Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Interesting moving optical illusion

2007-10-27 Thread Craig Haynie
With regard to: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22556281-661,00.html I just noticed that the shadow only makes sense if the figure is rotating counter-clockwise. Rotating counter-clockwise, you should only be able to see her left foot when it's at a distance and in the

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Interesting moving optical illusion

2007-10-27 Thread William Beaty
On Sat, 27 Oct 2007, Craig Haynie wrote: With regard to: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22556281-661,00.html I just noticed that the shadow only makes sense if the figure is rotating counter-clockwise. Rotating counter-clockwise, you should only be able to see her left

[Vo]:OFF TOPIC Interesting moving optical illusion

2007-10-23 Thread Jed Rothwell
See: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22556281-661,00.html Here is an image that appears to be spinning either clockwise or counterclockwise. Supposedly, your perception of the direction depends upon whether you are primarily right brain or left brain oriented. The list of

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Interesting moving optical illusion

2007-10-23 Thread OrionWorks
I'm pretty much in agreement, Jed. I'm a latent lefty. What I was not formally trained to perform I learned to do naturally with my left hand. However, I write with my right hand because I was formally trained back in kindergarten to use my right hand. I immediately saw the figure rotating in a

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Interesting moving optical illusion

2007-10-23 Thread Harry Veeder
Concentration didn't work for me. I found if I waited patiently for it to change direction it did. counter clockwise -- clockwise -- counterclockwise. In this case, a biorhythm might be responsible for a change in my perception. Also there seemed to be a brief interval when I sensed my

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Interesting moving optical illusion

2007-10-23 Thread Jed Rothwell
Harry Veeder wrote: I found if I waited patiently for it to change direction it did. Try blinking. It works for me. Or look away for a fraction of a second. Perhaps I can entice a larger number of readers here to look at the image. Let me point out that the image in question is a black and

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Interesting moving optical illusion

2007-10-23 Thread OrionWorks
Jed sez: ... Perhaps I can entice a larger number of readers here to look at the image. Let me point out that the image in question is a black and white silhouette image of a rather buxom young woman doing a pirouette. - Jed I know a computer animated POSER figurine when I see one! ;-)