Topic: Which Direction?

[that Baby guy]

So if seeing the spinning a specific way is a result of the dominant side of your brain, being able to switch that would mean that I'm telekinetic, right?

[bustin98]

Its perspective. We are using the combined elements of the image to judge the animation. If you just look at the legs there is nothing to indicate if the higher leg is in the foreground or the background. So changing how you think about the image changes the direction of the spinning.

Stop analyzing this thing and give your initial impressions. Its not meant to be a trick or anything, just a neat little optical illusion that reveals how different people see the same thing in different ways.

[wandering]

I saw her spinning clockwise, at first.

Then I looked away, and when I looked back I saw her spinning the other way.

I can now mostly get her to switch at will, by looking at just the foot that she has her weight on and saying, in my head, something like "Switch direction! I command you!"

[UncleBob]

She's moving up and down.

I win.

[Kairon]

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Originally posted by: wandering
I can now mostly get her to switch at will, by looking at just the foot that she has her weight on and saying, in my head, something like "Switch direction! I command you!"

ROFL!

[Karl Castaneda #2]

More importantly, what's up with the erect nipple? Was that really necessary?

[stevey]

It keeps flipping for me but, if you look closer you can tell there light coming from behind her and if you look at her shadow she has to be spinning counter clockwise to have the shadow going away from her when her leg moves right to left making her have to be *really* going counter clockwise....    

[BlackNMild2k1]

It rotates on way and then it rotates the other way.
There is no vision trick and its not an illusion.
So those of you that are willing it to change on command are truly special

/thread.  

[IceCold]

That's what I thought and said after I watched it for a minute or two.

[BlackNMild2k1]

IceCold, I know, I was just making it as clear as possible for those that still don't seem to get it.

[Hostile Creation]

Okay, I swear I've watched this for a few minutes and it's only going counter-clockwise.  No change, nothing.

[Athrun Zala]

interesting... decided to pay more attention to everything in the animation, and noticed that the shadow moves counter-clockwise... and then I saw her moving counter-clockwise!

seems that the shadow and the body moving in opposite directions is the "trick"

[stevey]

No the trick is in seeing the raised leg is in front of her in respect to her moving left to right or right to left, like looking at a cube

and asking is it facing up or down I know it's not cube, I was rushing when making it

(Also dose anyone just see her going back & forth and not spinning at all, or am I the only one?)  

[Kairon]

I can see that Stevey. A bunch of us can see her going any direction we want to see her going in, including going back and forth, constantly changing direction.