Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Remarkable Illusion

Here's the winner of the Best Visual Illusion 2010, by Koukichi Sugihara. No computer graphics, no video tricks, no hidden mechanisms. Just paper, glue, marbles and a very carefully chosen vantage point. See it on YouTube if this video below doesn't work:

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5 comments:

  1. Jonas12 May, 2010 10:58

    That's amazing! Extremely well done - and low tech.

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  2. Our Man in Abiko12 May, 2010 13:11

    You've been at that English wine again, Janne. Very nice.

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  3. Anonymous12 May, 2010 18:49

    here's an article on it:

    http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100511/full/news.2010.233.html

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  4. Jan Moren12 May, 2010 20:47

    Hadn't seen the Nature coverage - thanks.

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  5. Jon Allen15 May, 2010 23:21

    very clever

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