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Mehtas
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Check this out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poycm04NF......illusion

Also a site worth having a look (www.grand-illusions.com)

Has anybody seen this illusion of Vincent Van Gogh ??

http://www.yot.com/vincent.html

Is it on similar method ??
Scott Cram
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Yes, both of these work in the exact same way.

Back when Caesar's Magical Empire was still open, they used to have heads like this in the restrooms that would appear in the mirror, and apparently follow you around.
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On ebay someone is selling something similar with a picture of Houdini. I think that only the eyes move in that one though. Cool stuff.
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I saw one of these using the face of jesus last christmas creepy really!
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Check out This place for a good view of the above, and other cool stuff.
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler." (Einstein)...
Nick-V.
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Seeing is definitely believing.
Peace on the Magical Streets
~Nick V.~
Mehtas
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Just bought a face of Jesus that follows you.
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Creepy and cool at the same time.
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You can easily make your own -- just get a halloween mask, paint the inside yellow, surround it by black cloth and backlight it. I made mine with a George Bush mask about 6 years ago and put it out every Halloween -- freaky.
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I guess you have to see it in person to experience the illusion right? I tried moving around while looking at the picture...but nothing happened
Mehtas
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Purplemonk,

It doesn't work in a picture.

Just bought face of Jesus that works on same principle.

You can see it in the following link. the picture is taken from diffrent angles to show the illusion.

http://www.merch-bot.com/index.php?main_......s_id=448
Jonathan Townsend
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On 2007-03-26 00:41, purplemonk wrote:
I guess you have to see it in person to experience the illusion right? I tried moving around while looking at the picture...but nothing happened


The inside out face is a three dimensional object. A picture of it is only two dimensional. Your brain needs to misinterpret the three dimensional information to experience the illusion.
...to all the coins I've dropped here
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A freind of mine told me back in the 60's or 70's he was at Disney World with some group of people. The non/moving head was shown to his group. Disney World offered $10,000 to whoever could figure it out. When the employees took the group to a different room, my friend stayed in the same room with the non/moving head. He went behind the crossing to see it up close secretly. Some employess entered the room and caught him. They warned him if anyone discovers the secret, he will have to pay for it. They also made him leave.
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Now adays kids can have tours of the huanted mansion and they freely show how that illusion, pepper's ghost and other illusions in HM work.
Leaping Lizards!!! Who knew it was possible.
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Daniel Nicholls
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That's weird
Close your eyes. Open your senses.
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You can make the equivanlent illusion by going here:

http://www.grand-illusions.com/opticalil......llusion/

The Dragon may be downloaded here:

http://www.grand-illusions.com/images/ar......agon.pdf

Print it out on card stock and put it together. It's really cool.