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Card 714 of 9982026-09-04 issue

Observed arrival · 2026-09-04

Reverse Reverse — Which Way Is It Turning?

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Editorial interest 86/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

A visual-perception experiment built from looping animations that can be seen rotating in either direction.

Landing page captured for the 2026-09-04 issue.

Field notes

The experiment removes ordinary depth cues from rotating dot clouds, wires, and silhouettes so that opposite interpretations remain visually equivalent. Visitors can test six interventions, including blinking, shifting attention to a dot, changing the imagined viewpoint, and covering half the image. The technical notes specify orthographic projection and phase-based looping, while the page links the exercise to the kinetic depth effect and Pastukhov et al. 2012.

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Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.

OpenPublic substance visible
PrettyNotable craft visible
ProPolished or operationally mature
NicheUnusually specific use

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