Variations and extensions of the kinetic Orbison illusion

Hiroyuki Ito; Tama Kanematsu; Rio Furukawa; Tohko Koyamate; Sheryl Anne Manaligod de Jesus; Moyou Jiang

doi:10.47691/joi.v5.11582

Hiroyuki Ito Faculty of Design, Kyushu University Fukuoka, Japan; and Center for Applied Perceptual Science, Kyushu University Fukuoka, Japan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0344-5374
Tama Kanematsu Faculty of Design, Kyushu University Fukuoka, Japan; and Center for Applied Perceptual Science, Kyushu University Fukuoka, Japan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3680-8792
Rio Furukawa School of Design, Kyushu University Fukuoka, Japan
Tohko Koyamate School of Design, Kyushu University Fukuoka, Japan
Sheryl Anne Manaligod de Jesus Graduate School of Design, Kyushu University Fukuoka, Japan https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5259-0852
Moyou Jiang Graduate School of Design, Kyushu University Fukuoka, Japan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4720-5479

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47691/joi.v5.11582

Keywords: the kinetic Orbison illusion, geometrical illusion, relative motion, aperture problem for motion, induced motion

Abstract

When a dot moves along a square trajectory on concentric circles, the trajectory appears to bend toward the center of the circles (the kinetic Orbison illusion). This report demonstrates new illusions that are variations or extensions of the kinetic Orbison illusion. We found that some of them produced an illusory effect that was larger than the original version of the kinetic Orbison illusion (up to 1.8 times larger than the original). The illusion became even stronger when a dot moved along a triangular trajectory, reaching 1.4 times the strength as that of the strongest illusion with the square trajectory. The implications of these illusions for the kinetic Orbison illusion and the relationship to previously reported motion illusions are discussed.

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