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“Pigeon Neck” Illusion (2014)

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Jesus, this illusion is so powerful, you’d have to have a very poorly optimized brain to really see anything else.

Yeah, this effect is pretty strong. After staring at it a bit, the only way I found to 'break' it was by noticing that if I flicked my eyes towards a bird, there was a brief period before the illusion kicked in. By constantly flicking my eyes between each bird, I was able to perceive them as moving linearly.

Re: “Pigeon Neck” Illusion (2014)

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Jesus, this illusion is so powerful, you’d have to have a very poorly optimized brain to really see anything else.

They're just sliding smoothly for me unless I look at it without any focus as a disinterested viewer. I work on fixing moving pixels all day though so maybe I'm not an average subject.
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