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Candyman‘s True Horror Was a Matter of Perspective

The 1992 horror movie makes clear that Cabrini-Green’s residents understand what they’re dealing with in ways that its heroine simply doesn’t.

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Jun 25

Visualize the World by Imagining It With a Population of 100 People

Just take a step back and take a look at how big, small, unequal, inexplicable, and surprising the world is, explained in numerical terms that you can wrap your head around. RealLifeLore is one of the most dependable YouTube channels around. If you just want to a big ol’ data dump accompanied by infographics, it…

Sploid Rhett Jones Jun 11

How the Heck Does This Ball Not Roll Off This Roof?

If it looks like a roof and it’s sloped downward like a roof, it should act like a damn roof and have stuff freaking slide off it, right? Not when it comes to Kokichi Sugihara’s “Impossible Rooftop.” Even if you place a ball on top of this model house’s roof, it won’t roll off. Instead,…

Sploid Casey Chan Jul 20

Neat Art Piece Hides Two Different Wire Sculptures Depending on Your Perspective

Here’s a fun art piece made by artist Matthieu Robert-Ortis: in one perspective, it looks like two giraffes standing opposite each other while in another, it looks like a single elephant staring straight at you. The piece plays on your perspective and hides two wire sculptures in one, what you see depends on which angle…

Sploid Casey Chan May 12

17 Photos That Are Vanishing Away

As parallel lines extend into the Z-space of a painting of photograph, they gradually converge toward a vanishing point. And for this week’s Shooting Challenge, you captured the phenomenon right as it disappeared in front of your eyes. Winner: Bridge to Nowhere This was taken during our first Cub Scout camping trip on Hood Canal…

Tech News Mark Wilson Oct 6

Shooting Challenge: Vanishing Point

Two parallel lines slowly intersect, then seem to vanish into the distance. No wonder it’s called a vanishing point. And for this week’s Shooting Challenge, we want you to photograph it. The Challenge Take a photograph that features a vanishing point. The Method We take it for granted now, but the vanishing point was a…

Tech News Mark Wilson Sep 30

The Way This Animated Short Film Plays With Perspective Is Hilarious

This short film is incredibly short and deceptive simple, but what it does in under two minutes is great fun to watch. An alien arrives on Earth and changes the perspectives of a man and his dog — not just metaphorically, but visually. Chris O’Hara made A Different Perspective, and I find myself watching it…

io9 Lauren Davis Mar 3

Optical illusion painting changes its perspective as you move around it

When I started to watch this video I thought I wasn’t looking at a painting but a high definition flat display that tracked your eyes, modifying a 3D model to give you the illusion of real depth. And then the magics finally get revealed. It’s so simple and so damn cool. It reminds me of…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Jul 1

Whoa, this biker looks like he’s trapped inside a video game level

What a tricky mind trip. Though it looks like this fixed gear biker is playing a video game or stuck inside a M.C. Escher drawing or a part of an optical illusion, he’s actually riding on a real bike course made with real ramps and doing real jumps. It just looks crazy from our perspective…

Sploid Casey Chan Apr 30

A map of our solar system that puts it into proper perspective

Now that the Voyager 1 space probe has officially left the solar system, it would be nice to know where it is, exactly, in the large scheme of things. This crafty map will help. https://observationdeck.kinja.com/this-time-its-official-voyager-1-has-left-the-solar-1302056512 Given the vast distances involved, it’s impossible to create a scale map of the solar system and the immediate interstellar…

io9 George Dvorsky Sep 13

This is a real photo of a fake sunrise

Here’s a reason to turn around when looking at the sunrise or sunset. At the far side of the sky might be another fake sunrise (or sunset), made from anticrepuscular rays. Ever stood on a long, straight stretch of highway? Turn one way, and the sides of the road seem to flare out from a…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jun 16

