I've seen a lot of illusions... but this one is really f'n cool:
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A great moving depth illusion
Category: Art • Psychology • Video • Vision • Weird
Posted on: October 6, 2009 9:55 AM, by The Omnibrain
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I'm don't think it's all an optical illusion, only the last part is. There's a decent amount of editing. It's a real 3d cup all the way until the "Where's the ball" comes up. It is a really nice job at printing out an exact replica of a 2d view there at the end however.
Posted by: Kevin H | October 6, 2009 12:29 PM
"It's a real 3d cup all the way until the "Where's the ball" comes up. It is a really nice job at printing out an exact replica of a 2d view there at the end however."
Yeah, that's what I was thinking...
Posted by: Josh | October 6, 2009 4:43 PM
Wow. Nice :-)
Posted by: Xenia | October 6, 2009 11:23 PM