Sensory illusions dazzle at graphics conference

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Sensory illusions dazzle at graphics conference

NewScientist.com news service
Jeff Hecht
10 August 2005

Gadgets and gizmos designed to astound the senses are the highlights of the SIGGRAPH 2006 computer graphics conference, which opened in Boston, US, on Monday.

Inventions on display include a toy house that appears to warp into surreal shapes, a handheld device that "pulls" a person around and a display that generates holographic illusions using scores of hidden projectors.

The "Morphovision" display developed by video artist Toshio Iwai and Takashi Fukaya of NHK Science and Technical Research Laboratories in Japan consists of a model house inside a display resembling an arcade machine. The house appears to sit still inside the display but is actually rotating while a spinning mirror scans a bright spot of light over its surface.

If the scanning light is synchronised with the model's rotation, it all looks normal, but the viewer can also activate special effects. These change the scanning patterns, which makes the house seem to contort into twisted shapes or even break apart....>

http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn9664-sensory-illusions-dazzle-at-graphics-conference.html

[Straight Shooter]

1. That's so cool.

Thanks! :)