Per Ardua Ad Astra

Here’s something to jolt you out of whatever you were busy thinking on for a moment.

First, take a look at this:

If you see Albert Einstein, pat yourself on the back for not being visually handicapped. Now, turn around and walk about 5 meters away from your screen, turn around and have a look again (if you’re in a confined space such as a PGP room, try zooming out of this webpage as a substitute). For a hint, hover your cursor over the picture.

Spooky isn’t it? If you still see Albert Einstein, you need to move away from the screen further (or zoom out more).

Here’s another one:

Now that your brain is cued, you might be able to spot the tiger and cheetah right away. Just view it at different distances to tease out the two different images.

All right, one last one:

Bicycle first, then zoom out and you get a motorcycle!
Intrigued?
This is basically how they do it.

Can’t do much elaborating except posting those images because I’m still busy working on many other stuff, but if you want more answers, you can go here for starters (note that this is a premium article). And no, it’s not part of the ‘chim’ stuff we do in USP. It’s just my personal readings.
Have a nice day!

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