That works pretty well.
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10 optical illusions in 2 minutes - SLYT, Samsung promotion.
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
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]
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
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
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
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
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
posted by cowbellemoo at 9:11 AM on May 15, 2008
The dragon and the faces that follow you are both instances of the hollow face illusion.
posted by knave at 9:26 AM on May 15, 2008
posted by knave at 9:26 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
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
Cool stuff.
posted by Dizzy at 9:51 AM on May 15, 2008
You dumb bastard. It's not a schooner...
It's a sailboat.
posted by quin at 10:08 AM on May 15, 2008 [1 favorite]
It's a sailboat.
posted by quin at 10:08 AM on May 15, 2008 [1 favorite]
Yeah, but what is it they're trying to sell me?
posted by sunshinesky at 12:33 PM on May 15, 2008
posted by sunshinesky at 12:33 PM on May 15, 2008
Their soul, apparently.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 1:49 PM on May 15, 2008
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 1:49 PM 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.
Indeed they were...
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 4:42 PM on May 15, 2008 [1 favorite]
Indeed they were...
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 4:42 PM on May 15, 2008 [1 favorite]
I've never seen a life-sized hollow face illusion before. That was pretty cool.
posted by phunniemee at 9:50 PM on May 15, 2008
posted by phunniemee at 9:50 PM on May 15, 2008
I love the bit in the credits where he gives the hollow-face dragon a hug.
posted by Potsy at 5:51 PM on May 17, 2008
posted by Potsy at 5:51 PM on May 17, 2008
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