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Depth Without a Surface: Observations From a “Finger Spinner” Depth Illusion

A trending novelty toy that is spun between the fingers induces a striking depth illusion from specular reflections. Further examination of the phenomenon suggests that when surface features are obscured by spinning, depth from disparity of reflections is enhanced.

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Autor principal: Crognale, Michael A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5697600/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29201341
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2041669517740370
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spelling pubmed-56976002017-12-01 Depth Without a Surface: Observations From a “Finger Spinner” Depth Illusion Crognale, Michael A. Iperception Short and Sweet A trending novelty toy that is spun between the fingers induces a striking depth illusion from specular reflections. Further examination of the phenomenon suggests that when surface features are obscured by spinning, depth from disparity of reflections is enhanced. SAGE Publications 2017-11-16 /pmc/articles/PMC5697600/ /pubmed/29201341 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2041669517740370 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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title_short Depth Without a Surface: Observations From a “Finger Spinner” Depth Illusion
title_sort depth without a surface: observations from a “finger spinner” depth illusion
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5697600/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29201341
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2041669517740370
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