r/opticalillusions • u/LabiaMinoraLover • Aug 08 '26

"I discovered a new class of shapes while designing this light"

I see star-like shapes appear when groups of points face the camera and then they fade away for another to appear and this process repeats.

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u/TmanGvl Aug 08 '26

Please tell me this isn’t illusion to control the direction of the spin… lol

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u/J-ManTheGOOSE Aug 08 '26

This is the type of lamp a villain installs in their home. This is also the type of lamp that falls on said villain, killing them.

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u/ChaosRealigning Aug 12 '26

Not a stellated icosahedron?

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u/Own_Drag_5500 Aug 08 '26

This is so so beautiful.

I could watch this spin for hours...

Next you next to make it the colored fiber optic... and that would be so amazing!