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[–]jdublu 138 points139 points ago

This is probably how caricature artists actually see.

[–]tisactually_nohomo_ 1 point2 points ago

I had the same exact idea! But can you imagine the kind of technique they must use to put this concept to a static image??

[–]esnaw 1 point2 points ago

Hey but some of those faces were distorted! If you watch the pictures instead of the cross, the last one on the left of Matt Damon is all twisted.

[–]Ey3rose 287 points288 points ago

I feel that when ever I stop looking at the cross the gif fucks with me and stops messing up their faces.

[–]b_f 99 points100 points ago

It's not perfect though. It didn't correct Jim Carrey's face when I stopped looking at the cross.

[–]Ey3rose 64 points65 points ago

SOOO much air blew out my nose. haha

[–]mostlybran 11 points12 points ago

This made me blow a bunch of air out of my mouth

[–]Gentlemanpirate 5 points6 points ago

I just blow...

[–]Deprr 0 points1 point ago

come here often.... damn its a man..

[–]SluggyBUNBUN 4 points5 points ago

Proper punctuation here may have gotten you a few more upvotes...

[–]clv992 7 points8 points ago

I actually blew a bit of air out of my butthole.

[–]cdubstep 11 points12 points ago

Seriously. I watched the faces like 3 times and I STILL thought the gif knew when I was looking at the cross or not

[–]FenrirIII 28 points29 points ago

[–]jyaron 37 points38 points ago

The paper is likely off limits to most people, but thanks to having wonderful university access to research journals, I bring to you a paragraph delivering the real meat of the research:

There must, however, be some degree of homogeneity among the faces for the outliers to stand out and for the effect to occur. The distortion effect, therefore, seems to depend on the outlying dimensions among the images in the set, and these dimen- sions do not seem to be limited to facial features or configurations. For example, if a photograph is brightly lit compared to the others, then it appears overexposed. Presumably, then, the effect relies on the same contrastive mechanism that gives rise to shape-contrast effects. Suzuki and Cavanagh (1998), for example, demonstrated that a briefly flashed line distorts a circle into an ellipse that appears elongated orthogo- nally to the line orientation. Owing to the multidimensional nature of the faces in our flashed face distortion effect, the resulting distortion is not on any single dimension, but on every dimension along which the face images vary. In contrast, face distortion after effects commonly result from prolonged exposure to one face with a single exaggerated dimension defined by the experimenter, such as the distance between the eyes.

Tangen J M, Murphy S C, Thompson M B, 2011, "Flashed face distortion effect: Grotesque faces from relative spaces" Perception 40(5) 628 – 630

Edit: Formatting.

[–]GoldenBacon 23 points24 points ago

Yes, mhmm, I know some of these words.

[–]BloopBleepBlorp 7 points8 points ago

The abstract is made for anyone to understand:

We describe a novel face distortion effect resulting from the fast-paced presentation of eye-aligned faces. When cycling through the faces on a computer screen, each face seems to become a caricature of itself and some faces appear highly deformed, even grotesque. The degree of distortion is greatest for faces that deviate from the others in the set on a particular dimension (eg if a person has a large forehead, it looks particularly large). This new method of image presentation, based on alignment and speed, could provide a useful tool for investigating contrastive distortion effects and face adaptation.

[–]cupcakelin 0 points1 point ago

This guy is one of my teachers. I always admire how well he is able to describe confusing things really simply. Also, he is awesome.

[–]WelcomeMachine -1 points0 points ago

suck up

[–]whatthefat 0 points1 point ago

Hoh hoh hoh, isn't ignorance hilarious?

[–]Mantissa128 2 points3 points ago

Suzuki and Cavanagh (1998), for example, demonstrated that a briefly flashed line distorts a circle into an ellipse

A PDF of this paper can be found here.

Thanks for the summary!

[–]NymN_ 25 points26 points ago

Here's another one.

They all kind of look like they were created in Morrowind.

[–]somebodyfamous 5 points6 points ago

this is horrifying

[–]Xshredder01X 1 point2 points ago

Yep... Think I saw a couple Orcs in there...

[–]sp4ce 9 points10 points ago

well... to be fair, Sean Penn already looks kinda fucked up.

[–]wiskizzo 6 points7 points ago

I hate it, but I love it...

