Coherence Illusion

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Controlling animation

<mouse click> start/stop figure animation
<space> randomizes display
'<' or '>' decreases/increases density

Changing figure properties

'R' toggles figure rotation
'T' toggles figure translation
'S' toggles figure between square and circle

Changing filler properties

'D' changes dot (background filler) shape
'C' changes dot (background filler) color
'F' toggles filling of dots

Explanation

(descriptive text to come later)

Known Bugs

Background doesn't rotate for square. Looks goofy.
Non-line dots don't actually rotate - they just revolve around the center.
Lines beginning in the shape but ending outside aren't clipped.

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