The following video features an explanation of the intent behind the Kickstarter campaign:. Fact Checks. A video documents the existence of a never-ending "Escherian Stairwell. False About this rating. Top Fact Checks.
Thanks for reading Scientific American. Create your free account or Sign in to continue. See Subscription Options. Discover World-Changing Science. Notice how the red cone switches from the top step to the bottom one in the mirror image. In reality, the 3D object is based on a flat drawing of stairs supported by angled-polygon legs.
The perceptual result is an ascending staircase from a given perspective and a descending staircase from a different perspective. Credit: Kokichi Sugihara. Get smart. What's the "secret" behind it? The secret is that it's a film maker's illusion, in reality it's impossible in 3 dimensions.
I had noticed the Escherian stairwell in the list of exhibits and realized that it couldn't be "real" but was interested in seeing what it was all about. There were signs pointing to the Escherian stairwell all over campus but we soon realized that they were pointing in random directions. We finally found the classroom where the film maker played the video seen on the Internet plus a shorter one where he explained that it was his master's project and what he was trying to accomplish.
He also gave a short live talk and answered questions. Nobody in the showing that I went to asked about how it was actually accomplished but it was obviously just clever editing. Many people throughout the world are currently being fooled by this tour of the Escherian Stairwell located in the Frank B. Gannett building at the Rochester Institute of Technology. The video was made as a project to create a myth about RIT. The video on the bottom of the page I've linked to shows the guy who made the project explaining what he did to start the myth Though in my opinion Should have just posted the project video and have that go viral.
Its really easy. There is one stairway leading down, and another leading up.
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