I don't have anything intelligent to say about this - but this for me is one of those moments where I feel positively in awe of how next level some people are.
I thought that this gif <a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Izdubw7RJWk/URK2tZdqxzI/AAAAAAAAASs/x0cXWbjrVLQ/s426/photo.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Izdubw7RJWk/URK2tZdqxzI/A...</a> was already impressive, but this is just completely incredible.
Here is a mathematical reconstruction of the print with several fly-throughs: <a href="http://escherdroste.math.leidenuniv.nl/index.php?menu=intro" rel="nofollow">http://escherdroste.math.leidenuniv.nl/index.php?menu=intro</a>
I've seen this painting before but didn't think much of it. Now that I can see what's going on, I am dumbstruck with how abstract and novel this concept is.<p>This spacial reasoning ability is so amazing.
Why is there visible angular distortion when you zoom in? It shouldn't happen if you do the Droste effect correctly, like this: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WHdyG9mJaI#t=0m43s" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WHdyG9mJaI#t=0m43s</a>