Stereokinetic stimulus, stereokinetic depth, stereokinetic illusion is an illusion of depth induced by moving two-dimensional stimuli. [1] A stereokinetic stimuli generates 3D perception based on 2D rotational motion.[2] A stereokinetic effect is created when flat displays are rotated in the frontal plane and are perceived as having three-dimensional structure. [3] [4]
Ernst Mach first reported a depth effect produced by motion in the frontoparallel plane in 1886.[1] Marcel Duchamp first experimented with stereokinetic depth in 1935.[5]