Gravity is Optional
May 15, 2010 8:14 PM Subscribe
The results are in, and mathematician Kokichi Sugihara won the 2010 Best Illusion of the Year award with a video of balls rolling uphill. The competition, hosted by the Neural Correlate Society, is the "Oscars of perception," says society president Susana Martinez-Conde. The trophies are themselves visual illusions — wooden sculptures that look vastly different depending on the observer's point of view.
The ten finalists are all interesting. Previously.
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posted by straight at 8:57 PM on May 15, 2010
posted by straight at 8:57 PM on May 15, 2010
the main site totally borked my system and crashed firefox... its just an illusion
posted by infini at 9:17 PM on May 15, 2010
posted by infini at 9:17 PM on May 15, 2010
Fucking magnets, how does this work? And I don't wanna talk to a member of the Neural Correlate Society. Y'all motherfuckers lying, and getting me pissed.
Seriously. Ouch.
posted by kipmanley at 9:28 PM on May 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
Seriously. Ouch.
posted by kipmanley at 9:28 PM on May 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
When i saw the double helix in the moving dots, i was all like woah...
posted by empath at 9:40 PM on May 15, 2010
posted by empath at 9:40 PM on May 15, 2010
That matte/glossy "illusion" was pretty bland. The others were pretty interesting, though.
posted by delmoi at 10:02 PM on May 15, 2010
posted by delmoi at 10:02 PM on May 15, 2010
Metafilter: The Oscars of perception.
posted by mreleganza at 11:46 PM on May 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by mreleganza at 11:46 PM on May 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
I do so like the doors... its the windows that are the problem
posted by infini at 2:11 AM on May 16, 2010
posted by infini at 2:11 AM on May 16, 2010
I give the 'monkey business illusion' an eh out of meh. "If there's lots of shit going on you might not notice it all!" WOW! Way to blow away the walls of perception, dude.
posted by obiwanwasabi at 2:30 AM on May 16, 2010
posted by obiwanwasabi at 2:30 AM on May 16, 2010
The rolling up hill would be a gravity hill in real life.
posted by sety at 5:34 AM on May 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by sety at 5:34 AM on May 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
Oh yeah, just looks like an Ames Room to me.
But hey, an Ames Room without walls, that's pretty cool.
posted by ovvl at 2:50 PM on May 17, 2010
But hey, an Ames Room without walls, that's pretty cool.
posted by ovvl at 2:50 PM on May 17, 2010
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posted by rtha at 8:52 PM on May 15, 2010