[–][deleted] 12 points13 points ago

wat wat wat

[–]MrStarr -5 points-4 points ago

wat wat wat WAT

[–]f22raptor272 10 points11 points ago

Peripheral vision. Not even once.

[–]alexdicko 49 points50 points ago

[–]TheSimonToUrGarfunkl 1 point2 points ago

Michael Clarke Duncan, RIP :(

[–]0Simkin 5 points6 points ago

That's not Michael Clarke Duncan btw...

[–]TurtleCowz 28 points29 points ago

He never said it was. George Washington, RIP

[–]inthedrink 6 points7 points ago

That's not George Washington btw...

[–]WelcomeMachine 7 points8 points ago

He never said it was. Abe Vigoda, RIP

[–]TheGreatBrandino 2 points3 points ago

That's not Abe Vigoda btw...

[–]LOLDUMBCUNTS -3 points-2 points ago

SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU FUCKING NIGGER FAGGOT RETARDED CUNT KIKES

[–]TheSimonToUrGarfunkl 10 points11 points ago

That's not CUNT KIKES btw...

[–]CraigRoxwel 3 points4 points ago

He totally said it was

[–]BobertBilliam 1 point2 points ago

It's Will Smith

[–]bob-leblaw 3 points4 points ago

I wish this had a pause.

[–]StickDoctor 2 points3 points ago

Actually if you press the Esc key it will stop loading up the next frame of the gif, effectively pausing it. Just press F5 to reload the page and resume from where you left off.

[–]tbunreal68 0 points1 point ago

He meant for the distortion on the faces ya goof.

[–]StickDoctor 2 points3 points ago

Then just pause it and continue to look in the centre of the screen?

[–]tbunreal68 2 points3 points ago

I'm the goof sorry. Nothing to see here.

[–]Specf0ur 13 points14 points ago

DAE back button in fear of horrific scary face popping out?

[–]_canadian_Girl 2 points3 points ago

That is horribly amazing!

[–]manateewhat 2 points3 points ago

Well that was pleasantly strange.

[–]Miiich 2 points3 points ago

Witchcraft!

[–]Jespar 2 points3 points ago

I.... I am not sure I like this.

[–]piemango 1 point2 points ago

Same, it just pisses me off. You get a tiny glimpse of something goofy and you wanna look SOOOO bad, but no! Then party time is over. Fuck you, brain. 2/10

[–]PhoneDojo 1 point2 points ago

Woah there, David Duchovny

[–]Studovich 1 point2 points ago

My head hurts.

[–]Lrlviolinist 1 point2 points ago

I thought it said to cross my eyes and so i spent a good 30 seconds looking like a retard to my parents who were in the room.

[–]jormugandr 1 point2 points ago

I always love this thing. Also, Nick Cage doesn't get distorted in my vision on there. He's either too weird looking already or he really is the one true god.

[–]Jpgyankees 1 point2 points ago

If you look at this while listening to sail by awolnation it is perfecty in sync with the music

[–]IIIIIBlakeIIIII 1 point2 points ago

Well shit.

[–]LacStar 1 point2 points ago

I almost passed out [7]

[–]racheal1991 1 point2 points ago

I want a scientific reason why....

[–]MrLawbreaker 1 point2 points ago

OMG it even works if you look on one side only but then you can actually see the distortion this is amazing!!! You just have to focus on the nose or between the eyes.

[–]criticalnegation 1 point2 points ago

fronk!

[–]ensay 1 point2 points ago

Crossed my eyes, did not expect for picture to change, trip out.

[–]RadarReady 1 point2 points ago

Nick Cage looked about right actually.

[–]benjiwaa 1 point2 points ago

Any science to it? Or can I just start putting my friend's faces in there...

[–]Nascio 1 point2 points ago

You should try acid.

[–]22mads22 1 point2 points ago

If i told you that i dont get it.. Would that make me a retard?

[–]IZuStY 0 points1 point ago

I call bullshit on this, block half the picture and watch the other half, and you see the pictures are already distorted.

[–]Maestintaolius 3 points4 points ago

Nope, that'd be the optical illusion working. http://gif-explode.com/http://i.imgur.com/jHaAm.gif

[–]IZuStY 0 points1 point ago

Thanks for this! I think the most distorted faces in the gif are just ugly pictures in the first place.

