alphakazi Posted October 22, 2008 Report Posted October 22, 2008 this image's lines are perfectly level and parallel from each other
alphakazi Posted October 22, 2008 Author Report Posted October 22, 2008 WARNING! Anyone suffering from epileptic seizures should not view (I'm guessing but it looks fcuked up enough) What color are the dots in your peripheral vision ?
alphakazi Posted October 22, 2008 Author Report Posted October 22, 2008 this is not really an illusion but a perception of 3d using 2 pictures taken at a slightly different angle
greg_r Posted October 22, 2008 Report Posted October 22, 2008 this image's lines are perfectly level and parallel from each other Most Brits will recognise that as a Zebra crossing after pub chucking out time.....
Graman Posted October 22, 2008 Report Posted October 22, 2008 this is not really an illusion but a perception of 3d using 2 pictures taken at a slightly different angle Wow...cool... This one is creepy ">
Katerchen Posted October 22, 2008 Report Posted October 22, 2008 lol @greg this is definitely the best!
greg_r Posted October 22, 2008 Report Posted October 22, 2008 What I wanna know is how in hell I got this bad a reputation so quickly... lol!
onzenuub Posted October 22, 2008 Report Posted October 22, 2008 What I wanna know is how in hell I got this bad a reputation so quickly... lol! You're so cheap!
JohnG Posted October 22, 2008 Report Posted October 22, 2008 Whoops! My mistake... Oscar sent me that one!
greg_r Posted October 22, 2008 Report Posted October 22, 2008 You're so cheap! Look, I have Scots, Yorkshire AND Jewish ancestry. OF COURSE I'm cheap. Whoops! My mistake... Oscar sent me that one!
Genrep Posted October 22, 2008 Report Posted October 22, 2008 MUST BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME (AND NO, I DO NOT BAT FOR THE OTHER SIDE) - I SAW THE BOAT STRAIGHT OFF!!
JohnG Posted October 22, 2008 Report Posted October 22, 2008 MUST BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME (AND NO, I DO NOT BAT FOR THE OTHER SIDE) - I SAW THE BOAT STRAIGHT OFF!! THAT
alphakazi Posted October 30, 2008 Author Report Posted October 30, 2008 Identical imagines notice the one on the right looks as though it's leaning more Here is a novel illusion that is as striking as it is simple. The two images of the Leaning Tower of Pisa are identical, yet one has the impression that the tower on the right leans more, as if photographed from a different angle. The reason for this is because the visual system treats the two images as if part of a single scene. Normally, if two adjacent towers rise at the same angle, their image outlines converge as they recede from view due to perspective, and this is taken into account by the visual system. So when confronted with two towers whose corresponding outlines are parallel, the visual system assumes they must be diverging as they rise from view, and this is what we see. The illusion is not restricted to towers photographed from below, but works well with other scenes, such as railway tracks receding into the distance. What this illusion reveals is less to do with perspective, but how the visual system tends to treat two side-by-side images as if part of the same scene. However hard we try to think of the two photographs of the Leaning Tower as separate, albeit identical images of the same object, our visual system regards them as the
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