Many hackers have experimented with the persistence of vision effect. Whip around a bunch of LEDs, flash them at just the right times, and it’s possible to make images to appear to hang in the air.

Persistence of Vision (POV) is a curious part of the human visual system. It’s the effect by which the perception of an image lingers after light has stopped entering the eye. It’s why a ...

is emblazoned with the words “A Persistence of Vision.” That is entirely appropriate, given the work they did in funding, championing, and coordinating the project over the years. The home ...

It turned out to be a losing fight -- but one that allowed Sacks to chronicle the deterioration of his sight, bearing literal eyewitness to the confounding relationship between sight and vision.

The image stays on your eye because the brain needs to process it. This phenomenon is knows as persistence of vision and is why when you spin the Thaumatrope disc you can see the two images long ...

“Spin” is a persistence-of-vision keychain prototype that, when spun through the air like, say, a lasso, displays a clock face in the air. There are even three different display ...

And then, on Friday night, there will be two screenings of “Persistence of Vision” – a 7 pm screening (hosted by Cartoon Brew principle Amid Amidi) and then a 9 pm screening, hosted by me.

PERSISTENCE of vision is the basis of the cinematograph, but there is no persistence of vision when the eye is moved in ordinary circumstances. If there were, reading would be a difficult and slow ...