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Over on Reddit’s, r/loadingicon forum, a creator named u/Niko22966 shared a clip of a loop they’d made.
It’s not quite a straightforward optical illusion, because Niko has manipulated the shapes to change at two points, but it still gave people’s brains a workout.
Oh my god my brain is really working to try to solve this one.
thebiggestbirdboi
Seriously impressive, my brain can’t sort this one out.
skengshapiro
Omg it’s brilliant, but it drives me nuts.
E_Farseer
It got a lot more of the attention it deserved when it turned up on Twitter.
Oh this is MELTING MY BRAIN
by Niko22966 pic.twitter.com/02H7LSiDCQ
— Gavin Buckingham (@DrGBuckingham) July 2, 2022
It got almost a million views in two days, and picked up comments that prove it was just as baffling to most tweeters as Redditors.
It’s early Monday morning in Japan, I really didn’t need to see this
https://t.co/FjiMBzdH4e
— Dylan (@dylancuthbert) July 3, 2022
This is pretty cool. Nothing quite like animating something Escher would have drawn. https://t.co/g082YvBQRq
— Gregorio Naçu (@gregnacu) July 4, 2022
asleep in 3…2… https://t.co/LdX1v19Xnq
— ＬＡＵＲＥＮ (@noondlyt) July 4, 2022
It’s like a Möbius strip, but with a 3D strip in a 4D space. That’s why the 3D representation is distorted with time (the cubes change shape)
— Dupletor (@Dupletor) July 3, 2022
Similar illusion: pic.twitter.com/ZxnLoThZKK
— Bit (@Bit111111) July 3, 2022
The wonderful Jim Al-Khalili brought his impeccable scientific thinking to the table.
This is fun. Not only does each block change shape twice a cycle but if you follow the surface facing the centre on one block you’ll see it switch position as it goes round. https://t.co/GV11mXV92U
— Jim Al-Khalili (@jimalkhalili) July 3, 2022
Source: ThePoke
