M.C. Escher is well known throughout the world for his works of art containing impossible constructions, such as his 1961 “Waterfall” litograph. Sony’s Japan Studios are currently developing a game for the PlayStation Portable starring similar constructions. It’s called Echochrome and the trailer below shows how it works:

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Quite an ingenious idea, isn’t it? Echochrome is based on the Object Locative Environment (OLE) Coordinate System, which determines what is occurring based on the camera’s perspective.

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