--- title: "Picture Frame Seems to Slow Down Time with Sensory Illusions" description: "A new \"picture frame\" created by the former host of Time Warp on Discovery Channel uses light and vibration to create the illusion of slow motion movement of objects placed inside." date: "2016-09-17" modified: "2016-11-29" authors: - name: "Ramon Perez" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/ramonperez" url: "https://futurism.com/picture-frame-seems-to-slow-down-time-with-sensory-illusions" categories: - "Space" tags: - "kickstarter" - "optical illusion" --- # Picture Frame Seems to Slow Down Time with Sensory Illusions ![Default Futurism featured image]() To speed or slow down time is an ability many people may dream of having. One [Kickstarter campaign]() is providing the illusion of time slowing inside a picture frame called “[Slow Dance]().” The frame is open so lightweight objects can be placed inside. The objects then seem to move slowly back and forth, creating a flowing movement comparable to that of a jellyfish. The illusion is created by strobe lights blinking at 80 times per second, too fast for the human eye to recognize, which are synced with high-speed vibrations applied to the object. ![]() *Image source: Slow Dance/Kickstarter* Creator of Slow Dance, Jeff Lieberman, is famous for hosting a television show which appeared on the Discovery Channel called *[Time Warp]()*. The show used high-speed cameras to capture experiments or other visually appealing events which they then slowed down to show detail invisible in real time. The Slow Dance appears to have the same effect without the aid of cameras. It is a simple way that technology is allowing us to see our world as never before.