It's not impossible at all. It just has 3 sides, is concave, and you're looking up at it. The tricky thing is the lack of perspective. It would only look like this with a very long lens.
It's half a cube (well, the outer walls of one), it's just rotating the opposite way you first think it is. Not impossible at all, just a fun few moments of confusion until you catch on.
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Bonus@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Nebula@fedia.io · 2 pts · 1y
That is correct. It is only impossible to build this IRL. Thanks for explaining how this was made. That is really interesting. 🙂👍
blargle@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 1y
It's not impossible at all. It just has 3 sides, is concave, and you're looking up at it. The tricky thing is the lack of perspective. It would only look like this with a very long lens.
But it's like one of these guys:
Nebula@fedia.io · -2 pts · 1y
Edit 2: Keep your eyes only on the dark grey side.
I have actually built this dragon, thanks for the hit of nostalgia. 😊
Edit: It is probably inspired by the optical illusion you posted, but made actually impossible.
themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y
It is... Very much possible to build? What are you missing? It's just 2 vertical gray walls and a white roof.
Odo@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
It's half a cube (well, the outer walls of one), it's just rotating the opposite way you first think it is. Not impossible at all, just a fun few moments of confusion until you catch on.
Nebula@fedia.io · 1 pts · 1y
Nebula@fedia.io · 0 pts · 1y
Light gray side moves through dark grey and vice versa. Rotate the dragon 360 degrees IRL and you will see why this isn't possible.
Edit: even if you made the sides at a perfect opaqueness, there is no way it would look like this IRL.
ImpermeableMembrane@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
You're seeing a cube from above rotating left. That way doesn't work. If you instead see a cube from underneath rotating right it very much does work.
Bonus@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y