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An optical illusion I refused to believe...

posted at 10/26/2002 4:39 PM
ID# 37694
But a simple experiment can prove the following...

http://www-bcs.mit.edu/people/adelson/checkershadow_illusion...

Effin unreal IMO.

re: An optical illusion I refused to believe...

posted at 10/27/2002 8:07 PM
ID# 37768
This is a reply to: 37694
I could not believe it either but I measured the intensity of the gray color in both squares and it is identical. Amazing!!!


re: An optical illusion I refused to believe...

posted at 10/27/2002 9:09 PM
ID# 37775
This is a reply to: 37768
True...
Read his paper:
http://persci.mit.edu/people/adelson/publications/acrobat/ga...

Rather boring but after you read it, it makes sense.