The silhouette zoetrope : a new blend of motion, mirroring, depth, and size illusions

• Main Authors: Veras, Christine, Pham, Quang-Cuong, Maus, Gerrit W.
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: DRNTU::Visual arts and music::Design; Zoetrope; Optical Illusions
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85358; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48201
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Here, we report a novel combination of visual illusions in one stimulus device, a contemporary innovation of the traditional zoetrope, called Silhouette Zoetrope. In this new device, an animation of moving silhouettes is created by sequential cutouts placed outside a rotating empty cylinder, with sl...