[–]danbfree 1 point2 points ago

That's what I thought at first too until I realized that it's not all due to the stereoscopic affect at all. See this one on youtube that you can pause at any time and see that the affect is partly caused by them just flashing by so fast, even just one side.

[–]IZuStY 1 point2 points ago

Yeah, I think to make it work, they used ugly pictures too lol.

Some of the celebrity close up shots in the gif (as pointed out by Maestintaolius) are just plain odd looking in the first place imo.

[–]danbfree 1 point2 points ago

yes, totally agree on that!

[–]Timthos 0 points1 point ago

Is it me, or does Patrick Stewart always look normal?

[–]kittens_everywhere00 0 points1 point ago

I wasn't able to stare at the cross long enough before my eyes went all fuzzy and unfocused :(

[–]Kyakan 0 points1 point ago

Wasn't this posted last week?

[–]403Flip 0 points1 point ago

Not this exact one. But a similar one was posted earlier this week.

[–]Jambo165 0 points1 point ago

Godammit, I couldn't help but feel the gif was tricking me. Very cool.

[–]opensezme 0 points1 point ago

how the..what the..

[–]l3ane 0 points1 point ago

WOW! That was just like having an acid flashback!

[–]cole12 0 points1 point ago

squares are attractive

[–]Jmanmanman 0 points1 point ago

Picasso aliens.

[–]mcpew 0 points1 point ago

Oh god THE FOREHEADS

[–]ixobelle01 0 points1 point ago

my brain... it's not... I don't... what the hell just happened...

[–]PeaboBryson 0 points1 point ago

This makes me feel feeble and weak.

[–]Alpha_Llama 0 points1 point ago

Well. That was that.

[–]DustBusterManDoo 0 points1 point ago

Clint Eastwoods nose...

[–]jumpingnoodlepoodle 0 points1 point ago

I don't even mind this repost….I have to watch it every time.

[–]fuckthiscrazyshit 0 points1 point ago

What does the second set of words say?

Edit: Nevermind. It says the same thing, only lighter. But I did see something very faint that said something else, but after watching that fifty times in a row, my eyes hate me right now.

[–]SuperHorribleGaming 0 points1 point ago

everyone's seen this like fifteen ba-jillion times.....but I still watch it each time

[–]yourbrotherrex 0 points1 point ago

I have no idea how that works or really exactly what's happening, but it's absolutely cool as shit. Thanks OP.

[–]lurkenstine 0 points1 point ago

man i love fucking my mind in different ways then finding out why it works. why does this work, before i find out on my own

[–]JamponyForever 0 points1 point ago

Try it closing one eye. No, really. It gets weirder.

[–]MrTheJudge95 0 points1 point ago

There needs to be more of these.

[–]Magento 0 points1 point ago

Reddit, you have showed me a couple of these now. If you really want to impress me, show me one where warped faces turn into famous people.

[–]MileHighBarfly 0 points1 point ago

New, huh?

[–]fuck_this_fuck_you 0 points1 point ago

I saw tiny faced NPH

[–]ENTP 0 points1 point ago

Maybe because when you're surrounded your brain wants you to be creeped out so you run

[–]DarthVaporr 0 points1 point ago

Kinda had a mini heart attack.

[–]CreeDorofl 0 points1 point ago

By the way, you don't need the second face, you can cover it up and it still works just by keeping your eyes on the +.

I wish there were a way to somehow get what you see in peripheral, into your 'main' vision. It sucks you can't really look at what your brain has created.

[–]Razorshroud 0 points1 point ago

WTF does it mean if the center-lined gif was a perfect 50/50 split of the 2 images?

[–]matap821 0 points1 point ago

Matt Damon.

[–]ClashoftheTetons 0 points1 point ago

Kinda reminds me of Conan's If They Mated bit

[–]dinsauce 0 points1 point ago

doesn't work if you're already seeing double

[–]Reptile00Seven 0 points1 point ago

aka Shroom Simulator

[–]ZealZen 0 points1 point ago

I didn't like it cause the faces scared me.

[–]Pope_smack 0 points1 point ago

GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

wow, how do people come up with these?

[–]hackinthebochs 0 points1 point ago

Good god people are ugly.

[–]frozyo 0 points1 point ago

Wait, what?

[–]gmng24 -1 points0 points ago

Why does it seem I see one of these things everyday?

[–]Toad32 -1 points0 points ago

Holly crap. Good one!