Mavric
Yoda
So what's your guess on how high that is?Well there's a regulation basketball hoop directly behind the device in clear view that might be a pretty good indicator...It's not an illusion that he touched it. The question is how high is it above the floor.Except that video is in no way 'forced perspective'. He touched the highest rung on the vertical leap device. The device doesn't measure any higher than that.Yup.I mean - he's got hops.
But I'm assuming they positioned the marker and camera to make it look like he's jumping to the top of the backboard (which he's not). Based on where his shoes are in relation to the guy standing under the hoop - roughly the waist of a shorter-looking fellow - I'd say his vertical is in the 34-36" range. Pretty good but not exceptional.
google "Forced perspective"
That's no illusion...