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Busemann · 01:28 PM

Continue to focus on the cross in the center

iLikebeer · Jul 13, 2005, 05:44 AM

wow, that's f'n cool.
Is there a description of how it works somewhere?

starman · Jul 13, 2005, 07:11 AM

It's a play on an old trick - stare at something yellow, and close your eyes, you'll see the same shape as blue.

Mike

PurpleGiant · Jul 13, 2005, 07:28 AM

It's animated folks. You have been fooled.

ManOfSteal · Jul 13, 2005, 07:29 AM

Me eyes! Me eyes!

Rev-O · Jul 13, 2005, 07:52 AM

Being... sucked in! Can't... stop... focusing! Damn you blinking pink dots! Damn you to hell!

KeyLimePi · Jul 13, 2005, 07:54 AM

Originally Posted by PurpleGiant

It's animated folks. You have been fooled.

I looked at the GIF in ImageReady. Nothing suspicious.

Apple Pro Underwear · Jul 13, 2005, 07:56 AM

i was waiting for the zombie to pop up with the caption "dead hotness" but i am disappointed now

PurpleGiant · Jul 13, 2005, 08:16 AM

Originally Posted by KeyLimePi

I looked at the GIF in ImageReady. Nothing suspicious.

wataru · Jul 13, 2005, 08:28 AM

No ****, Sherlock. But that's not the illusion. If you stare properly, the dots will stop reappearing after they flicker off. You'll end up staring at a cross in the middle of a blank grey field with no dots at all.

budster101 · Jul 13, 2005, 08:40 AM

That's what happened to me. Freaky Deaky.

They all disapeared.

Zimphire · Jul 13, 2005, 08:43 AM

Same here

budster101 · Jul 13, 2005, 08:48 AM

Well, I still saw the green dot going around, but that's all.

doucy2 · Jul 13, 2005, 08:58 AM

thats pretty neat

wdlove · Jul 13, 2005, 10:21 AM

Nice

Nai no Kami · Jul 13, 2005, 10:34 AM

Originally Posted by budster101

Well, I still saw the green dot going around, but that's all.

The best part is... There is no green dot!!!!!

itistoday · Jul 13, 2005, 10:43 AM

Please forgive this rather poor explanation: this works because for the colors yellow and blue, and green and red are treated differently by the post-receptor visual processing. The system works in opposition, a system called opponent channels or something to that effect. When you see yellow, this system inhibits blue, when you see blue, it inhibits yellow. In this case, you see red, but because you're staring at the red/violet so long, your mind "get tired" or "runs out" of constantly firing inhibiting signals. Or something like that. So while those are exhausted, since the red-green system is paired together, the green "takes over". However, I'm not sure why there's any green at all though...

Any biology people out there think you can help me out?

ghporter · Jul 13, 2005, 10:56 AM

I just read about this in my psychology text!!!! This is TOO cool! I'll have to point my prof to this thread!

It is very cool-except I still have afterimages from the pink spots-and the green ones that weren't there.

itistoday · Jul 13, 2005, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by ghporter

I just read about this in my psychology text!!!! This is TOO cool! I'll have to point my prof to this thread!

It is very cool-except I still have afterimages from the pink spots-and the green ones that weren't there.

lol same here actually.

wataru · Jul 13, 2005, 11:14 AM

Anyone else notice the little red line under the 10:00 dot in the 11th frame (the one where the 11:00 dot is missing)? It's starting to bug me. Perhaps some enterprising chap could fix that up for us.

itistoday · Jul 13, 2005, 11:18 AM

Originally Posted by wataru

Anyone else notice the little red line under the 10:00 dot in the 11th frame (the one where the 11:00 dot is missing)? It's starting to bug me. Perhaps some enterprising chap could fix that up for us.

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