Anamorphic sculptures reveal their secret shapes in the mirror

Anamorphic illustrations that reveal themselves in the presence of a cylindrical mirror, go back to the 1500s. Jonty Hurwitz takes a similar idea but plays it out in sculpture form, creating distorted objects that reveal a clear image only in front of that shiny cylinder. Hurwitz has a keen interest in both art and physics,…

io9 Lauren Davis Jan 26

The World Looks Very Weird from Below

My mind pretty much exploded inwardly when I saw these pictures from below. Created by Michael H. Rohde, the pictures show something you hardly see (if ever): the perspective of the ground. It’s so unsettling that it feels like you’ve stepped into some sort of time space warp or saw a glitch in the world…

Tech News Casey Chan Aug 16

The art of anamorphic illusions

One of the more popular optical illusions in art history is anamorphosis. It’s a mind-bending form of art that dates back to the 1500s, and is still causing people to cock their heads and blink today. Take a look at the weird designs that artists come up with when they smush their own paintings. Anamorphosis…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jul 24

Beautiful Sketches That Turn into 3-D Illusions on the Page

Some of the most compelling optical illusions are often the simplest. Case in point: the drawings of Japanese artist Nagai Hideyuki. With little more than a couple of sketchbooks, some pencils, and a little perspective, Hideyuki’s 2D drawings turn into a series of surreal, three-dimensional weirdfests. We’ve included a handful of our favorites from Hikeyuki’s…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jun 26

Optical illusions are even better in 3D

So you’re a fan of time-lapse videos, and it goes without saying that you love optical illusions… but have you ever wondered what happens when you combine the two? One possible outcome is the video featured here, titled Flawed Symmetry of Prediction, as shot by Southern California artist Jeff Frost. Frost’s video footage of the…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Feb 28

You’ll Never Believe This Was Made With Just WebKit

Wanna know who’s got the most impressive web visuals we’ve seen in a while? It’s a little site called Acko.net, written by Steven Wittens. Just head over there and slowly scroll down. You’re looking into the web future. Here’s how they did it. [Acko.net via Joel Johnson]

Tech News Brent Rose Jan 17

This Machine Lets Anyone Draw In Perfect Perspective

Perhaps it’s because I love to draw, but I find this weird mechanical contraption absolutely fascinating. It allows anyone to draw in perfect perspective, matching the field of human vision. Invented by artists Ryan and Trevor Oakes, Vision uses a technique “which splits the ocular system allowing them to create views that match the field…

Gadgets Jesus Diaz Sep 12

The Mystery of the Phantom Pyramid That Never Existed

There’s nothing triangular about the Mount Teide volcano. From its base, it’s the third largest volcano in the world but is pretty flat on top. So why does its shadow look like a perfect ghost pyramid rising over the horizon? The answer is very simple: Perspective. This amazing photo was taken by Juan Carlos Casado…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jul 5

“Mind Your Step,” That Last One Leads into a Gaping Pit

This huge hole in the middle of the street is actually the latest 3D perspective illusion by artist Erik Johansson. It even makes the unknowing people of Stockholm seem magical for walking over it. Sorcerers all of them. [Laughing Squid]

Tech News Kwame Opam Jun 8

perspective

Candyman‘s True Horror Was a Matter of Perspective

Visualize the World by Imagining It With a Population of 100 People

How the Heck Does This Ball Not Roll Off This Roof?

Neat Art Piece Hides Two Different Wire Sculptures Depending on Your Perspective

17 Photos That Are Vanishing Away

Shooting Challenge: Vanishing Point

The Way This Animated Short Film Plays With Perspective Is Hilarious

Optical illusion painting changes its perspective as you move around it

Whoa, this biker looks like he’s trapped inside a video game level

A map of our solar system that puts it into proper perspective

This is a real photo of a fake sunrise

Anamorphic sculptures reveal their secret shapes in the mirror

The World Looks Very Weird from Below

The art of anamorphic illusions

Beautiful Sketches That Turn into 3-D Illusions on the Page

Optical illusions are even better in 3D

You’ll Never Believe This Was Made With Just WebKit

This Machine Lets Anyone Draw In Perfect Perspective

The Mystery of the Phantom Pyramid That Never Existed

“Mind Your Step,” That Last One Leads into a Gaping Pit

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