Sunday, October 26, 2008
What do you see?
Take a close look at this image.
What do you see?
What do you see?
Do you see an old man's face or two lovers kissing?
Light Bulb Illusion
Stair closely at this light bulb for 20 - 25 seconds...
Then immediately stare at a white area on the screen or at a sheet of paper. You should see a glowing light bulb!
Then immediately stare at a white area on the screen or at a sheet of paper. You should see a glowing light bulb!
The Moving Man
Does it look like he is moving to you?
Well, he's not
Okay, Just Kidding, he is Moving! =]
Well, he's not
Okay, Just Kidding, he is Moving! =]
Stare at the Circles
Stare at the Circles Below. Are the circles moving?
Surprisingly, none of them are moving.
Count The Black Dots
Try and count the black dots. How many do you come up with?
Belive it or not, there are zero black dots.
Landscape Of Faces Illusion
Do You See A Landscape of Faces?
There are quite a bit. How many did you found?
Crazy Objective Schematic Illusion
Is it possible to build this gadget?Look Closely and try to determine the orientation of the picture!
Crazy Line Illusion
Analyze the 2 Purple lines.Do they appear to be Straight Or Crooked? Look Closely!
Believe It or Not...
Moving Sprial Illusion
Stare at the center for 10 seconds and begin moving your eyes around the outer perimeter.
Does it appear to be moving, shimmering, or just making you dizzy?Also: Follow the outermost groove and watch itchange from a groove to a hump as you go around the wheel.
Black Dot Optical Illusion
Stare at the dark dot in the center for 10 seconds...
Now move your head forward and backward.As your head moves closer to your monitorand then back away from your monitor, the circleswill appear to be spinning.
But are they really spinning? Absolutely NOT!
Realistic Dice Illusion
As you look at these dice, try to determine if they are standing up, or laying flat.
The Lilac Chaser aka Pac-Man Illusion
Lilac chaser is a visual illusion, also known as the Pac-Man illusion. It consists of 12 lilac (or pink, rose or magenta), blurred disks arranged in a circle (like the numbers on a clock), around a small black, central cross on a grey background. One of the disks disappears briefly (for about 0.1 second), then the next (about 0.125 second later), and the next, and so on, in a clockwise direction.
The Penrose Triangle
The Penrose triangle is considered the impossible figure.
The Penrose triangle appears to be solid on the page, but it cannot be built.
Kanizsa Triangle
In the accompanying figure a white equilateral triangle is perceived...
but in fact none is drawn. This effect is known as a subjective or illusory contour. Also, the nonexistent white triangle appears to be brighter than the surrounding area, but in fact it has the same brightness as the background.
Ponzo Illusion
In the Ponzo illusion the converging parallel lines tell the brain that the image higher in the visual field is further away therefore the brain perceives the image to be larger, although the two images hitting the retina are the same size.
Gradient illusion
Simultaneous Contrast Illusion. The horizontal gray bar is the same shade throughout.
Barber Pole illusion
The Barber pole illusion is a visual illusion that reveals biases in the processing of visual motion in the human brain. When a diagonally-striped pole is rotated around its vertical axis (horizontally), it appears as though the stripes are moving in the direction of its vertical axis downwards.
The Bezold Effect
The Bezold effect is an optical illusion, where a color may appear different depending on its relation to adjacent colors.
Rotating Dot Whirlpool
Try staring at this for more than 5 seconds without going crazy.
Then try following it around!
Curves constantly die out and then re-evolve as part of another curve.
Graffiti Stairs Illusion
In this subway, this guy spray painted the wall
to appear as an illusion
of the stairs coming out of the wall.
Wavy Lines Illusion
Are these lines straight and parallel?
Use a straight edge to test what you see.
Elevator Floor or Long Drop?
A very neat optical illusion elevator floor.
So clever you would think twice before stepping into this elevator.
So clever you would think twice before stepping into this elevator.
Sphere Size Illusion
A visual illusion of two spheres.
Does one appear to be larger than the other?
Does one appear to be larger than the other?
Both of the spheres are the same size.
Double Picture Illusion
Look carefuly at this picture, what do you see?
After you make your decision, scroll down for an explanation.
After you make your decision, scroll down for an explanation.
You saw a couple in an intimate love position, right?
Interestingly, research has shown that young children cannot identify the intimate couple because they do not have prior memory associated with such a scenario.
What they will see, however, is nine (small & black) dolphins in the picture!
So, I guess we've already proven you're not a young innocent child. Now, if it's hard for you to find the dolphins within 6 seconds, your mind is SO corrupted that you probably need help!
OK, here's help: look at the space between her right arm and her head, the tail is on her neck, follow it up. Look at her left hip, follow the shaded part down, it's another one, and on his shoulder..
Albert Einstein Marilyn Monroe Illusion
When you look at this picture close range you see Albert Einstein.
Now stand up and take several steps back,
roughly 15 feet away,
It will become... Marilyn Monroe.
It will become... Marilyn Monroe.
