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suxN
Profile Blog Joined March 2004
Finland1167 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-10-12 09:45:26
October 12 2007 09:44 GMT
#121
hey SMURG, put a poll so people can answer which way they saw it going first.
I dont want to be totally out :3
Gandalf
Profile Joined August 2004
Pakistan1905 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-10-12 09:51:22
October 12 2007 09:46 GMT
#122
Ok I looked at her 10 times with a break of looking away each time. I saw her moving clockwise 5 times, counter-clockwise 5 times. Each time I would see her moving in one direction, I'd try to force myself to perceive the opposite, but it seemed impossible. But then I'd look away and look back, and shed be moving in the opposite direction. Wonder what this means.
nortydog
Profile Joined December 2003
Australia3067 Posts
October 12 2007 09:46 GMT
#123
I see her going counter-clockwise in the first image and in the link :O
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Stygg
Profile Blog Joined February 2004
Sweden1100 Posts
October 12 2007 09:52 GMT
#124
On October 12 2007 18:41 CharlieMurphy wrote:
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.


that's exactly what I thought once I managed to see it clockwise
wine is fine but whiskey's quicker
OneOther
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States10774 Posts
October 12 2007 09:55 GMT
#125
On October 12 2007 18:46 Gandalf wrote:
Ok I looked at her 10 times with a break of looking away each time. I saw her moving clockwise 5 times, counter-clockwise 5 times. Each time I would see her moving in one direction, I'd try to force myself to perceive the opposite, but it seemed impossible. But then I'd look away and look back, and shed be moving in the opposite direction. Wonder what this means.


ya well some ppl CAN change the direction while looking at it
jtan
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Sweden5891 Posts
October 12 2007 09:55 GMT
#126
Cool!

If I look to the side of the picture not focusing on it, it sometimes looks like she turns left-right-left-right
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Fen
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Australia1848 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-10-12 10:00:12
October 12 2007 09:58 GMT
#127
Ok, To everyone who is saying the pic is rigged. I originally thought this as well. However its just an optical illusion. Optical illusions are designed to screw with your perception, which this does.

Ive looked at this image for long enough now to choose whether I want her spinning clockwise or anticlockwise. The first time I viewed it, I saw it going anticlockwise for about 3 mins till I worked out how to reverse it. Then Ive spent 1 min preventing her from doing a full rotation. Its not possible that this gif is rigged because I can choose beforehand what I want to see and make it happen.

EDIT: oh and to chocolat, I can rotate the image while looking at the whole thing. I dont have to look at anwyhere specific at all anymore. Its not a glitch in the gif at all.
Liquid`Drone
Profile Joined September 2002
Norway28784 Posts
October 12 2007 09:59 GMT
#128
clockwise for me
and I am more of a right-brainer although my left side is also superb
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betaben
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
681 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-10-12 10:06:54
October 12 2007 10:05 GMT
#129
The tire illusion is usually seen in electric light - not during the day; this is because the alternating current of the light source makes it flicker, the resluting illuminated image has a 'frame illusion' where the tire is seen a little back from were it was last illuminated. It isn't seen in the day.

The silhouete illusion I can see both ways, but my mind prefers clockwise viewed from above. I think this is because the out stretched arm and leg will seem to travel slower as they rotate away from you (the object is spinning so as it passes you closer to you it must be going the same speed as when it passes you on the further side from you. however, perspective makes the 'outward' journey look smaller as it is further away, but it takes the same time, so as it rotates away from you it will seem to be going slower). to me, as the hand and leg pass from the left to the right they seem to be going slower, thus I say that is further away from me and the figure is rotating clockwise.

just my opinion.
Gandalf
Profile Joined August 2004
Pakistan1905 Posts
October 12 2007 10:21 GMT
#130
On October 12 2007 18:55 OneOther wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 12 2007 18:46 Gandalf wrote:
Ok I looked at her 10 times with a break of looking away each time. I saw her moving clockwise 5 times, counter-clockwise 5 times. Each time I would see her moving in one direction, I'd try to force myself to perceive the opposite, but it seemed impossible. But then I'd look away and look back, and shed be moving in the opposite direction. Wonder what this means.


ya well some ppl CAN change the direction while looking at it


Yes I know and I'm not arguing that...

I'm saying I cant, but when I look away and look back, it often changes direction.

CharlieMurphy
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States22895 Posts
October 12 2007 10:24 GMT
#131
On October 12 2007 19:05 betaben wrote:
The tire illusion is usually seen in electric light - not during the day; this is because the alternating current of the light source makes it flicker, the resluting illuminated image has a 'frame illusion' where the tire is seen a little back from were it was last illuminated. It isn't seen in the day.

