An optical toy, in which figures made to revolve on the inside of a cylinder, and viewed through slits in its circumference, appear like a single figure passing through a series of natural motions as if animated or mechanically moved.
a circular device with slits cut vertically in the sides which has either individual framesfrom a video/film or images from a set of sequenced photographs
a cylinder with a series of images on the inside and a corresponding number of small slits cut into the cylinder that allows someone to view the interior
a cylinder with vertical slits cut into the sides
a device consisting of a cylinder with slits cut vertically in the sides
a device that produces an illusion of action from a rapid succession of static pictures) Anyway
an early type of film technology that gives inanimate objects the appearance of motion
a primitive movie toy that spins to animate a series of images
a spinning apparatus through which static pictures may be given the appearance of movement
a spinning device that demonstrates how a series of individual pictures, glimpsed by the eye, are perceived as a fluid motion picture
An early animation device that uses strips of sequential drawings that are spun and viewed through slits in a rotating drum to create an illusion of motion.
Optical toy popular in Victorian times. It consists of a revolving cylinder which is open at the top and has a series of pictures arranged along the inner surface. The pictures are viewed through slits around the edge of the cylinder and appear to be moving when the box is rotated rapidly. The zoetrope was developed in the 1830s and is also known as a zootrope or wheel of life.
is an early device for creating illusion of continuous motion. A sequence of still pictures was viewed so quickly through slits in a rotating drum, that the images appeared to merge.