On 20 Feb 2011 at 8:17, Ken Steele wrote: > > I agree with Carol that the illusion is a sophisticated variant > of the Ames room. The basic idea is that one can use the rules > of perspective to produce an image to a static eye (in this case the > camera eye) with specific (but incorrect) size-depth-location > information.
I considered that. But the video shows as background such a typically cluttered unfinished basement that I thought it entirely believable as simply a real basement, rather than a cleverly-staged Ames room. Just look at that mess. It's gotta be real, right? But I will allow that perhaps the creator of this work was even cleverer than I gave him credit for (and that's pretty clever for starters). > > The suggestion in the diagram is that the tower is not rising > vertically but is actually reclining and receding in space. That > would be a typical approach. Here are some examples--with photos from > the "right" and "wrong" locations. > > http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/pave.htm Ken--I can't find that there. Did you give us the wrong url? Stephen -------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada e-mail: sblack at ubishops.ca --------------------------------------------- --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=8868 or send a blank email to leave-8868-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
