This optical illusion rocks

[alehm]

http://www.grand-illusions.com/dragon.htm

This little dragon appears to be looking at you. But if you rotate the base this way or that the dragon's head appears to turn the other way...

Or if you stand the dragon on a shelf and walk about, the dragon's head follows you around the room. And yet it is simply a sheet of paper, cut and folded in a certain way. How does it work?

When we see a solid object rotating, there are all sorts of clues that tell us what is going on, which way it is rotating, etc. The dragon gives us the wrong clues, because we mis-interpret what its shape is. The nose of the dragon appears to be pointing out towards the viewer, but in fact the dragon's head is concave. Have a look at the dragon from the back...

http://www.grand-illusions.com/videos/dragon illusion.wmv


Check out the video its pretty awesome.

 

[Steve]

holy shit! that is ****ing great!

 

[h00dlum]

thats cool...

 

[DarkHelmet]

Whoa...
Think I'm gonna throw up.

 

[Burn]

My god.. thats freaky.

 

[AudioRage]

Yeah, That just makes me want to kill all dino-..Oh..nevermind.

 

[Letters]

Wot duh Hell...

 

[The Dark Elf]

http://www.grand-illusions.com/dragon.htm




http://www.grand-illusions.com/videos/dragon illusion.wmv


Check out the video its pretty awesome.

That is so damn cool. I want one!

 

[Bad^Hat]

KILL IT WITH FIRE!!

That is so damn cool. I want one!

http://www.grand-illusions.com/images/dragon.JPG

 

[Steve]

Kill It With Fire!!

Oh, dude...for some reason, i laughed out loud when i read that...hoo boy...

 

[Murray_H]

Awesome! I'm going to print one out and make some peoples' brains melt!

 

[Mr. Redundant]

That is so damn cool. I want one!

my thoughts exactly

 

[LAYP]

prints copy

 

[simmo]

OMG!! I was just about to post a topic on this!!!

Anyways, ive made my own one printed off from the site and it works wonders

 

[Absinthe]

I hate optical illusions like that. I always want to reach out and punch them.

 

[kingthebadger]

gd stuff dude, gonna try it when i have time

 

[Bad^Hat]

Awesome! I'm going to print one out and make some peoples' brains melt!

I hate optical illusions like that. I always want to reach out and punch them.

Haha, my sentiments exacamery

 

[Murray_H]

I made it, doesn't work very well though

I'll try it in the day, there is a lot of shadowing on the dragon's face at the mo

 

[oldagerocker]

i save the jpg but it wont open, says theres an error. but if i open it in browser first it saves properly but then its 72dpi and i cant find in photoshop how to make it 200dpi... anyone help please?

 

[Wraith]

That is so damn cool. I want one!

you can print out a copy like i am doing...

 

[f|uke]

I made it, doesn't work very well though

I'll try it in the day, there is a lot of shadowing on the dragon's face at the mo

Did you close one eye? Thats part of the instructions. I think depth perception nullifys the illusion.

 

[FictiousWill]

i save the jpg but it wont open, says theres an error. but if i open it in browser first it saves properly but then its 72dpi and i cant find in photoshop how to make it 200dpi... anyone help please?

Just print it on a page. Mine's 4 inches tall to save ink. The illusion works just as well, if not better than a floppy larger one. The key is to keep it in direct or perfectly even light, as shadows or closeby objects can mess up the illusion. The illusion is definately easier with one eye closed, I can do it with both open if I try to, or if I focus behind the dragon then two eyes still work.

 

[marksmanHL2 :)]

Fantastic.... Printing!!!

 

[galoot3000]

i printed one but it didnt seem to work too well...

 

[Ren.182]

Wow, thats cool. It looks like it's head is really moving. wow!

 

[PvtRyan]

Obey me!!! OBEY ME!!! OBEY ME!!!!

(the second one, B and A are the same colour)

 

[Ames]

Obey me!!! OBEY ME!!! OBEY ME!!!!

(the second one, B and A are the same colour)

Witch! :O BURN HIM! :flame: <- PvtRyan burning on stake

 

[joule]

(the second one, B and A are the same colour)

How the hell are A and B the same color? :rolling:

 

[AntiAnto]

Omg, i made one and it really works. My sister is freacking the sh*t out of herself.

 

[<?>..::ButcheR::]

looks very cool thanks ,

<?>..::ButcheR::

 

[AntiAnto]

i printed one but it didnt seem to work too well...

Don't blink your eyes while you're watching him.

 

[The Dark Elf]

Obey me!!! OBEY ME!!! OBEY ME!!!!

(the second one, B and A are the same colour)

haha seen em before, still weird as hell

 

[nick_t]

what the hell!!!! that video scared me. the dragon is possesed and im making one right now.

 

[Prince of China]

I'm printing out a copy right now and I'm wasting a lot of precious ink.

 

[Yuri]

I don't have ink to waste, but I want one so badly now!

Edit: Wow, I watched the video again, to see how they did it. If you concentrate on the video really really hard, you can see the actual shape of the dragon's head.

Pretty ironic, my friend did this to the corner of his room, makes it look like there is a cube hanging there.

 

[kaf11]

very cool. ill try to print one out at my computer lab on campus tomorrow.

 

[Viperidae]

Obey me!!! OBEY ME!!! OBEY ME!!!!

(the second one, B and A are the same colour)

This is my favorite optical illusion ever. No one I show it to believes it.

 

[kaf11]

http://www.grand-illusions.com/gaussian gun.htm
http://www.grand-illusions.com/torofluxus.htm
http://www.grand-illusions.com/hollowface.htm

these are cool too.

 

[Prince of China]

I just completed my dragon, but I don't think it's working. I may have done something wrong.
Edit: I just got it to work. It's fun, and it's sitting right on top of my computer right now.

 

[Ikerous]

I showed it to my friend and he responded with:
BubbaB: omg
BubbaB: if there was anything in the world i didn't care about
BubbaB: i think this takes the cake

What a loser.