Collaborate Disseminate
Images that can be interpreted in a variety of ways have existed for many decades, with the classical example being Rubin’s vase — which some viewers see as a vase, …read more Continue reading Creating a Twisted Grid Image Illusion With a Diffusion Model
[Daniel Geng] and others have an interesting system of generating multi-view optical illusions, or visual anagrams. Such images have more than one “correct” view and visual interpretation. What’s more, there …read more Continue reading Making Visual Anagrams, With Help From Machine Learning
We were recently tipped off to the work of [Joshua Ellingson], and digging in, we found an extensive collection of art and ongoing experiments, with synthesizers deforming and driving old …read more Continue reading Blending Pepper’s Ghost, Synths, and Vintage TVs
Most infinity mirrors are just minor variations on the same old recipe. Take a frame, add a normal mirror in the back, a one-way mirror on the front, and put some LEDs between them. [Stevens Workshop] took a slightly different approach and built an escape tunnel coffee table that really …read more
Continue reading Escape Tunnel In Your Living Room: A Different Take On The Infinity Mirror
Last year, mathematician and professional optical illusionist [Kokichi Sugihara] came up with an arrow that only points one way. Technically, it’s ‘anomalous mirror symmetry’, but if you print this arrow and look at it juuuussst right, it appears this arrow only points one way.
[Ali] had the idea to turn …read more