The Top Three Winners of the 2009 Best Visual Illusion of the Year Contest


	The Top Three Winners of the 2009 Best Visual Illusion of the Year Contest
einbar
5-14-2009 11:31 PM
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"The Best Visual illusion of the Year Contest is a celebration of the ingenuity and creativity of the world’s premier visual illusion research community. Contestants from all around the world have submitted novel visual illusions (unpublished, or published no earlier than 2008), and an international panel of judges has rated them and narrowed them to the TOP TEN. At the Contest Gala in the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts, the top ten illusionists will present their creations and the attendees of the event"
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5-15-2009 5:29 AM
mona
that first one with the faces is fascinating !
5-16-2009 5:48 PM
CLIPITNOW
Excellent. Thank yoy for all of your wonderful clips.
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