MPH
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There's a .gif of this floating around. It's clearly an optical illusion.
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Which way is she spinning?
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There's a .gif of this floating around. It's clearly an optical illusion.
Lobster
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I see her clockwise at first glance but can make her go both ways as well. Gotta love that.
I found the gif at http://www.moillusions.com/2007/06/spinning-sihouette-optical-illusion.html
I found the gif at http://www.moillusions.com/2007/06/spinning-sihouette-optical-illusion.html
I saw it clockwise only, but since I was below 10K feet I ejected.
MPH
Well-Known Member
"She" is an optical illusion, so which leg is up is a matter of your perception of her rotational direction. Or vice versa.
If she is rotating clockwise, her right leg is up. If she is rotating CCW her left leg is up.
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Edit: My method for getting her to "switch" on the unassisted video is by focusing on the shadow of her foot. The shadow should be rotating the opposite direction of your perception of the figure, so focusing on the shadow before drawing your eyes up should allow you to switch the figures direction. Works for me.
"She" is an optical illusion, so which leg is up is a matter of your perception of her rotational direction. Or vice versa.
If she is rotating clockwise, her right leg is up. If she is rotating CCW her left leg is up.
Click
Edit: My method for getting her to "switch" on the unassisted video is by focusing on the shadow of her foot. The shadow should be rotating the opposite direction of your perception of the figure, so focusing on the shadow before drawing your eyes up should allow you to switch the figures direction. Works for me.
Thanks for the link. Always happy to believe, someone's just got to convince me beyond reasonable doubt (and hey, I'm usually pretty reasonable...). That was weird; they were alternating constantly with the highlights done like that.
Also, after my second assertion, I took some print screen stills to see if I could force myself to see the illusion. Turns out there are a few different points where she looks like she could be either looking toward or away from you. So yes, it's all a matter of focus.
EDIT: So are we in agreement that the shadow is... wrong???
phrogpilot73
Well-Known Member
She's moving?
"She" is an optical illusion, so which leg is up is a matter of your perception of her rotational direction. Or vice versa.
If she is rotating clockwise, her right leg is up. If she is rotating CCW her left leg is up.
Click
Edit: My method for getting her to "switch" on the unassisted video is by focusing on the shadow of her foot. The shadow should be rotating the opposite direction of your perception of the figure, so focusing on the shadow before drawing your eyes up should allow you to switch the figures direction. Works for me.
That did it for me! She keeps switching back and forth on me now. I had to go back and watch the gif as well as the original vid to make sure your attachment wasn't actually switching from CW to CCW and back.
VIZKRIEG
KILL
Now that you've got it all figured out, one last one here for the "right in front of you face, but cant see it crowd"... Find "The Hidden Tiger"....
I thought it was Crouching Tiger....
