Saturday, January 17, 2009

I once went to an astronomy display and saw a model of the Big Dipper. The stars aren't all on the same plane, and are, in fact, all different distances from us. By rotating the display you could really get a picture of how these stars might look like the Big Dipper to us, but it's all just an illusion based on perspective.

Side View Generator works along these same lines. By moving parts of letters out of a common plane, one word might become a different word when rotated. A very interesting idea, if a little hard to explain.

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