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The optical illusion genius, David OReilly, is working on his latest project, titled ihologram, which gives the illusion of a 3D hologram jumping off the screen. As OReilly says on his site, “The application works by assuming a constant viewing angle (35-45 degrees), typical for when the device is placed on a tabletop. The 3d scene’s perspective is warped using anamorphosis, the same technique used in Hans Holbein’s painting The Ambassadors. This application does the exact same but updates dynamically.” The software works by using the iPhone’s built in gyroscope to calculate it’s rotation on the y-axis, which gives the controller the ability to look around the environment by turning the device.

The internet is an odd place. Fads come just as the wind blows. Every so often you’ll strike a fad that catches your interest, but is left unexplained. If you’ve been caught in the recent barrage of Anime-esque avatars on your friendly Twitter account or in the forums on your favorite site - You may find yourself as perplexed and as intrigued as.

This newly created craze comes from FaceYourManga. Of course as I usually do, I decided to blend in with the crowd and made one myself. I even ended up making several for friends who were less inclined to do so themselves. It is very similar to making a Mii on the Wii but with different options and more attention to detail. A fellow Twitter-goer related my avatar (pictured above) to the infamous Numa Numa guy. Which if you were never fourteen years old was a popular fad itself at one point.