akaslickster Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Is it going up or going down? Let your brain decide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Is it going up or going down? Let your brain decide. weird.... i can't seem to see it as going down. i only see it going up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 This is neither going up or going down, just revolving around its axis. Patterns are doing the trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Is it going up or going down? Let your brain decide. It appears to be going up. This is an optical illusion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 itachi-san Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 nevermind... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 Reminds me that I need a haircut! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted August 24, 2008 Report Share Posted August 24, 2008 when i stare at it for a while it just looks like red white and blue diagonal stripes going up and then re-emerging at the bottom otherwise it looks like a spiral going up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 I cant see it going down... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 This is neither going up or going down, just revolving around its axis. Patterns are doing the trick. yeah..i agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 (edited) when i stare at it for a while it just looks like red white and blue diagonal stripes going up and then re-emerging at the bottom otherwise it looks like a spiral going up. I agree. If you stare at the top (just above the part where the pattern seems to move) it will go up without turnig around its axis. But otherwise it seems to turn. It is true that it is hypnotizziiinnngggggg...... Edit: now that I looked at it again it only goes up... weird Edited September 3, 2008 by rilili Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 6, 2008 Report Share Posted September 6, 2008 yeah..i agree I agree but if I were to pick one I'd say its going up, I've never been able to see those things going down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 6, 2008 Report Share Posted September 6, 2008 i can see it going up and twisting... i cant see it going down at all! i even tried turning my head upside down... and all i got from that was a headache! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 andromeda Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 (edited) Is it going up or going down? Let your brain decide. To me it looks like that the red and the blue stripe are going up, but the white one is going down! No, no they are all going up, but for a second it seamed to me... Edited September 15, 2008 by andromeda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 18, 2008 Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 Is it going up or going down? Let your brain decide. Well What Is going up and what is going down .. u should be precise next time .. and by the way its revolving around its axis .. stop wasting my time guyz .. lool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 18, 2008 Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 umm.... just so we're clear everyone knows that it's just spinning. No up and down motion whatsoever, right? [ok, just checking] Also, the illusion is that the colors are moving up ONLY. In order for them to appear to be moving down the pole would have to be spinning in the opposite direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 (edited) umm.... just so we're clear everyone knows that it's just spinning. No up and down motion whatsoever, right? [ok, just checking] Also, the illusion is that the colors are moving up ONLY. In order for them to appear to be moving down the pole would have to be spinning in the opposite direction. Actually in this 2D environment there is no spinning, only the perception of spinning caused by the pattern moving, as I perceive it, from right to left. If you mean that White is not a color then I disagree. To me it appears that there are three ribbons completely filling the space and all of which are moving upward, not just two, blue and red, on an unmoving white background. Could be red and white ribbons on a blue background as well I suppose...or blue and white on red. I think you could cause the appearance of downward motion with the pattern moving in the same direction if you carefully manipulated the speed with which the pattern moves and the refresh rate [or shutter speed] of the monitor displaying [camera catching] the 'spinning' pole. Something akin to the appearance of a wheel revolving backwards as a vehicle proceeds forward. Edited September 24, 2008 by Jeff Gates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 akaslickster Posted September 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 Sorry to not inform ya'll of the fact that this object is turning like a cylinder on a turntable. One needs to keep it in mind. The only misrepresentation of what is seen, are the painted colors on this cylinder shape. This was used in the early 20th century, to hint that it is haircut time, and come one come all to attract the guys to spend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 Going up it seems to me. Rachel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted October 23, 2008 Report Share Posted October 23, 2008 I agree. If you stare at the top (just above the part where the pattern seems to move) it will go up without turnig around its axis. But otherwise it seems to turn. It is true that it is hypnotizziiinnngggggg...... Edit: now that I looked at it again it only goes up... weird Its going up........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Izzy Posted October 23, 2008 Report Share Posted October 23, 2008 It goes whichever way I tell my brain (...or my brain tells me) I want it to go. I make it switch every few seconds! Very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 akaslickster Posted October 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2008 It goes whichever way I tell my brain (...or my brain tells me) I want it to go. I make it switch every few seconds! Very cool! Thanks, it is'nt much but, still an illusion. The colors might be used as were the USA flag. Someone sure came up with a catchy idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 iT IS JUST AN OPTICAL ILLUSION. iT IS NEITHER GOING UP OR DOWN! tHE PATTERN IS TRICKING YOUR EYES WHATCHUWANT?!?!?!?! REGOKOOL : ) : ) : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 trick question! nice. its not going up or down! its acctually going left lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 weird.... i can't seem to see it as going down. i only see it going up. same here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 I think its rotating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 t8t8t8 Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 How do you make it go down? It only looks like it's going up for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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