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angelmb · Nov 19, 2005, 05:28 AM

Cool stuff…

If you watch the above images from your seat in front of the computer, Mr.Angry is on the left, and Mrs.Calm is on the right.

Get up from your seat, and move back 4 meters, and PRESTO!! they switch places!!

I believe this illusion was created by Phillippe G.Schyns and Aude Oliva of the Univ. of Glasgow.

This proves that we may not be seeing what's actually there, all the time!

Cubeoid · Nov 19, 2005, 05:38 AM

Whoa! How did they do that?

By the way... I also discovered it works if you just squint your eyes.

andreas_g4 · Nov 19, 2005, 05:38 AM

awesome.

Not as cool, but also watch worthy: A and B are of the same color value.

Check it with the PS version…

http://axiom.gmxhome.de/illusion_800px.psd.zip

DigitalEl · Nov 19, 2005, 02:11 PM

Love this sh!t. Keep 'em comin'.

Stradlater · Nov 19, 2005, 02:34 PM

Originally Posted by Cubeoid

Whoa! How did they do that?

The approximated shading of the clear images appear to be superimposed on opposite sides—that is, the original shading of the angry image has been combined with the sharper features of the benign face (right), and vice versa. The clear expression is what our eyes pay attention to first, over shading, when we see it. Remove that clarity, and our eyes approximate the expression based on shadings.

ShortcutToMoncton · Nov 19, 2005, 02:41 PM

Psychology 101!

greg

far200 · Nov 19, 2005, 02:50 PM

great post........ just proves that you can't always believe your eye's....

The Godfather · Nov 19, 2005, 05:22 PM

andreas_g4 · Nov 19, 2005, 05:23 PM

You are the devil.

Teronzhul · Nov 19, 2005, 05:29 PM

My favorite illusions are hollow face illusions. I have one of these little dragons sitting on my desk now, next to my plush oscar meyer weiner mobile.

http://www.grand-illusions.com/dragon.htm

The Godfather · Nov 19, 2005, 05:56 PM

5 minute Photoshop job. Glad you liked it.

nredman · Nov 19, 2005, 06:37 PM

thats cool

RAILhead · Nov 19, 2005, 06:45 PM

That dragon is cool. I'll be assembling mine in a second...

wdlove · Nov 19, 2005, 07:24 PM

Aewesome

DeathToWindows · Nov 19, 2005, 09:56 PM

Originally Posted by angelmb

I believe this illusion was created by Phillippe G.Schyns and Aude Oliva of the Univ. of Glasgow.

Cool - actually, Aude Olivia is at MIT, Brain and Cognitive Sciences

She's a family friend.

ShortcutToMoncton · Nov 20, 2005, 01:50 AM

Originally Posted by wdlove

Aewesome

Oh!!! He's [FONT="Impact"]DRUNK!![/FONT]

greg

angelmb · Nov 20, 2005, 03:40 AM

Originally Posted by DeathToWindows

Cool - actually, Aude Olivia is at MIT, Brain and Cognitive Sciences

She's a family friend.

Oh, cool, congratulations.

nredman · Nov 20, 2005, 03:40 PM

i showed my wife the angry vs calm thing - she showed me this -

Read this before viewing the images.
One teacher said, "I felt like they were all moving...but slowly. Kinda
like, they were breathing." The pictures attached are used to test the
level of stress a person can handle. The slower the pictures move, the
better your ability of handling stress. Alleged criminals that were tested
see them spinning around madly; however, senior citizens and kids see them
standing still. None of these images are animated - they are perfectly static.

Rev-O · Nov 20, 2005, 04:43 PM

Originally Posted by nredman

i showed my wife the angry vs calm thing - she showed me this -

Read this before viewing the images.
One teacher said, "I felt like they were all moving...but slowly. Kinda
like, they were breathing." The pictures attached are used to test the
level of stress a person can handle. The slower the pictures move, the
better your ability of handling stress. Alleged criminals that were tested
see them spinning around madly; however, senior citizens and kids see them
standing still. None of these images are animated - they are perfectly static.

So if they are all spinning like freaking pinwheels, I should keep this to myself, right?
Just checking...

JoshuaZ · Nov 20, 2005, 06:00 PM

Oh no.. motion sickness.... blahhhh....

BasketofPuppies · Nov 20, 2005, 07:29 PM

I think they would hurt my eyes less if they were "moving" faster. If only I were criminally insane.

How do those still pictures appear to be moving?

CharlesS · Nov 20, 2005, 07:44 PM

I'm finding that those images seem to move faster the more often you move your eyes. So if you stare straight at it with a fixed gaze, they hardly seem to move at all. If you shift your eyes around a lot, they start to seem like they're spinning really quickly.

Maybe that has something to do with it? I can see the criminals having shiftier eyes than calmer people...

BRussell · Nov 20, 2005, 09:34 PM

That's great, I'd never seen that faces illusion before. Here's my favorite. Not as flashy as the others, but it's impossible to believe that the two table tops are identical in size and shape unless you measure them.

hamsher · Nov 21, 2005, 03:54 AM

Those are very cool. I found that dragon thingy a while ago so at the office we decided to have one guard our old iMac!