In an effort to prove his theory on persistence of vision to a wider, non-scientific audience, Joseph Plateau developed his first phenakistiscope (1832) depicting a dancer who performs a pirouette in 16 distinct steps, each of them separated by a…
The phenomenon of persistence of vision (POV) is central to the conceptualisation and pedagogy of animation. There exists however controversy between film/animation theories and empirical science as to the parameters of this phenomenon. POV is classically seen as the phenomenon…
One of the reasons for the popularity and resilience of what is today referred to as the “persistence of vision” theory is that it mistakenly provides a simple explanation for two distinct perceptual phenomena. The first is flicker fusion, which…
