Wicked Optical Illusion

[Nova]

I was up a few nights back, just exploring stumble upon, when I came upon this

Intrigued, I wanted to make my own, and after a bit of searching, I came upon this

So I've made me one, and the effect is truly stunning, it's pretty freaky late at night, and I dunno, I thought I'd share it with you lot, cos everybody should have one.

Enjoy.

 

[pool34]

I was up a few nights back, just exploring stumble upon, when I came upon this

Intrigued, I wanted to make my own, and after a bit of searching, I came upon this

So I've made me one, and the effect is truly stunning, it's pretty freaky late at night, and I dunno, I thought I'd share it with you lot, cos everybody should have one.

Enjoy.

Those links are the same

 

[Nova]

Jesus.

Ok, if you want to make one, go here.

 

[euro48k]

i made one for myself ..the results were ..hmm ..somehow dissapointed

 

[TelcoLou]

Jesus.

Ok, if you want to make one, go here.

wow! This is cool, I've not seen it before .. thank you

 

[woogal]

I remember seeing this when it first came out. Fantastic illusion.

 

[krosfyah]

I love this sort of stuff, I'm gonna give it go.

 

[Vimacs]

wow that looks nice, im gonna make one as well

 

[prairiefire]

i made one for myself ..the results were ..hmm ..somehow dissapointed

same here...maybe i'll have to try in low lighting.... wicked concept though. cheers!

 

[speedmike]

i made one for myself ..the results were ..hmm ..somehow dissapointed

same here...maybe i'll have to try in low lighting.... wicked concept though. cheers!

I was getting mad that I couldn't see it correctly from the model I made.
I finally got it to work by closing one eye, like the directions say to. It's kinda of freaky.

 

[Jarska333]

Works well in camera, as the stereo-effect is missing. Same with closing one eye. Needs good lightning, though.

 

[Nova]

If you cross your eyes a little, you'll see the illusion. Since i did that, the illusion seems to have stuck, whether or not i close any eyes.

 

[CABBAGES]

yup i seen that a whiel back too. Never really looked much into makin one tho. If i can get my printer workin i might try it

 

[nickspoon]

I've got one of those sitting on my desk. It was in one of the early levels of notpr0n - 12 I believe. I love that effect.

 

[sam fisher]

Works well in camera, as the stereo-effect is missing. Same with closing one eye. Needs good lightning, though.

You need to lose the perseption of depth.

If you cross your eyes a little, you'll see the illusion. Since i did that, the illusion seems to have stuck, whether or not i close any eyes.

You no longer see in 3 dimensions

 

[nickspoon]

The believability of the effect depends on how well you build the dragon. If you do it properly, it works even when you're looking directly at it. I've built quite a few of these, and some of them haven't worked at all (the one I did in 5 minutes on a bus would be a prime example) and some of them are excellent. The perception of depth can be easily overridden by the brain's natural tendency towards always perceiving faces as three-dimensional - after all, every natural face is 3D.

There was a really interesting video with a mask of some famous bloke (can't remember who) which looked very very right until it rotated around to the side.

 

[Nova]

It was albert einstein, it's on that link in the first post.

 

[BaDToaD]

I love the whole Paper Model thing since I discovered it with my kids years ago.

There are some really good sites out there with freebies to download.

The Japanese are well into it. The best site I have ever found has to be the Yamaha site

 

[WarmFluffyUK]

I love the whole Paper Model thing since I discovered it with my kids years ago.

There are some really good sites out there with freebies to download.

The Japanese are well into it. The best site I have ever found has to be the Yamaha site

WOW, amazing site that Japanese one is, I love the Golden Eagle on it.

 

[prairiefire]

The Japanese are well into it. The best site I have ever found has to be the Yamaha site

This is incredible! Thanks for the link. here's another that is pretty cool too. http://papercraftparadise.blogspot.com/
Seems like a perfect and cheap way to keep one's kids (or self) busy on those rainy saturday afternoons.