Optics principles. For example, the Ames room, Hering, Müller-Lyer, Orbison, Ponzo, Sander, and Wundt illusions all rely on the suggestion of the appearance of distance by using converging and diverging lines, in the same way that parallel light rays (or indeed any set of parallel lines) appear to converge at a vanishing point at infinity in two-dimensionally rendered images with artistic perspective. This suggestion is also responsible for the famous moon illusion where the moon, despite having essentially the same angular size, appears much larger near the horizon than it does at zenith. This illusion so confounded Ptolemy that he incorrectly
Getting to the Point DMC, the sound quality of it was somewhat poor. The song was later covered by Mark Bram, from the band Ruby Topaz, on the Ruby Topaz "Rarities" CD (CD Baby and iTunes). Mark did all the instruments and vocals. All songs written by Jeff Lynne. Getting to the Point "Getting to the Point" is a song by the rock music group Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) from their 1986 album "Balance of Power". Released in the UK as the last single from the album in July 1986, it would be the last original release from the band for some fifteen years.