The silhouete illusion I can see both ways, but my mind prefers clockwise viewed from above. I think this is because the out stretched arm and leg will seem to travel slower as they rotate away from you (the object is spinning so as it passes you closer to you it must be going the same speed as when it passes you on the further side from you. however, perspective makes the 'outward' journey look smaller as it is further away, but it takes the same time, so as it rotates away from you it will seem to be going slower). to me, as the hand and leg pass from the left to the right they seem to be going slower, thus I say that is further away from me and the figure is rotating clockwise.

just my opinion.


What? The only time I see the tire thing is in broad daylight on the road..
..and then I would, ya know, check em'. (Aka SpoR)
itzme_petey
Profile Blog Joined February 2004
United States1400 Posts
October 12 2007 10:24 GMT
#132
i dont care which way those tits turn, but as long as they keep turnnnninggggg.
"Last night, I played a game.. as I recall it was a strategy game.. Peeked around and what did I see, a girl playing starcraft better than me.. and I jizzed in my pants.."
Wonders
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
Australia753 Posts
October 12 2007 10:24 GMT
#133
Wow this is the coolest picture in the world, took me about 15 minutes of looking at it before I could make it change direction, now I can do it at will.

As for how it works, no it is not 'clearly' spinning clockwise or anti clockwise, these terms don't even strictly make sense because you're viewing the picture perpendicular to the axis of rotation, but I guess people default to viewing something as clockwise when viewed from above (so that it's clockwise when the extended leg moves in front of the leg in the middle). All that's happening is that everything in the picture is moving in a circle, which is consistent both with the picture rotating clockwise or anti clockwise. We see the the picture moving and our brain decides that the best way to interpret the motion is a rotation, but there's two ways of doing this. If it goes clockwise, then when something moves slightly downward it's coming towards you, and vice versa. It's just a much more elaborate version of the Necker cube.
shimmy
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
Poland997 Posts
October 12 2007 10:41 GMT
#134
I see counter-clockwise movement but can easily switch to clockwise when I focus.


Weird stuff.
Hell hath no fury like the vast robot armies of a woman scorned.
iaretehnoob
Profile Joined June 2004
Sweden741 Posts
October 12 2007 10:42 GMT
#135
I absolutely can't make it turn counter-clockwise ^_^

I can see the shadow of the foot not circling at all, but the girl is clearly spinning clockwise.
SuperJongMan
Profile Blog Joined March 2003
Jamaica11586 Posts
October 12 2007 10:44 GMT
#136
She has boobs and a leg sticking out which makes it turn clock wise obviously.
I don't get it. I'm wondering if half the forum is retarded or I am missing something.
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OneOther
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States10774 Posts
October 12 2007 10:47 GMT
#137
you are just retarded SJM
betaben
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
681 Posts
October 12 2007 10:47 GMT
#138
On October 12 2007 19:24 CharlieMurphy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 12 2007 19:05 betaben wrote:
The tire illusion is usually seen in electric light - not during the day; this is because the alternating current of the light source makes it flicker, the resluting illuminated image has a 'frame illusion' where the tire is seen a little back from were it was last illuminated. It isn't seen in the day.

The silhouete illusion I can see both ways, but my mind prefers clockwise viewed from above. I think this is because the out stretched arm and leg will seem to travel slower as they rotate away from you (the object is spinning so as it passes you closer to you it must be going the same speed as when it passes you on the further side from you. however, perspective makes the 'outward' journey look smaller as it is further away, but it takes the same time, so as it rotates away from you it will seem to be going slower). to me, as the hand and leg pass from the left to the right they seem to be going slower, thus I say that is further away from me and the figure is rotating clockwise.

just my opinion.


What? The only time I see the tire thing is in broad daylight on the road..


ok, it's debatable but... well:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagon-wheel_effect
Ready2[ESC]
Profile Joined October 2002
Hungary1436 Posts
October 12 2007 10:59 GMT
#139
On October 12 2007 18:06 Plexa wrote:
I noticed that when i tilt my head to the right (almost 90 degrees) i can see her counter clockwise perfectly!
When i tilt to the right i can see her clockwise perfectly

Whats buzzy is when i tilt my head right watch the animation complete half a cycle then tilt left - what happens is it looks like the leg is oscillating back and forth - funky


This is a nice way for ppl who can't see it go both ways.
Also try looking away from the pic at the coners of your monitor (ie look at the system clock or at the start menu) and only see the gif at the corner of your eye. You should be able to change its rotation as you wish.
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taktak
Profile Joined August 2006
91 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-10-12 11:26:17
October 12 2007 11:24 GMT
#140
clockwise and i dont see it spinnen counter clockwise at all

im right handed :<

edit: by using the 90° stuff i saw it spinnen counterclockwise for 2 secs
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