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The man behind the amazing Contrast Asynchrony illusion has started a blog! Arthur Shapiro tells me he has a backlog of literally thousands of illusions. He promises to offer a new illusion every week, along with an explanation of the science behind it. Here's a preview of this week's illusion:
For an explanation of how it works, you'll have to visit Shapiro's blog, Illusion Sciences. There are already three illusions posted, with plenty more to come.
Arthur Shapiro is a world-class illusion designer and psychologist whose illusions have won the most prestigious awards in the field. Two illusions from his lab are among this year's top ten illusions.
Comments
Quite amazing!
Thanks for sharing this!
Posted by: The Flying Trilobite | May 1, 2008 6:14 AM
It's just a frickin emboss/stroke! What's the big deal?
Posted by: Barthy | May 2, 2008 12:14 AM
The big deal, Barthy, is that with edges, the polygons seems to move (like a snake) and without, they don't, though they are not actually moving in either state.
Posted by: Michael | May 2, 2008 9:19 AM