Preserved Topic: optical illusion

just wanted to share an creepy optical illusion:
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That fucked me up!

I actually did a print screen and took it into Photoshop.

*freaks out*

Weeeeird...

Yep, saw that at Zeldman's site I think. Very cool

Later,
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<edit> One line and I screwed it up! </edit>

[This message has been edited by CPrompt (edited 09-28-2002).]

incredible.

just a simple q: how is that possible?

-THE SPACE-

Whoa... crazy.

mas, it is an optical illusion silly

No really. Look at it this way. The blocks surrounding "A" are white (or light grey), the blocks surrounding "B" are dark grey. That, mixed with the shadow of the cone produce the optical illusion.
That mixed with the LSD we slipped in your black pills

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[This message has been edited by CPrompt (edited 09-28-2002).]

I think its something to do with your brain knowing its a white square with a shadow. Your brain nearly looks at it without the shadow. Like white balance correction on a digital camera.

I think Ive seen that effect before but a different picture. Its like in a room you have a white piece a paper and the room's light is tinted yellow from a crappy bulb, your brain sees it as white as it should be in natural light instead of tinted yellow/darker.

explanation from the guy makeing the illusion:

Clicky

Wow...that's trippy!

Relative juxtaposition! Says a lot about what your brain sees and what it actually processes...That is very cool.

ooo... yah... i like that.

http://persci.mit.edu/gaz/

Another section of the same site. About 11 different optical illusions to play with there. Really good stuff!!

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Goes to show just how powerful the mind is...

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that's pretty sweet.. I spent an hour explaining it to my girlfriend because she thought I was using Photoshop's transparencies to play a trick on her...


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That was coooooooooooool. Is there any more sites with gear like that?

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I love this sort of stuff. I couldn't get the first page to load, but I did check out the second page (with all the different illusion animations). Awesome.

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I can't get it to load! *goes off and sulks in a corner*