Weird POV effect

A short video demonstrating an interesting persistence of vision (POV) effect where objects being animated on a random field of black and white pixels are only visible when they re moving. The graphics were generated by a simple Win32, C++ app that you can find at EDIT: Some related stuff that has come up in the comments: Bad Apple but it disappears if you pause it: A game called Lost in the Static using a very similar effect: That game s dev credit s Sean Howard for the idea: I ve learnt so much from stuff these comments, thanks to everyone who took the time to add their thoughts.