Exhibit of Optical Toys

I found this website to be very well created. It is very simplistic, and informative. It has a nice, simple yet bold, home page. From there you can choose from a picture of each invention, then seeing the history, purpose, and the way it works. It is not a site with all things everywhere, no need to click three things to get to what you want. Just look at the photos, click one, and all information comes up, including GIFs and video to see how each thing is operated, which is my favourite part of this site.

One thing that that stood out to me was definitely the Kinora, a picture viewing device created in 1912 by Louise and Auguste Lumiere. This device is essentially a crank powered flip book, which I find really interesting as it really helps to show what exactly was used before cinematography, and it shows the steps inventors went through to get to next stage. What I also liked was that ordinary people could go out and purchase the required paper and make their own movie. This device worked by putting in paper, then cranking it so the pictures would quickly show for the viewer to see.