Ebbinghaus's Galaxy

Ebbinghaus is the optical illusion I did for the last project, so this is a subject I'm familiar with. My original reaction to the work was awe and admiration. The project perfectly demonstrates the illusion and adds in the space motif and the haunting music to make the gif overall mesmerizing to watch loop. If I were have chose this illusion I probably would have done something similar to showcase it. I do have to say though that after watching the gif for a certain amount of time, I do think it is a little. I know this is a little bar but I wonder if more couldn't be added to the background that enhances the motif without distracting from the illusion.

The product is very interesting! The choice of figures and audio really do give it that mystical feel to it--and the illusion integrates quite well rather than being standalone.

I would mention some sort of perceptual effect that the animated version of Ebbinghaus's illusion causes. There was a great example of how our eyes respond to changes if it fixes on something versus not being able to fix on something, but I can't remember the name of the effect, and Google does not return accurate results. Still, though--it's interesting to see two ways of demonstrating this effect using Ebbinghaus's illusion.

Now, one thing I've noticed with the submission is a stutter on the visual loop that occurs every two cycles. It takes away from the mood of your project, and I'd like to have it be seamless. I'm not sure if that can be resolved though--if it's a video player issue or a compositional one.

Your documentation is amazing and I really love your product! It's really nice that you included a lot of video and sound references to it.

The sound is very pleasing to my ear and I could listen to that for hours honestly. The way you guys animated the gif is also really nice and definitely highlights your illusion really nicely (I noticed you used Unity, great job!). There IS a slight slight lag in the video or sound and if you really wanted to perfect that I think it could make it a lot more seamless and perfect. I think the audio could have been better unified with the animation, but the cosmic and crystal effect really do complement each other quite nicely.

I really like this project! I think it is definitely interesting, because even though I'm aware of the Ebbinghaus illusion and the phenomena it creates, I still found myself question if the center circle was ACTUALLY staying the same size! And it's beautiful - it's smooth and the soundtrack really compliments the animation.
I also thought your documentation was really thorough and clear. I liked how you showed other examples of the Ebbinghaus illusion.

Your project really frustrated me because I would watch the planets pass by and visually CHANGE SIZE IN FRONT OF MY EYES. The fade between the start and the end of the loop really helped you guys overcome the shortcomings of Vine (smart move) even though it still is kinda noticeable. We either didn't know how to better use Vine's loop, or it just doesn't do it as seamlessly as we thought it would. But despite that, your project is something that is beautiful and I probably wouldn't mind watching for a while. AND, it really clearly illustrated the illusion in a relatable way. Great job!

I personally think that they music is beautiful and interesting, while the visuals are interesting, but not beautiful. The music brings to mind a lot of calm, zen games, especially those where one is a character floating in space or water, like a koi fish in a pond, really. I feel that the moving moons around the earth are actually detracting from the illusion, unless that is what you were going for, because it is hard to track with the eyes, but because of all the movement the eyes focus on the changing sizes of the moons and less about the earth and so the earth looks the same size while the moons are blatantly changing size. The larger vine post is less exhaustive on the eyes and seems more effective at exhibiting the illusion. Still, the relation to space was quite interesting and easy to understand.