Reversible figure
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A reversible figure is an optical illusion
that is designed to create an unstable visual perception, one which leads the beholder to vacillate between two or more different interpretations.
Examples include Necker cube
s, face/vase drawings, the Rabbit-Duck Illusion and impossible object
s.
Optical illusion
An optical illusion is characterized by visually perceived images that differ from objective reality. The information gathered by the eye is processed in the brain to give a perception that does not tally with a physical measurement of the stimulus source...
that is designed to create an unstable visual perception, one which leads the beholder to vacillate between two or more different interpretations.
Examples include Necker cube
Necker cube
The Necker Cube is an optical illusion first published as a rhomboid in 1832 by Swiss crystallographer Louis Albert Necker.-Ambiguity:The Necker Cube is an ambiguous line drawing....
s, face/vase drawings, the Rabbit-Duck Illusion and impossible object
Impossible object
An impossible object is a type of optical illusion consisting of a two-dimensional figure which is instantly and subconsciously interpreted by the visual system as representing a projection of a three-dimensional object although it is not actually possible for such an object to exist An impossible...
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