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Grating Animation

Medium Exhibit Stands · Optics

Operation: Press the "Select Pattern" button to choose a pattern; manually move the grating plate to watch the grating animation. Exhibit Overview: The exhibit consists of a belt drive mechanism with printed patterns, a motor drive mechanism, a manual grating plate, etc. Visitors can select the pattern to view by pressing the pattern selection button. There are 5 patterns: galloping horse, walking person, bird, gear, and wave. Then move the grid left and right, and a magical scene appears: the static pattern comes to life. Scientific Principle: Why does a static pattern move? Grating animation, also known as Moiré animation, comprehensively utilizes the Moiré fringe principle and the persistence of vision phenomenon. When the grating and the base image are superimposed and stationary, the image observed by the participant is the image formed by the mutual interference of the patterns between the two. When the grating plate is moved, the image generated by the human eye through the optic nerve input to the brain requires a delay of 0.1-0.4 seconds to disappear, which connects the dynamically changing Moiré fringe patterns, thus forming a continuous moving animation. In daily life, Moiré fringes are mainly applied in the field of sensor detection, while the persistence of vision phenomenon is more applied in film, animation, and other film and television fields.

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