Comments on: Spinning Silhouette Illusion

By: Thursday keyboard

Thursday keyboard — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:59:23 +0000

Thursday keyboard…

Good work. Keep it up….

By: film line

film line — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:44:52 +0000

film line…

What a lovely metaphor. Thank you. Now back to work!…

By: Chairman Shepperd

Chairman Shepperd — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 20:00:59 +0000

didn’t work for me. Can’t take my eyes off her breasts. LOL.

By: Reisen Lastminute

Reisen Lastminute — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:08:57 +0000

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By: divay

divay — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:42:35 +0000

Check out this cool website and create your own spinning toy and u can watch it rotate in both clockwise n counter-clockwise direction …http://www.zefrank.com/string_spin/spin_1.html

no javascript .. this is all coz of the way mind perceives 3 Dimensional figure from this 2 D image

By: divay

divay — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:42:01 +0000

Check out this cool website and create your own spinning toy and u can watch it rotate in both clockwise n counter-clockwise direction …

no javascript .. this is all coz of the way mind perceives 3 Dimensional figure from this 2 D image

By: MILITANTPLATYPUS

MILITANTPLATYPUS — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:42:09 +0000

download the image to your computer

view it through your favorite photo viewer - that way no javascript can be running

she will still reverse

By: board

board — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:42:51 +0000

It’s a javascript thing to reverse the animation.

If you look at her toes.. you can always see the big toe come first and then as it turns away the toes obviously get smaller. You cannot discount this and there is no other way to interpret it. Pick a foot and watch the toes.

The only way it can reverse is by reversing it.

By: sohbet

sohbet — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 12:54:31 +0000

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By: divay

divay — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:30:37 +0000

I am able to notice the switch in direction every second or everytime i blink (after some practice) its amazing

seems like i got my mind in control :p lolz

By: John

John — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:18:01 +0000

Its the shadow that makes her look to be going clockwise. When she’s going anticlockwise the shadow should be further away when the raised foot goes across.

By: mirc indir

mirc indir — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 06:58:10 +0000

thank you

By: Cesilie

Cesilie — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:11:04 +0000

Nei, det funker ikke jeg gidder ikke mer..

By: mirc

mirc — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 07:06:17 +0000

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By: tdbeavers

tdbeavers — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:10:17 +0000

you people are crazy, this dancer is spinning clockwise and thats that. The only way i could even think she’s spinning counterclockwise is to focus on the top right corner of my screen, but by doing that you lose focus on the details like her pony tail and the direction the up foot is faced, the only thing that really changes is how you perceive the motion of the up foot in general, look directly at it and you’ll see a nipply dancer spinning clockwise.

By: Prada Sneakers

Prada Sneakers — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:08:44 +0000

This girl needs Prada Sneakers.lol…

By: geraldine

geraldine — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 07:41:03 +0000

i FINALLY got it to work!!! amazing
your tips really worked for me

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By: co-chan

co-chan — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:26:57 +0000

ick… if u cover up her top half…. then u can keep swithing the direction… 0.o

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By: Mick

Mick — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:06:45 +0000

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By: Mick

Mick — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:05:45 +0000

Awesome! Thanks for making me spend half an hour here :-)
For me it’s damn near impossible to make her switch if I keep looking at her. I need to cover her up for 95% and then focus on the piece of foot that comes sticking out and tell myself “It’s NOW going in FRONT, and… GO!” and then she turns that way.

I love how our brains work. Can you imagine what the world would look like if we DIDN’T have our brains fill in the many, many blanks in this world? A cow, for instance, might not see a turning human in there, but just a moving black polygon - which is basically what it is (well, the moving part is up for discussion).

Also, very ironic while we’re discussing visuals: I had the HARDEST time getting past this security code:

how is that NOT fcyO7, fcvO7, fcy07 or fcv07 ???

I had to make a new post to get a new code and everything. Psshh..

By: Kanuverleih

Kanuverleih — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:00:09 +0000

Thanks for very interesting article. btw.
I really enjoyed reading all of your posts.
It’s interesting to read ideas, and observations from someone else’s
point of view… makes you think more. So please keep up the great work.
Greetings.

By: Hotel Bayerischer Wald

Hotel Bayerischer Wald — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:59:00 +0000

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By: Dr PP Adelaide

Dr PP Adelaide — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:50:37 +0000

Pretty cool

It is 34 two-dimensional images superimposed on a shadow gradient to create the illusion of 3D field depth.

The brain sees what it wants and needs to, and gives us what is actually not there – a 3D shadowed image in orbital rotation.

The woman is not spinning at all.

That is a 2-dimensional repositioned silhouette that is interpreted by our mind as a rotating 3D image.

The perceived spin direction is whimsical.

By: Hallie

Hallie — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:16:03 +0000

But, don’t look at the frames, look at the moving gif and notice that the foot she stands on changes. How do you account for that? Does this show up in the individual frames?

Also, I suppose it is possible that looking at one frame at a time, you wouldn’t know which way the woman was facing, but as she spins, you can see clearly that she spins in the direction of her extended leg every time - jus that the leg changes.

By: MILITANTPLATYPUS

MILITANTPLATYPUS — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:35:25 +0000

man, I feel so bad now.

I don’t even know her name…

By: Lady In Black

Lady In Black — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:34:03 +0000

It is really beautifull and impressive !!! But believe me… math is hidden behind every beautiful thing (art and music) and humans always seek an explanation !!! Take as example fractal images (complex analysis lies behind)…they seem to have come out of a dream…really wonderful !! I don’t believe that when such a beauty is explained, its magic has been lost…Everyone knows the explanation of moon eclipse, but it is always spectacular and beautiful !!!

By: webnician

webnician — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:02:39 +0000

How can you guys take such a thing of beauty and rip it apart with your speculation and “analysis”, as if she were nothing more than pixels on a screen?! Did anyone stop to wonder, WHY she just dances all day, ’round and ’round on her toes in the dark in the nude, randomly switching directions for no apparent reason? I think the question we really need to ask ourselves is, not when and how she dances, but why we feel the need to belittle such a thing of beauty. You guys really need to take a long, hard look at yourselves.