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Best Illusion of 2020 Contest Winner Turns 2D Optical Illusion Into 3D

Kokichi Sugihara's twist on the Schroeder Staircase

By Rain Noe - December 22, 2020

in Visual Communication

Mathematician Kokichi Sugihara has won First Prize 2020's Best Illusion of the Year contest with a novel twist entry: He took a known 2D design, the Schroeder Staircase…

…and figured out how to make it work in 3D:

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I've gotta say, Second Prize wasn't too shabby either:

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