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:

5 comments:

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

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

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  3. here's an article on it:

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

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  4. Hadn't seen the Nature coverage - thanks.

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