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Optical Illusions, Part Deux
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Wow - I hadn't realised 10.3.9 activated Core Image but my desktop seems to be rippling 
Very clever image - what it would do to your eyes as a desktop image, I dread to think!
Very clever image - what it would do to your eyes as a desktop image, I dread to think!
so i am guessing that it is an effect caused when you move your eyes?? if i focus in on one part the rippling stops in my peherial vision.... but what do i know
mpw said:
My goodness, I'm so glad it wasn't some ugly demon or something. You never know what will show up when people tell you to stare at something. I've learned my lesson.
puckhead193 said:i saw that picture on some website. I set it as my background....
Yeah, those things kill my eyes.
PlaceofDis said:
Yep, if your eyes stop moving, the illusion completely stops. It has to do with color/shape/spacial relationships.
You guys who posted illusion images...what site did you go to get them? I have seen these both on a site a long time ago (along with many, many more) and have since not been able to re-locate it.
I think it was a Japanese site of sorts.
I think it was a Japanese site of sorts.
mpw said:
HOLY Sh*te!!!
After the 1st post I scanned your pick inadvertently B4 I actually read it....I did kinda see a giraffe, then decided to read your post & go back and stare at. ....
is what I felt when I finally saw it; 3am after 4hrs web surfing I swear I almost jumped outta my seat!!!! Awesome gonna show the wife & kids in the morning LOL.Thank god it wasnt something perverted.
sorryiwasdreami said:
This one is pretty good:
http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/
or, do a google search for optical illusions. My medical neuro class covered vision and there are piles of optical tricks for your brain.
mpw said:
Freaking priceless. The people in the next office came in to see why I was laughing so hard.
That really cries out to be your avatar.
sorryiwasdreami said:
It's interesting, too, that if you look at your computer screen from off-angle, as you approach a glancing incidence, the appearance of motion will disappear (that is, the more you are not looking at it head-on, the less you can see the motion). Works if viewed at an off-angle top/down as well as left/right. Doesn't work for the giraffe, though!
I don't think images like that are suitable for the general pubic...
Sry couldn't resist. Reminds of that test where you're shown a close-up of either the crease at the elbow, the top of her butt or the top of her boobs and you've got to figure out which is which...