I hadn't seen this curveball illusion before. Very striking and surprising. I haven't had a chance to look into the theory behind it yet, but it seems to me to suggest something strange about the mapping of visual input into peripheral space.
(Thanks to Paul Hoffman for the pointer.)
It seems like the quicker the speed that I set the ball's rotation, the more extreme the angle becomes as it descends. That is interesting.
ReplyDeleteEric,
ReplyDeleteCome along on my death trip.
The Situationist has just made an entry on this illusion.
ReplyDeleteThat is to say:
ReplyDeletePerception and Illusion
*perdon*, *Perception and Consciousness*; a tribute to *Dennis Stampe*, if memory serves.
ReplyDeleteAnd, I suppose, if it will help *you* I will be a "Nixonite" of *Oxford University Press*: OUP!
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