Trippy staircase illusion

[bsfins]

This was tweeted out by teller,of Penn and Teller...
it's a low quality Youtube video,but it's trippy as all hell...Then he tweeted the failed kickstarter project that explains it better...
The you tube video...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7v-vQHxD-6U#!

the kick starter
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1123493397/the-stairwell-project-building-a-modern-myth?ref=live

[Spider-Dan]

The kickstarter project kind of defeats itself, as the project would become more popular than the myth (if it isn't already).

[Brian Fein]

So, is the staircase thing real or is it a myth?  The first video suggests that it is real.  If not, it is very clever camera tricks and editing.  The second video seems to illustrate that its a myth.

So if its real, I wanna know "how'd they do that?"

[Pappy13]

Yes, it's a trick. The trick is convincing you that it's real.

Link to the Penn and Teller discussion on these forums

[Brian Fein]

I watched it again and I realize how it is done.  As I suspected.  But it is very cleverly put together I will say.  Some real editing talent went into making this video.