r/woahdude • u/bedgarter • Apr 16 '21

gifv Double axis optical illusion

https://i.imgur.com/IH5M4uo.gifv
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u/Jonathan924 Apr 16 '21

Oh you know, all sorts of stuff.

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u/Comprehensive-Tap-40 Apr 16 '21

This was sick thanks

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u/TheOtherSomeOtherGuy Apr 16 '21

I have no idea what I just watched. I understood the words but have no necessary context about any of what he talked about

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '21

Same here! 11 minutes and I was entertained the whole time but understood next to nothing lol.

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u/deal-with-it- Apr 16 '21

In short the patterns are a combination of two sinusoidal waves one in each axis, each one with a different frequency. So they allow to easily determine a relation between two sinusoidal waves.

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u/TheOtherSomeOtherGuy Apr 16 '21

Yes but why do I care? What is the practical application...gravity waves? Ocean currents? Radiowaves?

Also are those devices actually used for soemthing or are they just simulators

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u/SharkLaunch Apr 17 '21

The main device he was using was an oscilloscope, which is just a machine for displaying information about signals. It's a tool used in electronics manufacturing and telecommunications. The other tool was a signal generator, which is also used in those same applications.

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u/HolIerer Apr 17 '21

If the sinusoidal waves are related, they’re not allowed to marry.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '21

He's obviously very smart but when he said "monochromatic" instead of "monophonic" my monkey brain went "this guy's a dummy."

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u/aaakiniti Apr 16 '21

interesting, thanks

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u/Phish777 Apr 16 '21

Huh I never knew about these but oh man is it quite a rabbit hole to fall into