Comments for "BBC Brain Story part 3 The Mind's Eye - Optical Illusion" Video at VideoSift.com

By berticus

berticus (http://www.videosift.com/member/berticus) — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:23:22 -0800

This is a good documentary. *requeue

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:23:22 -0800

Re-queueing this video for one more try; last queued Saturday, December 8th, 2007 5:43am PST - requeue requested by submitter berticus.

By Abducted

Abducted (http://www.videosift.com/member/Abducted) — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:41:34 -0800

Cool, but I was kinda waiting for a explanation, a shot from another angle.

By brain

brain (http://www.videosift.com/member/brain) — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:03:16 -0800

my story!

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:19:05 -0800

Tags for this video have been changed from 'brain, illusion, science, the beeb' to 'brain, illusion, science, the beeb, ames room' - edited by djsunkid

By Ivegotthebends

Ivegotthebends (http://www.videosift.com/member/Ivegotthebends) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:55:59 -0800

This is probably my favorite optical illusion. I wonder if it's been used in a horror movie yet. It would have been perfect in The Shining.

By Crosswords

Crosswords (http://www.videosift.com/member/Crosswords) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:34:07 -0800

The thing about these illusions when they're shown on TV is that it changes a biocular cue, into a monocular cue. This tends to make the illusion a bit more dramatic as we lose true depth perception, and which is replaced by depth perception more reliant on visual cues. Our ability to extrapolate depth in a 2 dimensional environment is solely dependent on size and shape. To me this is a lot like a painting, where our knowledge of how things work regarding size, shape and distance, helps us determine the relative sizes of things in a painting.

That's not to say this particular illusion doesn't exist when viewed biocularly, just that it's probably not as profound. I've been in a room like that (it was at some carnival or something) and let me tell you it was very disorienting.

By Ryjkyj

Ryjkyj (http://www.videosift.com/member/Ryjkyj) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:16:52 -0800

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By southblvd

southblvd (http://www.videosift.com/member/southblvd) — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 07:12:16 -0800

Kind of disappointing. I was expecting it to change views.

By jimnms

jimnms (http://www.videosift.com/member/jimnms) — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:33:03 -0800

Damn it, I hate it when my brain wont allow me see things the way they really are.

By Dignant_Pink

Dignant_Pink (http://www.videosift.com/member/Dignant_Pink) — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:53:05 -0800

wow. my brain is a jerk for not allowing me to see the truth. my brain is no better than dick cheney.

By ReverendTed

ReverendTed (http://www.videosift.com/member/ReverendTed) — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:21:44 -0800

Disappointed that there was never a few from another angle.

By coolhund

coolhund (http://www.videosift.com/member/coolhund) — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:43:16 -0800

Hm. Guess my brain is malfunctioning then, since I didnt see anything weird or spectacular. Was obvious from the beginning that the room was fucked up...

By rychan

rychan (http://www.videosift.com/member/rychan) — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:15:59 -0800

No, it wasn't obvious.

By berticus

berticus (http://www.videosift.com/member/berticus) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:10:56 -0700

*brain

By berticus

berticus (http://www.videosift.com/member/berticus) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:11:16 -0700

ugh, i still haven't learned to stop doing that to my own posts..

By rasch187

rasch187 (http://rasch187.videosift.com) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:00:54 -0800

*promote the brain

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:00:54 -0800

Promoting this video back to the front page; last published Tuesday, December 11th, 2007 3:49pm PST - promote requested by rasch187.

By NicoleBee

NicoleBee (http://www.videosift.com/member/NicoleBee) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:15:51 -0800

We have/had one of these at our 'kids' science galleries. This one looks a lot more classy. But yeah, why not show it from another angle as well?

By MycroftHomlz

MycroftHomlz (http://www.videosift.com/member/MycroftHomlz) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:09:56 -0800

*promote

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:09:56 -0800

Promoting this video back to the front page; last published Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 6:00am PST - promote requested by MycroftHomlz.

By peggedbea

peggedbea (http://www.videosift.com/member/peggedbea) — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:12:33 -0800

i will *promote the hell out of this

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:12:33 -0800

Invocations (promote) cannot be called by peggedbea because peggedbea is not privileged - sorry.