05-07T10:06:00.000-04:002008-05-07T10:06:00.000-04:00Increased my awareness that the language(s) in use to strive to explain also creates illusions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8606757687386980260.post-7174209879521787862008-05-05T14:33:00.000-04:002008-05-05T14:33:00.000-04:00This is awesome! Its cool how you create an illusion, provide image options like vertical and horizontal columns, and then explain the science, all in one blog.Joshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8606757687386980260.post-39101377874769845802008-05-05T12:43:00.000-04:002008-05-05T12:43:00.000-04:00Hey, just wanted to say I'm really enjoying the blog! I hope you continue to post more of these illusions for a long time.Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04295776343322411701noreply@blogger.com