This might be a function of the distance at which the image is viewed.
When I first presented this illusion via an overhead students saw no
movement. when I moved the OH closer to the screen so that the image was
about half its original size they all saw it.

-Don.

home said:
> What does it mean, I wonder, if one doesn't see the illusion...?  (My
> significant other assures me that he sees only a relatively interesting
> still...?)
>
> cjb
>
> At 05:26 PM 7/11/2004, you wrote:
>>I hope this hasn't been posted before.  If so, forgive me. (I know
>> there  was a long thread on optical illusions, and this may have been
>> the one  discussed.  It is certainly the most impressive one I have
>> ever
>>seen.)   It is hard to believe that it isn't really moving, but easy to
>>  test.  Just pick one and stare at it for a few
>>seconds.
>><http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~moraes/illusion.html>http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~moraes/illusion.html
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