Best Illusion of the Year Contest » Stereo http://illusionoftheyear.com Best Illusion of the Year Contest Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:28:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Stereo Rotation Standstill http://illusionoftheyear.com/2008/stereo-rotation-standstill/ http://illusionoftheyear.com/2008/stereo-rotation-standstill/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 05:48:07 +0000 admin http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate.com/wp/?p=130 Max Dürsteler

University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland

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A rotating spokes wheel defined only by disparity cues appears stationnary when fixating the center of rotation. With peripheral fixation, one can infer the wheel’s rotation by tracking single spokes. – While there exist cleary stereo motion detectors, stereo rotation detectors are either missing or inhibited by the presence of a stationary texture.

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