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 ...

Now, with Persistence of Vision, Kevin Schreck tells the engrossing story of Canadian animator Richard Williams, who founded a successful London studio in the 50s, and his three-decade quest to ...

This year, he was inspired to make an “overly large, heavy, obnoxiously loud, bright LED electronic Christmas ornament,” otherwise known as a persistence of vision ornament. As explained by ...

It is only this brief afterimage that creates the illusion of continuity. Persistence of vision is the name of the phenomenon. The physicist Julian Barbour proposes a theory of the universe in which ...