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Forced Perspective: An Optical Illusion Adventure
Learn about the concept of forced perspective. This video provides examples of how this technique is used in movies, video games, and even suggests trying it out yourself with a camera or phone to create fun scenes.
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Smartphone Magic: Unveiling the Tricks Behind the Illusions
In this video, the speaker discusses the growing trend of incorporating smartphones into magic tricks. They share three simple tricks that can be performed using a smartphone, explaining the methods behind each illusion. The video...
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Exploring the World of Animation
Animation is an optical illusion that happens when a series of still images pass rapidly, creating the illusion of motion. Learn about the history of the art and how it has evolved from hand-drawn animation to stop motion and computer...
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The Illusion of Video
In this video, the concept of video as an optical illusion is explored. It explains how a series of still pictures, when played in rapid succession, create the illusion of movement. The video also demonstrates this concept through a...
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The Unconscious Inference: How Your Mind Fills in the Blanks of Vision
We make a lot of assumptions about the things we see without even thinking about it. We fill in visual gaps based on information from past experiences. This is called unconscious inference. Learn how and why we do this.
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Understanding Perspective: The Illusion of Depth in 2D Drawings
Perspective illusion allows us to see two dimensional images as three dimensional. Learn how the human brain's interpretation and perception of patterns fills in the gap of these images to allow us to see depth when it is not actually...
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Weather Things: Aurora and Unique Phenomena
A blue sky and fluffy bright clouds are things that are seen around the world. The atmosphere presents a multitude of sights and phenomena using light, air, water droplets, ice crystals, and dust. Many of the phenomena give clues to...
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Unmasking: The End of Debate?
Unmasking is extreme form of criticism that is becoming increasingly prevalent in social science and everyday discourse where individuals are accused of being fraudulent and ideas are exposed as illusions, making debate and argument...
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The Elements Of Poetry - Overview
The Elements of Poetry - Figurative language, meter and rhyme, simile, and metaphor . these are a few of the many topics explored in this lively video tour through the genre of poetry. Other elements illustrated in the program include:...
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Hollow-face illusion, animation.
This is an optical illusion where the perception of a concave (hollow) mask of a face appears as a normal convex (protruding) face. This is because the brain has a strong bias for seeing faces as convex, which counteracts competing depth...
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Harry Houdini best stunts arrive in Miami
Miami, 27 Apr (EFE), (Camera: Antoni Belchi).- Harry Houdini's best stunts have arrived in Miami in 'Death and Harry Houdini', a stage show that also looks back at the Hungarian-born escape and illusion artist's life. Actor and magician...
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Strobe lights flash as geometric shapes pass in a psychedelic display.
Strobe lights flash as geometric shapes pass in a psychedelic display.