Dancer spinning clockwise or anti-clockwise?
A neat little optical illusion, took me ages to get her to spin the other way.
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DeSpong currently knitting your suggestions - see profile, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 6:49,
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easy
Just close your eyes and imagine it spinning the other way, there you go
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Crap Little Monkey Deathstar, so good they built it twice, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 8:49,
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I always see it turning clockwise...
...until I try to do some full on, really difficult maths (like 24 + 8), and then it turns the other way. Pretty cool IMO.
(, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 9:45, Reply)
don;t feel bad
I'm "medicaly classified as a borderline genius"
I also have some other problems that more than make up for it.
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Crap Little Monkey Deathstar, so good they built it twice, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 10:00,
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It's a fix!
If you focus on the angle of her head, she has it tilted to the left when she appears to be going anti-clockwise, and the right when she appears to be going clockwise.
Her head should always be tilted the same way.
I must admit it had me going.
Edit: also focus on the arm which is highest. You'll spot the change.
(, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 11:15, Reply)
No it ain't.
The differences you described are part of the illusion. Your brain interprets the 3D image and you either perceive her as rotating one way or the other - this affects the perceived positioning of her head and arm.
Tried it ages ago with a few people in the office. Some saw it going clockwise, some anti-clockwise. At the same time.
It's mental. But it's a genuine illusion.
(, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 11:36, Reply)