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The most amazing optical illusion EVER! (unreal)

2004-11-09, 6:48 AM #1

Sol

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"hollow face"

http://www.grand-illusions.com/hollowface.htm

Watch the video, I can feel my brain cells being destroyed just by watching it... :eek:

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2004-11-09, 6:55 AM #2

maevie

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I'm not clicking that until somebody else does and confirms nothing scary happens

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2004-11-09, 6:56 AM #3

SMOCK!

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Seconded

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2004-11-09, 7:05 AM #4

clan ruthervain

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downloaded.

As an arty person, it is AMAZING

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2004-11-09, 7:07 AM #5

DeTRiTiC-iQ

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Saw it in one of my lectures last year.

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2004-11-09, 7:08 AM #6

MentatMM

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Neato.

2004-11-09, 7:12 AM #7

Sol

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Come on, I'll let Brian BAN me if something jumps out...

Heres another one, its almost reality bendingly insane.

http://www.grand-illusions.com/dragon.htm

It's only a piece of folded paper, yet it looks like its MOVING and looking at you. The video shows it the best.

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2004-11-09, 7:18 AM #8

maevie

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Ok, I risked it. Very cool stuff.

[edit] woah there! the dragon is freaking amazing!!

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2004-11-09, 7:59 AM #9

DogSRoOL

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Awesome.

Cat loaf, meet mouseloaf.
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2004-11-09, 8:01 AM #10

fourwood

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I think I'm going to have to print out the dragon and make it myself.

2004-11-09, 8:18 AM #11

Bobbert

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Wow! I can't make the face seem concave even if I stare at it for a while.

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2004-11-09, 8:32 AM #12

Raoul Duke

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The dragon is 10 times better.

2004-11-09, 8:51 AM #13

Spork

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Dragon is very cool.

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2004-11-09, 10:40 AM #14

Spiral

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This is a very old illusion. So ol infact that they use it in the Haunted Mansion at Magic Kindom Disney World.

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2004-11-09, 12:28 PM #15

lassev

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The dragon was uber cool.

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2004-11-09, 12:33 PM #16

Avenger

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Quote:

Originally posted by Spiral
This is a very old illusion. So ol infact that they use it in the Haunted Mansion at Magic Kindom Disney World.

That's exactly what I thought, only I saw it at Disneyland. The dragon is really sweet though.

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2004-11-09, 1:02 PM #17

Otterbine

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I printed out the dragon and set it up on my desk. Now I got the whole office comming by and staring at the thing

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2004-11-09, 1:05 PM #18

kyle90

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You mean it works in 3d too? I figured they only worked because you can't see the depth.

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2004-11-09, 2:58 PM #19

Tyler

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I went into our storeroom, found a printer, and installed it just to get my own dragon thing.

It took me awhile to see it in real life, and I was starting to wonder if I'd put it together correctly. I was cocky, though, and ignored the "view from about 2 feet" instruction. That's an important step. You kind of almost have to blur your eyes for a second, like looking at one of those "magic eye" pictures, for the illusion to start working...at least, I had to.

Very cool, Sol.

2004-11-09, 3:00 PM #20

Avenger

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Quote:

Originally posted by kyle90
You mean it works in 3d too? I figured they only worked because you can't see the depth.

Yep. I've seen the first one in person. It's kind of creepy.

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2004-11-09, 3:38 PM #21

Tyler

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With the hollow face one; iisn't that effect used in the "Haunted Mansion" ride at Disneyland? If anyone else has been there recently enough to remember, aren't there some busts in...I think the hallway to get into the carts, that are inverted like this?

I don't know, it's been 8 years since I was there, but I seem to remember thinking they were neat.

2004-11-09, 3:40 PM #22

Molgrew

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You can remember what you saw 8 years ago but cannot what you just read 1 minute ago?

2004-11-09, 4:18 PM #23

Joseph T

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Now those are cool. I've got a book with a lot of opticial illusions thats pretty neat. The spiraled pinwheels that look like their moving are still my favorite.

2004-11-09, 4:26 PM #24

Avenger

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Quote:

Originally posted by Tyler
With the hollow face one; iisn't that effect used in the "Haunted Mansion" ride at Disneyland? If anyone else has been there recently enough to remember, aren't there some busts in...I think the hallway to get into the carts, that are inverted like this?

I don't know, it's been 8 years since I was there, but I seem to remember thinking they were neat.

Quote:

Originally posted by Spiral
This is a very old illusion. So ol infact that they use it in the Haunted Mansion at Magic Kindom Disney World.

Quote:

Originally posted by Avenger
That's exactly what I thought, only I saw it at Disneyland.

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2004-11-09, 4:56 PM #25

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My humanities teacher showed us a house that they have in a garden museum in DC that does the same illusion as the dragon. Very neat.

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2004-11-09, 5:05 PM #26

Tyler

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Ah...right, I come to the forum to read the messages...got it.

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2004-11-09, 5:25 PM #27

Flirbnic

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I used to have the dragon thing on top of my monitor. I wonder where it went... It was a couple years ago.

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2004-11-09, 5:39 PM #28

THRAWN

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I wanna print out the dragon but I dont have PSP or Photoshop on my PC anymore. Is there any other way to get it scaled down?

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2004-11-09, 6:07 PM #29

Bobbert

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Okay, I didn't get it at first (read my first post). Now I made the dragon and I probably look pretty dumb moving my head side to side lookin at the thing.

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2004-11-09, 6:31 PM #30

MechWarrior

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That is amazing... strange but amazing.

2004-11-09, 7:28 PM #31

fourwood

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Haha, yes. I printed it out and built it... and man is it cool.

2004-11-09, 7:33 PM #32

Ewoklover

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thats pretty cool, i like it when he turns it all around.

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2004-11-09, 8:06 PM #33

bradsh

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With practice you can force your brain to view the dragon video properly and you can destroy the illusion, but it takes concentration.

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2004-11-09, 8:29 PM #34

DogSRoOL

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My dragon sucks.

Maybe I printed it too big?

Cat loaf, meet mouseloaf.
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2004-11-10, 8:56 AM #35

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I printed the dragon last night, it didn't really work till this morning, when I was looking at it in daylight from the window, instead of my dorm room lamp which screwed up the shadows I guess.

You have to close one eye to throw off depth perception.

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2004-11-10, 9:10 AM #36

DogSRoOL

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Quote:

Originally posted by Bounty Hunter 4 hire
You have to close one eye to throw off depth perception.

Actually, you don't. I got mine to work, and I only need to close one eye if I'm really close to it.

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2004-11-10, 9:29 AM #37

Flirbnic

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Quote:

Originally posted by DogSRoOL
Actually, you don't. I got mine to work, and I only need to close one eye if I'm really close to it.

You're right! I got it to work with both eyes open from across the room.

I'm just a little boy.

2004-11-10, 9:32 AM #38

DogSRoOL

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meh. I can get within 3 feet of it and it still works with both eyes open.

Or I can just take off my glasses and pretend it works.

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2004-11-10, 10:37 AM #39

Bobbert

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I think the dragon would work a bit better in my dorm if the "top" of the head was a shade or two lighter to counteract shadows.

"Flowers and a landscape were the only attractions here. And so, as there was no good reason for coming, nobody came."

2004-11-10, 5:34 PM #40

Cloud

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Amazing...