motion induced blindness

April 18, 2005 11:11 AM

Motion induced blindess.Be sure to check out the other really cool stuff
posted by elemenopee (20 comments total)

Took a long time to load, but it was worth it. Awesome link!
posted by knave at 11:44 AM on April 18, 2005

Oh man. That's trippy! Very nice!
posted by jazon at 12:22 PM on April 18, 2005

Nice stuff.
posted by mervin_shnegwood at 12:46 PM on April 18, 2005

Great post.
posted by elderling at 12:49 PM on April 18, 2005

We reproduced a life-sized version of this in which people were induced to disappear, using nothing more than a dark room, a disco ball, and a spot light.
posted by Eamon at 12:49 PM on April 18, 2005

eeeexcellent. I love this stuff, thanks. I studied it for years but it never gets old to have it happening to you.
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 12:50 PM on April 18, 2005

Thanks , I love op art and this just rocks!
posted by The Infamous Jay at 12:56 PM on April 18, 2005

That's so weird. Great link, thanks!
posted by sveskemus at 1:01 PM on April 18, 2005

Entirely cool man!
posted by Smedleyman at 1:07 PM on April 18, 2005

This has been my desktop background for some time now (I always think of it as MeFi Default :) - it was also made into blotter paper at some point by someone (can't find the link :P )

I'm determined to have it made into real wall paper one of these days! (My attempts with the Rasterbator haven't been great yet).
posted by zerokey at 1:36 PM on April 18, 2005

Flippin' sweet!
posted by dougunderscorenelso at 2:28 PM on April 18, 2005

In addition to motion-induced blindness, I also suffer from motion-induced hairy palm.
posted by DaShiv at 2:44 PM on April 18, 2005

weird...
posted by RightsaidFRED at 3:40 PM on April 18, 2005

Sweet! This is good.
posted by NickDouglas at 4:13 PM on April 18, 2005

Very interesting, but what causes this?
posted by caddis at 7:24 PM on April 18, 2005

Is there a name for being more or less suceptible to this stuff? Would it imply anything?
posted by Flat Feet Pete at 7:54 PM on April 18, 2005

Posts like this is why I love MetaFilter. Excellent!
posted by SSShupe at 7:55 PM on April 18, 2005

gold star.
posted by 3.2.3 at 8:04 PM on April 18, 2005

I can't uncross my eyes now. THANKS A LOT!
posted by wsg at 12:48 AM on April 19, 2005

Great collection of stuff! I was disappointed at first not to see the animated-GIF version (where the square moves from one place to another) of the checkerboard illusion, but this version is actually just as good if not better.
posted by soyjoy at 8:35 AM on April 19, 2005