I hope this community becomes more active, I love illusions.

Edit: Some people are having trouble viewing it, so here’s a link: https://imgur.com/gOaAxs3

  • @fluxion
    link
    English
    333 months ago

    What. the. fuck?

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      English
      35
      edit-2
      3 months ago

      When it flashes a small black/white line is positioned on a specific borders to give a feeling of movement.

      • @kitnaht
        link
        English
        123 months ago

        If you want to understand better how – pause it when the cubes are rotating. The white/black edge lines actually have to gradient across the line so that one half of the cube moves one way and the other half moves the other. You can work out which way ‘turns’ what and how they’re placed. I’m sure a cube was the easiest, but you should theoretically be able to do this with any shape.

        • @bitchkat
          link
          English
          23 months ago

          What the hell are you guys talking about? Flashes and rotating?

          • @[email protected]
            link
            fedilink
            English
            4
            edit-2
            3 months ago

            Maybe it’s not working for you, but it works on my phone… The lines of which the cubes are drawn are white/black. By changing the amount of each on a side, (WHITEblack whiteBLACK BlackwhiTE blackWHITE etc) in quick succession, one edge of the cube can look like it’s approaching or receding. It’s based on the way shadows would behave for a real cube, and your brain processes it as such. (The ones I made up aren’t in any order, whereas the ones in the gif are carefully synchronized)

            • @bitchkat
              link
              English
              03 months ago

              No difference on my phone vs desktop.

              • @kitnaht
                link
                English
                -33 months ago

                Sounds like a skill issue.

                • @bitchkat
                  link
                  English
                  13 months ago

                  opening a jpeg sure requires a lot of skill.

  • @rdri
    link
    English
    143 months ago

    They aren’t but the stuff inside their borders actively tries to look 3D and animate in a way that would make it look like movement (like shaders in games). And it’s a shame the creator had to add those arrows inside as they don’t affect anything.

    • @[email protected]OP
      link
      fedilink
      English
      33 months ago

      You can cover them up and it still works, they just add visual appeal. (Same reason there’s two cubes.)

  • @over_clox
    link
    English
    143 months ago

    Damn, I’m gonna have to roll a bigger joint…

    Subscribed!

  • southsamurai
    link
    fedilink
    English
    73 months ago

    You know what’s fun?

    Treat it like a stereoscopic image. Let your eyes do the trick that works for those, the “magic eye” images and such.

    The cubes stop “moving” entirely, but they now have depth

  • Styggen på ryggen
    link
    English
    63 months ago

    It’s true. I don’t see any movement 😥 Why doesn’t it work on me?

  • Aa!
    link
    English
    43 months ago

    Is this supposed to be a static image with a fake play button in it? Because that’s all I’m getting. No animation, no changing pixels, and no illusion of movement

  • paraphrand
    link
    English
    1
    edit-2
    3 months ago

    deleted by creator