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Canada3819 Posts
On October 12 2007 18:11 Last.Midnight wrote:
I've been staring at this thing for about 10 minutes straight using every method that's been outlined and I can't comprehend how you can imagine her turning counter-clockwise. It hasn't been counter-clockwise or even doubtful in my mind even once.
http://www.procreo.jp/labo/labo13.html
Try use that one...I find it's easier with the big shadow.
If I just stare at the shadow of the legs in that one...I don't even see it making a full rotation in either direction...just a strange undulating motion that stops at one side and comes back.
Midnight, look at the shadow of the tip of the foot (that is in front) in the newest link, and imagine it 'ping ponging' off two imaginary walls (albeit not a straight line) but then when it reaches the 'wall' on the right hand side, picture it continuing in a full circle...then look up to the image.
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Valhalla18444 Posts
for some reason i can't make it happen after one full rotation though, it has to be 1.5 or more
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I can do it, but I have to only look at her shadow first. It didn't work for the longest time at first lol..
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I saw it clockwise at first, but after a bit I could picture it both ways no matter where I look at.
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Sweden33719 Posts
Fuck I liked the qualities of the left brain better-.-
Actually nevermind, both have qualities I like!
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On October 12 2007 18:06 CubEdIn wrote:
I was trying to make it spin in the same direction and it still changed after 15-20 seconds.
I stared at it for over 2 minutes trying to figure out how it works, but it never changed direction. I think the trick is that when it "faces" the viewer, with either the back or the front, it's the same image, so I tried to use those points to make it switch directions, imagining how it'd look if it went the other way... but every time it went into profile I could only see the direction one-way. Clockwise.
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I've taken print screens of it moving clockwise and ccw trying to see if they match. I didn't get a perfect match yet but I can see it happening.
Also, I wasn't trying to DESTROY it, I was just trying to see if there are two different sets of pics. Don't be so cruel I'm just putting a little thought into it (my brain won't accept that it's being tricked by a .gif).
I see what you mean with the 1.5s but I can't (no matter what I do) see it turn one way for more than 15-20 secs. I should time it.
(or I could go to sleep and not think about it).
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On October 12 2007 18:12 Smurg wrote:Show nested quote +On October 12 2007 18:11 Last.Midnight wrote:
I've been staring at this thing for about 10 minutes straight using every method that's been outlined and I can't comprehend how you can imagine her turning counter-clockwise. It hasn't been counter-clockwise or even doubtful in my mind even once. http://www.procreo.jp/labo/labo13.htmlTry use that one...I find it's easier with the big shadow. If I just stare at the shadow of the legs in that one...I don't even see it making a full rotation in either direction...just a strange undulating motion that stops at one side and comes back. Midnight, look at the shadow of the tip of the foot (that is in front) in the newest link, and imagine it 'ping ponging' off two imaginary walls (albeit not a straight line) but then when it reaches the 'wall' on the right hand side, picture it continuing in a full circle...then look up to the image.
Yea, I was just gonna say that. If you focus off of it (almsot like a seeing eye book) and just maybe even look at some shit off the side of you monitor you can see her leg just bouncing back and forth on the backside of the shadow (as it seems).
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I first thought seeing it clockwise was impossible and everyone was lying, but now I can see it both ways. pretty cool
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United States10774 Posts
waittt what? how can this be rigged when i stared at it for like 20 minutes as clockwise until I finally managed to get it counter clockwise? :o
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haha I totally fucked with my gf right now she thinks its flips back and forth and is convinced im fucking with her.
Heres something to try if you cant see both ways. Try sitting somewhere like 5 feet away then get close and focus on it hard. Might work
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Steve I'll let it go, I can't figgure it out tehnically.
But explain this: If the illusion is in the arms and legs, then how come if you cover everything up to the neck, and you only see her head, it still changes after a few rotations (i counted 25 or somewhere around there) without looking at ANY of the body parts.
How can they make her head change directions?
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On a side note though.
If you look at the whole image you can clearly see its moving clockwise, thats where the trick lies. Left brainers just tend to focus on 1 or a few details and right brainers see the whole image and don't get tricked.
I think thats why its so much harder for right brainers to switch counter than it is for left brainers to clockwise.
Think of it this way, everything is symmetrical except her head.
PS- I think these kinds of tests can prove a lot about the general public. They tend to ignore the big picture and focus on a few things and ignore the rest. I'm willing to bet 90% or more of conspiracy theorists are seeing clockwise.
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United States10774 Posts
On October 12 2007 18:26 CharlieMurphy wrote:
On a side note though.
If you look at the whole image you can clearly see its moving clockwise, thats where the trick lies. Left brainers just tend to focus on 1 or a few details and right brainers see the whole image and don't get tricked.
I think thats why its so much harder for right brainers to switch counter than it is for left brainers to clockwise.
Think of it this way, everything is symmetrical except her head.
wait how do you know it's clearly moving clockwise? your detail theory makes no sense to me...
3 out of 6 friends I sent it to initially said they see counter-clockwise ;o For them it's clearly moving counter clockwise.
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On October 12 2007 18:26 CharlieMurphy wrote:
PS- I think these kinds of tests can prove a lot about the general public. They tend to ignore the big picture and focus on a few things and ignore the rest. I'm willing to bet 90% or more of conspiracy theorists are seeing clockwise.
I saw it clockwise and I BET THIS DAMN PIC IS RIGGED. It's all a big hoax I tell you. NOTHING IS REAL. NOTHING!
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Wow, i can switch between anti and clockwise pretty easily, just shift focus slightly and shes turn other way with the left leg out changed to right leg out, then back again.. its weird to be able to constantly change your perceiptions of it. definitely interesting.
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On October 12 2007 18:34 OneOther wrote:Show nested quote +On October 12 2007 18:26 CharlieMurphy wrote:
On a side note though.
If you look at the whole image you can clearly see its moving clockwise, thats where the trick lies. Left brainers just tend to focus on 1 or a few details and right brainers see the whole image and don't get tricked.
I think thats why its so much harder for right brainers to switch counter than it is for left brainers to clockwise.
Think of it this way, everything is symmetrical except her head. wait how do you know it's clearly moving clockwise? your detail theory makes no sense to me... 3 out of 6 friends I sent it to initially said they see counter-clockwise ;o For them it's clearly moving counter clockwise.
They initially see it wrong and stick with their brains perception. tell them to look at her face and pony tail as the center while watching it all and see what direction its going now.
Save the gif posted in the OP and it spins really slow frame rate and you see its clockwise.
You can also see 2 frames (or more?) where the image sorta skips. The most pronounced being when the base foot dips the lowest.
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Saw it clockwise, but i can manage to see the other way too.
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I'm not sure if this is relevant to this illusion but its kinda like how when a tire is going a certain speed (humans only see 24 frames/sec) that it looks like the tire is slowly going backwards because every 24th frame happens to be the position the tire was in previously.
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