Cool Cube Illusion

[HardOCP News]

Need something to do today to kill some time? How about grabbing a roll of tape and trying this.

 

[kuyaglen]

head asplode

 

[Riccochet]

some people have too much time on their hands.

Still cool tho.

 

[ProfessorKaos64]

@.@ out of site

 

[ProfessorKaos64]

^sight ...grrrr

 

[Valset]

that was cool

 

[Tolyngee]

When he starts walking towards the cube I was screaming at my monitor "watch out, you're about to walk into that cu...!!! Ohhhhhhhhhhh........"

Pretty trippy...

 

[mjz_5]

i'm going to make a giant penis using black electrical tap

 

[PC_User]

Next up: The Sphere. Now we need some free time, another roll of duct tape, and Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, and Samuel L. Jackson.

 

[AceGoober]

Very cool indeed. Getting the angles just right to make the cube must have been a real chore.

 

[PyroHoltz]

I hope that's his garage or else I am going to ask, "why does he have a motor cycle in his house"?

 

[Tolyngee]

i'm going to make a giant penis using black electrical tap

Don't less the missus see it, cuz once they go black, they never go back...

 

[kush]

This guy did a Pacman one too. And, no, it's not a garage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQp_oCgAH-E&feature=player_embedded

 

[hellokeith]

This really only works on camera. In-person depth perception ruins the illusion.

 

[MixManSC]

This really only works on camera. In-person depth perception ruins the illusion.

It works in person too but only from one point of perspective. Perspective art has been around a while and it's some very cool stuff. I first saw perspective art from the guy below

http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/pave.htm

he has done some wicked cool stuff outdoors on the ground. I have tons and tons of striping tape up here - I'm tempted to try something like that box.

 

[joblo37pam]

Although it's cool, I don't think it would really be that hard. Just use a projector to project the cube from the correct angle and then tape the lines. You could probably do it with about any shape, but the perception of the cube gives it the illusion of being three dimensional. neat idea.

 

[xorbe]

Although it's cool, I don't think it would really be that hard. Just use a projector to project the cube from the correct angle and then tape the lines. You could probably do it with about any shape, but the perception of the cube gives it the illusion of being three dimensional. neat idea.

Except the projected image will be terribly blurry due to distance changes ... unless you've got a laser projector, in which case you need to throw a party and invite everyone over!

 

[ProfessorKaos64]

I wonder how he set out to make this...

 

[Filthy Fernandez]

I wonder how he set out to make this...

Guessing it started with either a hit of acid, a bomber joint or a case of beer.

 

[stop!theradio]

This is awesome.

 

[SolidBladez]

Guessing it started with either a hit of acid, a bomber joint or a case of beer.

Or he starred at the wall and said, "I could construct a cube out of that".

 

[srangara]

1. Take a picture.
2. Draw something (e.g. a cube) on the print.
3. Tape where the picture says tape should be.

Not saying it's easy, but that's how I'd do it.

 

[Enduring_Warrior]

This made me want to study non Euclidean Geometrics.

 

[another-user]

i want to go lay down marble in my garage now...

 

[swiftstrike]

I want to try this in my dorm hall way. I can imagine all the people looking down the hall being all