I love stuff like this! Cue a bazillion other MeFi links... ready, set, go! posted by Mike D at 8:45 AM on May 15, 2008
I didn't get a couple of them. What was the illusion with the spaceship? What was I supposed to be seeing? posted by Nedroid at 8:50 AM on May 15, 2008
Cute idea, but the pace and camera work made it almost completely impossible to really appreciate what the illusion was supposed to be. Headachey. posted by Miko at 8:52 AM on May 15, 2008 [1 favorite]
What was the illusion with the spaceship? What was I supposed to be seeing?
Some of them took a couple of looks for me
I think the spaceship is spinning and the background is still... but you 'see' the background spinning at some points and the spaceship rocking backwards and forwards. posted by fearfulsymmetry at 8:52 AM on May 15, 2008
There is a paper model which is similar robot dragon shown in the video. It was linked here a while back.
It's pretty cool since you can print it out and make it yourself. posted by quin at 8:53 AM on May 15, 2008
Spaceship was 3-D placed in a 2-D context.
Good stuff. Enjoyable asymmetry. posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 8:53 AM on May 15, 2008
This jives perfectly with the discussion from This Week in Media from a few weeks ago. Instead of making stupid annoying commercials that interrupt what I'm watching, make your commercials the actual content. posted by cebailey at 8:56 AM on May 15, 2008
Gosh I love those inside-out follow-you things. posted by cowbellemoo at 9:11 AM on May 15, 2008
The space ship is spinning at constant speed while the background is rocking. It's just a "oh look your brain gets confused by relative motion" thing.
I think I'll have to go make another one of those dragons now. posted by you at 9:28 AM on May 15, 2008
Those "inside-out follow-you things" were pioneered/first used by Disney's Imagineers in the Haunted Mansion, if memory serves.
Cool stuff. posted by Dizzy at 9:51 AM on May 15, 2008
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