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From: Encore
Date: 13 Nov 2012 09:35:01
Message: <web.50a25a34f594feb2d710adaf0@news.povray.org>
"Encore" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> "MichaelJF" <mi-### [at] t-onlinede> wrote:
> > Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
> > > On 08/11/2012 6:56 PM, Ger wrote:
> > > > And yes, it's animatable to some extend.
> > >
> > > What does the shadow do? I look forward to seeing your code when you
> > > tidy it up.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards
> > >      Stephen
> >
> > I think, the shadow should show the trick.
> >
>
> Hi guys, yeah that's pretty much what I have in mind.
> If you could send me some sort of code to study it that'd be great. I managed to
> kind of tidy up the code in the first attempt that was posted in the other
> thread, but the cylindrical cube is also amazing. I wouldn't really worry about
> the shape though for the moment (even though having the code for this would be
> greatly appreciated!)
>
> Can I make a fixed time animation for a start?
>
> There are two thoughts on this:
>
> a) we can animate the light, this way seeing if the light position affects the
> illusion (and to what extend)
>
> b) we can animate the object by rotating the camera. This will also require to
> move the difference objects accordingly along each axis of camera rotation.
>
> Do you guys have any idea?

And One more thing:

I think that we do not need to have any surface or background. A black
background is always better for experiments like this and surely, it will not
reveal the illusion that easily.

Regards,

Alex


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