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Animation

Mobile Science Museum · Optics

Operation: 1. Press the start button to watch the image of the dancing figures in the box; 2. Wait a moment, and when the light inside the box turns on, see how the image of the figures is formed. Functional Overview: The exhibit consists of a sculpture model, laser assembly, background lighting, turntable and drive mechanism, dark box, etc. Press the start button, the motor drives the turntable and sculpture model to rotate, 6 lasers are evenly distributed around the circumference, and their illumination is controlled by a program. Since the sculpture model is a pre-designed continuous model of dancing figures, when illuminated by the lasers, a continuous animation of a group of dancing figures is formed at that position. Scientific Principle: Why do dancing figures appear? When the human eye observes a scene, light signals are transmitted to the brain via the optic nerve to form vision, but after the light ceases, the visual image in the brain does not disappear immediately, but persists for 0.1 to 0.4 seconds. This is the phenomenon of persistence of vision. The curved disc in the box is 3D printed; its shape appears irregular, but each cross-section is actually a different pose of the figure. When the laser irradiates the cross-section of the curved surface, a pose is displayed. As the curved disc rotates, due to the persistence of vision, we see the next pose before the visual image of the previous pose disappears, so we see continuous movements of the figure. In fact, animation uses the persistence of vision to play a series of pictures continuously and rapidly, allowing us to see dynamic images. Look around, which other exhibits utilize the persistence of vision phenomenon?

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