The Flashed Face Distortion Effect is a totally wild illusion.
The Flashed Face Distortion Effect is a totally wild illusion.
I thought I had this contraption all figured out until the water wheel started spinning. (thx kenny)
Pixar’s zoetrope looks amazing, I’d love to see it in person.
2010 winner of the Best Visual Illusion of the Year:
Robert Krulwich has more.
Unfortunately the recent profile of V. S. Ramachandran in The New Yorker is subscriber-only, but you can still find out what’s going in this picture here:
Related, don’t miss this Atul Gawande piece (I think I’ve linked this one up before).
I really have to try the ping-pong ball-induced hallucinations.
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