Two nice movement illusions today. Everyone and their dog sent me the following….
and Maximilien S sent me this…
Did they work for you? Which one is best?
Two nice movement illusions today. Everyone and their dog sent me the following….
and Maximilien S sent me this…
Did they work for you? Which one is best?
March 30, 2011 at 5:45 am |
2nd
March 30, 2011 at 5:49 am |
Nope, no movement for me. Maybe because I’m color blind?
March 30, 2011 at 6:01 am |
Both worked, I think the second worked slightly better though
March 30, 2011 at 6:20 am |
Second illusion was groovy…
March 30, 2011 at 6:34 am |
The top one … was it supposed to do something?
The second is now my desktop background. Makes me wanna fire one up !!
March 30, 2011 at 6:36 am |
The 1st worked SOSOOOOOO much better 1st time I saw it when it was bigger as well.
March 30, 2011 at 6:37 am |
I see absolutely no movement with the first. What’s it supposed to do?
March 30, 2011 at 6:44 am |
The second. The first one didn’t move nor move me.
March 30, 2011 at 6:57 am |
Both of them worked for me, but the first one was a kind of throb and then it was gone. It didn’t happen a second time. The second one made me feel a bit ill, to be honest. But then, I’m feeling a bit ill anyway so it might have been a coincidence.
March 30, 2011 at 6:58 am |
Top nothing but bottom was fun! Made me miss Dr. Seuss books.
March 30, 2011 at 7:36 am |
Neither one does anything in this size. If I view them full size, the top one still doesn’t do anything, but the bottom one is quite nice.
March 30, 2011 at 8:47 am |
Both of them actually gave me a bit of motion sickness.
How would these work in respect of being colour blind?
March 30, 2011 at 8:47 am |
Top one is more subtle and overpowered by the 2nd one when presented together.
2nd one is amazing, but I also like the gentle movement of the 1st, which you don’t notice until you look hard.
March 30, 2011 at 8:48 am |
Both work really well for me but I like the 2nd one better, It’s GROOVY man!
March 30, 2011 at 8:50 am |
They both work well for me, but I think the second one is slightly more effective.
March 30, 2011 at 8:50 am |
… wait a sec. You get email from dogs?
March 30, 2011 at 12:09 pm
And how does Richard _know_ they’re dogs?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet,_nobody_knows_you're_a_dog
March 30, 2011 at 9:03 am |
Both work whe nI look at the edges of the image. Second one is better though. Very Austin Powers
March 30, 2011 at 9:28 am |
Both worked. Second one was the most extreme, though I have to admit that I had a hard time even looking at the thing as it made me somewhat nauseous.
March 30, 2011 at 9:35 am |
1st: 3d effect when looking at the borders
2nd: it’s alive !
March 30, 2011 at 10:13 am |
Both, although the 2nd one worked better.
March 30, 2011 at 10:54 am |
I like the second one better. Maybe I have a fondness for fractals.
March 30, 2011 at 10:58 am |
Neither worked when I viewed on my phone, but they do when viewing on my PC. Weird!
March 30, 2011 at 11:00 am |
The first one works better when I don’t look at it directly. I can’t work out how the second one works.
March 30, 2011 at 11:07 am |
Both work for me, the 2nd is currently my desktop background.
March 30, 2011 at 1:38 pm |
I sent you the second one! Via Twitter (@SebHoch) two days ago.
April 7, 2011 at 10:07 am
Hello Sebastian,
My name is Julie Coquart and I’m a french journalist. I’m working on a special feature concerning Optical Illusions and I wonder if you knew who created this crazy illusion (the violet, white and green fractals one) !
Would you like to send me an e-mail if you know it or if you remember where you found it ?
Thank you so much ! It’s pretty urgent…
Best regards,
Julie
March 30, 2011 at 2:28 pm |
The first one only works for me if I don’t look at it diretly – in the corner of my eye it’s amazing.
Second one works fine always.
March 30, 2011 at 2:51 pm |
2nd one reminds me of a old oil lamp weird but wonderfull
March 30, 2011 at 4:13 pm |
1st one didn’t work 2nd one was groovey
March 30, 2011 at 4:34 pm |
the first one takes a bit of concentration to see the movement.
As for the second – psychadelic, baby!!
March 30, 2011 at 4:54 pm |
The second one… And I’m starting to feel dizzy…
March 30, 2011 at 7:39 pm |
Definately the mandelbrot. The first one only works if I’m not looking at it.
March 31, 2011 at 1:43 am |
I think I’ve worked out what’s causing it. When you look directkly at one of the words, your binocular vision fixes the distance. When you are not looking at one of them, the color-sensing gear estimates its distance, and it comes up with a different value.
Look at one of the words, and leave your eyes there. The “moving” words settle down, but jut out from the page.
March 31, 2011 at 7:18 am |
it does.
April 1, 2011 at 1:02 am |
I can tell by the architecture that the first one is a train on the Washington, D.C. Metro. So yeah, it moves, but it is very late and the escalator doesn’t work.
April 1, 2011 at 8:18 am |
Which one was best?
The third one – obviously!
April 6, 2011 at 8:36 am |
They work sometimes, but these are not te best ever. The second contains the mandelbrot fractal.
April 6, 2011 at 8:57 am |
1st one ^ ^ how do they work,,, very interesting
June 15, 2011 at 2:47 pm |
Hey man… Do you mind redirecting the first image to its flickr page? http://www.flickr.com/photos/thirddesign/5561477785/
Thanks!
Glad everyone seemed to like it, it was fun making it.
June 15, 2011 at 3:39 pm |
Both good in different ways 1st one not so obvious kept trying to work it out ,the other in ya face .