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Old 06-05-2005, 08:47 AM
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Illusions!

This is crazy!

Was following a thread on CN about how the eye perceives things, and how contrast can make areas more discernable.

An example of this was given, to this site. The image below, squares A and B are the same shade of grey.



If you don't believe it, go to that site for the proof + explanation.

Our eyes/brain do funny things sometimes.
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Old 06-05-2005, 11:19 AM
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gah! I'll never trust my eyes again

i still didnt believe it till they said print it out and cut the squares out...
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That is awesome!

I just walked around work with a few of them printed off showing people and making them cut them out. Good find!
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Old 06-05-2005, 02:05 PM
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Just holding up pieces of paper to the screen and shielding portions of the image I can almost feel my brain doing a recalculation then - clunk - I see the squares as different shades. Amazing...
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Old 07-05-2005, 10:27 AM
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Yep Dave, a couple of envelopes some sundry fingers over the image and it all makes sense. Wierd though, I would have almost bet money that they were different shades of grey.
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Old 08-05-2005, 03:47 PM
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Good one!

Here's another illusion. I had to chop it down a bit for it to fit, but you can get the idea.

"If you take a look at the following picture , let me tell you ... it is not animated. Your eyes are making it move. To test this, stare at one spot for a couple seconds and everything will stop moving. Or look at the black center of each circle and it will stop moving. But move your eyes to the next black center and the previous will move after you take your eyes away from it.... Weird..."
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Old 08-05-2005, 10:08 PM
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I am spun out and aparently tone colour blind as well! Very interesting perspectives.
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Old 09-05-2005, 07:42 AM
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haha that's freaky, nice on Jonathan!
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Old 09-05-2005, 11:08 AM
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Wierd stuff, I suppose this is what one sees when they "get stoned"..LOL..amazing what the eye/brain thing percieves.

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Old 09-05-2005, 01:47 PM
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I have tried these wit hthe guys and gals here at work and they like myself were completely bowled over by the results. great stuff, I like things like this, just goes to prove what an odd lot we really are?
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Old 09-05-2005, 02:37 PM
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Here's another one along similar lines.

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid. Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch taem at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Scuh a cdonition is arppoiately cllaed Typoglycemia

Amzanig huh?

(I think the spell checker just blew a gasket
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These are great guys! Keep 'em coming! Hey Jonathan, you wouldn't have a high-res copy of that, would you? or a link?
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PM your email adress to me and I'll send it to you. It's about 400k.
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Old 09-05-2005, 10:16 PM
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OK where do you dig these ones up from?
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Old 10-05-2005, 12:44 AM
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Iceman, can you post a link to the CN thread? Sounds interesting.
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I laugh when I do this one.

<b>Count the Black Dots in this Picture?</b>
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Old 12-05-2005, 11:10 PM
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That's terrible Ken! good work.
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