December 10, 2013 in Science & Technology

Moving Illusions

The newest Mind Blow on Vsauce2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkAIR5p9Ni8 LINKS AND SOURCES BELOW: FOLLOW MICHAEL STEVENS: http://www.twitter.com/tweetsauce music by http://www.youtube.com/Jakechudnow and http://www.audionetwork.com brusspup anamorphic illusions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBNHPk-Lnkk ANOMALOUS MOTION by Akiyoshi Kitaoka: http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/index-e.html http://www.psy.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/motion12e.html “Out of Focus” by Akiyoshi Kitaoka: http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/plaidm2.jpg anomalous motion explanations: http://www.cs.unm.edu/~williams/cs591/explanation.html http://mathworld.wolfram.com/OuchiIllusion.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusory_motion http://www.livescience.com/4950-key-optical-illusions-discovered.html how to make YOUR OWN anomalous motion images: http://www.wikihow.com/Create-an-Anomalous-Motion-Illusion Animal Collective illusion cover: http://diffuser.fm/animal-collective-merriweather-post-pavilion-50/ “illusion” etymology: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=illusion really great “game” etymology image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ethanhein/2850602827/sizes/o/in/photostream/ dazzle paint: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzle_camouflage “Command And Control” book: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Command-Control-Eric-Schlosser/dp/1846141486 Disneyland forced perspective: http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/04/beast-castle-behind-the-scenes-with-walt-disney-imagineers/ Birds use forced perspective: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/09/09/male-bowerbirds-create-forced-perspective-illusions-that-only-females-see/#.UqDhW2RDtCp Müller-Lyer Illusion and culture: http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/03/are-optical-illusions-cultural/ http://web.mit.edu/allanmc/www/socialperception14.pdf anamorphic illusions on street: Slow down or you’ll kill