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The Goggles, They Do Nothing

Posted by michael on from the do-not-view-while-operating-machinery dept.

Suchetha writes "In anticipation of a slow news day i would like to direct the Slashdot hordes to Akiyoshi Kitaoka's Optical Illusions page. The page also has explanations on why/how they occur (in icky PDF format). The page is on a .jp uni server so they SHOULD be able to handle the herd of rhinos that is ./."

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  1. Coral Cache Link! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Use the cache so more people can see! Thanks!

  2. Mirror by alienfluid · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here here

  3. sweet christ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm in cafe nursing a severe hangover. That shit almost made me yak all over my laptop.

  4. Re:Interesting warning on the site... by Gannoc · · Score: 5, Funny

    Some of the pictures on this website can cause dizziness or might possibly epileptic seizures.

    FINALLY, a web page that can kill! Its like one of those crappy movies from 1994 when the net seemed super-cool to Hollywood.

    "Slaughter.org: The Cyberkiller"

    "Jenny! Don't click on that hyperlink!"
    "Oh noze! She has been capslocked by the optical illusions! When the machine boots, it will lock down her mind forever!"
    "I can't reach the caps lock key!"
    "We'll have to hit the caps lock key... IN VIRTUAL REALITY!"

  5. Dale Purves at the Duke Medical Center by maceo1023 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The laboratory of Dale Purves at the Duke University Medical Center is also researching visual illusions. Check out www.purveslab.net for interactive animations (yes, it's a Flash site).

    He's also written a book entitled Why We See What We Do: An Empirical Theory of Vision.

  6. Bathroom Wallpaper by Superfreaker · · Score: 5, Funny

    I had seen this before and was looking for a custom wallpaper manufacturer to have the Rotating Snakes illusion made into wallpaper for my bathroom. Just for the entertainment of having my friends to to go to the bathroom after a long night of drinking...hilarity ensues.

  7. Re:t-shirts? by InfiniteWisdom · · Score: 5, Funny

    You need to stare at it for a bit for it to work... a casual glance won't do it. Now maybe if it was on the front of a girl's tshirt...

    Actually that might be a good protection for girls that don't like guys staring at their chests :) Guy stares... 5 seconds later... epileptic seisure!

  8. Mirrordot to the rescue! by nxtr · · Score: 5, Informative

    Just use this. Just saw it on Wired. They mirror every website Slashdot news includes.

  9. Cool illusion: motion-induced blindness by FleaPlus · · Score: 5, Interesting

    A very cool illusion is available here. Try looking inside of the triangle defined by the yellow dots, as the blue dots wander around. After a few moments, the yellow dots begin to blink in and out of your visual consciousness. It's quite a powerful effect.

  10. My favorite optical illusion by TrentL · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Check out this image. The squares marked "A" and "B" are the same shade of grey. If you don't believe me, open the page in a paint program and check out the colors.

  11. Re:Google Image Search has some copies by MikeDX · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ah, so The Googles, They Do Something!