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February 14, 2022 16:14
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Julia code that reproduces Jeremy Hinton's "Lilac Chaser" illusion. See https://michaelbach.de/ot/col-lilacChaser/ for more information on how the illusion works.
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using Javis | |
video = Video(500, 500) | |
N = 12 | |
frames = 4(N+1) | |
Background(1:frames, (args...) -> background("grey70")) | |
# Draw crosshairs | |
Object(@JShape begin | |
sethue("black") | |
setline(2) | |
line(Point(0, 25), Point(0, -25), action=:stroke) | |
line(Point(25, 0), Point(-25, 0), action=:stroke) | |
end) | |
# Draw the magenta circles and flash them on and off | |
for i in 1:N | |
θᵢ = (2π/N)*i | |
pᵢ = 200*Point(cos(θᵢ), sin(θᵢ)) | |
magenta_to_grey = blend(pᵢ, 1, pᵢ, 50, "magenta", "grey70") | |
Cᵢ = Object(@JShape begin | |
setblend(blend) | |
circle(pᵢ, 50, :fill) | |
end blend=magenta_to_grey) | |
allgrey = blend(pᵢ, 50, pᵢ, 50, "grey70", "grey70") | |
act!(Cᵢ, Action(4i:4i, change(:blend, allgrey))) | |
act!(Cᵢ, Action(4i+4:4i+4, change(:blend, magentablend))) | |
end | |
render(video, pathname="lilac_chaser.gif", framerate=50) |
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