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Re:Zoomquilt (2004) by codazoda on Monday November 23, 2020 @04:51PM (#25192361)
After watching this all the way through my mind wanted to push my screen around after I closed the tab. Almost like Hacker News was going away from me or something. It was a bit trippy. Just me?
Re:Zoomquilt (2004) by pierrec on Monday November 23, 2020 @05:33PM (#25192752)
Motion aftereffect! The most extreme version of this effect I've ever seen is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzSRVgF501M
Re:Zoomquilt (2004) by michaelcampbell on Monday November 23, 2020 @06:34PM (#25193249)
I used to get this as a kid mowing the lawn on a riding mower. After a couple hours, when you get off the mower the whole world seems like it's receding from you slowly.
Re:Zoomquilt (2004) by mobb_solo on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @03:44AM (#25196534)
This naturally happens in an automobile as well after driving the stateside highways long enough.
Re:Zoomquilt (2004) by tantalor on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @10:25AM (#25199271)
Re:Zoomquilt (2004) by ketzo on Monday November 23, 2020 @06:52PM (#25193422)
Oh my god, I had the same thing happen to me! I had bad eyes from a young age, so I always just attributed it to that... Neat. Makes sense.
Re:Zoomquilt (2004) by joering2 on Monday November 23, 2020 @09:07PM (#25194481)
After being a scuba diving assistant to instructor thru one summer, I had similar effect after spending close to 10 hours under water every day for weeks: when I lay down for the night on a flat bed and open my eyes, the whole ceiling would float like a water!

This has be somewhat depicted in movie "The Big Blue" https://youtu.be/82onGmBx9ZM?t=74

Re:Zoomquilt (2004) by gibolt on Monday November 23, 2020 @05:48PM (#25192865)
Trees outside were moving in the wind. Wasn't clear to me when the effect stopped...

This is crazy. Feels like it was revealed that my brain is no different than the AIs creating trippy art that Google made a while back. They just had a longer stare

Re:Zoomquilt (2004) by cmehdy on Monday November 23, 2020 @07:14PM (#25193609)
Eerily similar to one aspect of mild psychedelic trips (wavy-ness)
Re:Zoomquilt (2004) by brundolf on Monday November 23, 2020 @06:19PM (#25193096)
I first experienced this as a kid, after playing Guitar Hero for a while with some friends on a gigantic TV. The middle third of the screen scrolls away from you at a constant speed the entire time, and eventually we all started having a collective hallucination that the carpet around us was warping and undulating. It took us a minute to realize what was happening. It was a wild minute.
Re:Zoomquilt (2004) by runlevel1 on Monday November 23, 2020 @05:34PM (#25192766)
This is called the "motion aftereffect"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_aftereffect

Re:Zoomquilt (2004) by adam12 on Monday November 23, 2020 @05:06PM (#25192518)
I freaked out as a kid after playing River Raid on the Atari for hours.
Re:Zoomquilt (2004) by autarch on Monday November 23, 2020 @05:09PM (#25192538)
It's happening to me right now.
Re:Zoomquilt (2004) by wakenmeng on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @03:02AM (#25196301)
I know I can find someone feels the same in the comments!
Re:Zoomquilt (2004) by laslkjasdfl on Monday November 23, 2020 @04:53PM (#25192388)
i felt exactly the same sensation.
Re:Zoomquilt (2004) by scrozier on Monday November 23, 2020 @05:03PM (#25192483)
Yep.