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Bizarre Window Illusion

This perspective window by Adelbert Ames upsets size-shape scaling to produce remarkable effects.

  • JamMcFar
  • posted by JamMcFar
  • Date 5/3/2009 4:02:04 PM
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15 Comments

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Vizreel : LVL 42: VP 5: said:

Vizreel

84 votes NegativePositive

190 days 14 hours ago...

GET OUTTA MY HEAD, CHARLES!

amnesiac : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

amnesiac

28 votes NegativePositive

189 days 6 hours ago...

witchcraft

next!

Sexytist : LVL 20: VP 2.9: said:

Sexytist

0 votes NegativePositive

188 days 23 hours ago...

someone input some Twilight zone music please!

lammy2004 : LVL 16: VP 2.5: said:

lammy2004

15 votes NegativePositive

188 days 23 hours ago...

It`s not an optical illusion. It just looks like one. :p

libertarianriots : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

libertarianriots

-1 votes NegativePositive

188 days 22 hours ago...

i had to watch that 4 times before i broke the illusion.

Sev : LVL 42: VP 5: said:

Sev

31 votes NegativePositive

188 days 22 hours ago...

Fuck Kanye West!

JimCarrSavannah : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

JimCarrSavannah

15 votes NegativePositive

188 days 22 hours ago...

I threw up.

PokeyGorilla : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

PokeyGorilla

34 votes NegativePositive

188 days 21 hours ago...

Even though the guy gave a pretty thorough description I still don`t understand how the fuck it works.

shakazzolo : LVL 14: VP 2.3: said:

shakazzolo

6 votes NegativePositive

188 days 20 hours ago...

""" The window is mounted on a rod connected to an electric motor that rotates it about its vertical axis. When it is observed with one eye from about 3 meters or with both eyes at 6 meters, or more, the window appears to rotate through 180 degrees and then seems to stop momentarily and reverse its direction of rotation. It is therefore not perceived veridically to be rotating continuously in one direction but instead is misperceived to be oscillating, reversing its direction once every 180 degrees. """

bernie56562003 : LVL 18: VP 2.7: said:

bernie56562003

0 votes NegativePositive

188 days 19 hours ago...

how do they do that

demberdz : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

demberdz

-7 votes NegativePositive

188 days 19 hours ago...

do you like fishsticks?

defroged : LVL 20: VP 2.9: said:

defroged

-6 votes NegativePositive

188 days 17 hours ago...

do you like putting fishsticks in your mouth?

s3r4ph : LVL 41: VP 4.9: said:

s3r4ph

-7 votes NegativePositive

188 days 15 hours ago...

I AM NOT A GAY FISH!!!

Cahu : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

Cahu

-2 votes NegativePositive

188 days 14 hours ago...

I say!

yt : LVL 1: VP 1: said:

yt

-6 votes NegativePositive

188 days 10 hours ago...

At the right speed some car wheels can look like they`re going backwards!! Thats more trippy.

Why do the clocks ticking in the room slow down when the window reverses direction? Maybe the window is slowing down my perception of time.
How do they get the stick to pass through the window without breaking the glass? Pass the glass through the stick?
ok, last question. How is getting a buzz from seeing an optical illusion different from taking lsd? Maybe the intensity.

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