OT: Rotating Circles

Fyron · #1 June 9th, 2003, 04:34 AM

Go here:

http://www.banthis.com/images/rotating_circles.jpg

TerranC · #2 June 9th, 2003, 04:40 AM

Thus, Fyron boldly pats his already sufficient number of Posts even further.

Fyron · #3 June 9th, 2003, 04:58 AM

Nodachi · #4 June 9th, 2003, 05:26 AM

Come on now, Fyron's post count accounts for less than 5%(barely) of the total Posts on this forum.

Come on Fyron, you can do better than that!

Ed Kolis · #5 June 9th, 2003, 07:12 AM

Hey, that's freaky, they really do rotate... I was expecting something along the lines of a vorpal bunny appearing and an earsplitting shriek being emitted from the speakers...

Kamog · #6 June 9th, 2003, 07:13 AM

That's a neat optical illusion!

Do you see the same thing I see? When I move my head towards the screen, the inner circle turns counter-clockwise and the outer circle turns clockwise. When I move my head away from the screen, the directions reverse. But if I look directly at the diamonds and move my head, it doesn't turn.

It's interesting how the shadow effect affects our depth perception on those diamond shapes. The diamonds near the top of the circles appear to be raised, and the bottom ones appear to be depressed. Somewhere on the sides, there's a transition point where the mind switches its perception from raised to depressed, but as I keep staring at it, that transition point keeps changing. If I turn my head 90 degrees, then whichever side of the circle which is now my "top" looks raised and the "bottom" looks depressed.

Fyron · #7 June 9th, 2003, 07:14 AM

You've been tricked by one too many link in the past Ed. I'd never post such a tricky link. Or would I... hmm...

If you stare at a point halfway between the dot in the center and the right side of the circles and move your head, it looks really funny. The left sides of the circles seem to rotate, but the right sides don't!

[ June 09, 2003, 06:16: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

Andr�s · #8 June 9th, 2003, 05:26 PM

I should start posting in threats like this to increase my rank

mottlee · #9 June 9th, 2003, 05:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:

Nice touch

Ragnarok · #10 June 9th, 2003, 05:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:

If you stare at a point halfway between the dot in the center and the right side of the circles and move your head, it looks really funny. The left sides of the circles seem to rotate, but the right sides don't!

Proving once again Fyron has too much time on his hands.