This is a nice idea – basically, the background never changes but if you follow the moving ‘star’, it will appear to shift.
Does it work for you?
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This is a nice idea – basically, the background never changes but if you follow the moving ‘star’, it will appear to shift.
Does it work for you?
December 29, 2011 at 7:16 am |
When it goes down the illusion is there for me. When it goes up not really.
December 29, 2011 at 8:25 am
Same for me. Unavoidable in the downward direction, really difficult to see upwards.
December 29, 2011 at 8:39 am
Same here.
December 29, 2011 at 5:49 pm
Ditto. Only works for me when the star is moving down screen.
January 2, 2012 at 3:14 am
ditto
January 24, 2012 at 5:32 am
Me too, but only every third time.
December 29, 2011 at 7:19 am |
works more going up than going down for me…
December 29, 2011 at 8:02 am
For me, the exact opposite.
December 29, 2011 at 7:21 am |
Cool, but I only get a small patch in the centre moving.
December 29, 2011 at 7:26 am |
The shadows give the brain an idea of direction. Nice.
December 29, 2011 at 7:53 am |
Didn’t work for me. Damn you brain!
December 29, 2011 at 8:38 am |
Very effective, I see the centre patch lurch to the right as the star rises and shudder to the left as the star falls, then I can’t focus properly to read.
December 29, 2011 at 10:31 am
I’ve got left and right muddled, the movement is to the right as the star falls and less pronounced to the right on as the star rises. Holiday hangover.
December 29, 2011 at 8:44 am |
Had to make it full screen to get the effect, and then like some others it was much more pronounced on the downstroke than the up.
December 29, 2011 at 10:18 am |
Weird! Never trust what your brain tells you!
December 29, 2011 at 11:33 am |
very cool, only saw it as i looked away from screen.
December 29, 2011 at 2:03 pm |
No. What’s supposed to happen? Nothing moved. [confuzzled]
December 29, 2011 at 2:30 pm |
Yep. It worked for me. How does it work? Something to do with the spacing of the squares? Also, the shading of the squares?
December 29, 2011 at 3:21 pm |
For me it works going downwards but not upwards. Weird.
December 29, 2011 at 5:47 pm
Turn your screens upside down !
December 29, 2011 at 4:08 pm |
Works equally well both up and down for me but only in full screen view.
December 29, 2011 at 6:00 pm |
moved for me before i even started playing the video, and then that’s when the party started!
December 29, 2011 at 7:31 pm |
The illusion works also with the video stopped !
Use the mouse pointer instead of the star.
December 29, 2011 at 7:34 pm |
The background appeared to move only when the star was going from top to bottom, not the other way.
December 29, 2011 at 8:05 pm |
Only downwards in small screen, both ways in fullscreen for me
December 29, 2011 at 8:47 pm |
Source? Who’s work is this?
December 31, 2011 at 8:22 pm |
Does not work for me. But every now and then the background tried to move but would snap back and remain still.
January 1, 2012 at 12:44 pm |
like water…
January 9, 2012 at 7:23 pm |
Reblogged this on WrAnTz and commented:
I feel sick
January 20, 2012 at 1:48 pm |
I don’t need the star; the background was moving before I started the video. I get this effect staring at my innocent brown and white speckled carpet sometimes… It would be interesting to know why I’m so susceptible to this type of illusion – anyone know if there’s any research on it?
(p.s. Stumbled upon this fascinating blog today, via Derren Brown’s.)
January 28, 2012 at 6:41 am |
Nothing at all I thought first when it was in the little video window on the blog. But when I made it fullscreen it works, both up and down. Has to be a big enough part of you field of vision i think.