In this optical illusion can you see the 4 women that make up this man's face? Click to enlarge picture a see things clea...
Tuesday, November 30, 2004
Seven Hearts Optical Illusion
This is an optical illusion of a different type. One the most enjoyable paper activities I did as a kid was the hidden picture puzzles. Find the seven hearts in this picture and relive a little part of your childhood. I don't have the answers, but I...
Monday, November 29, 2004
Trippy Mirror Animation
This optical illusion is an excellent example of a recursive animation.If all you can see is a red cross, then you do not have flash player installed on you computer. To get flash player installed click here and download from macromedia.comTrippy MirrorClick...
The Illusion of Perpetual Motion
Here is an example of a scientific illusion. A perpetual motion machine sketched out in the 17th century. It seems simple enough, the water wheel moves the pump which pumps the water to the top which moves the water wheel. As an added bonus they use...
Saturday, November 27, 2004
Old Man or Young Couple?
In this optical illusion most of us will see a portrait of an old man. However if you look closer you might be able to see a young couple kissing.Hint: His eyes are the hair of each person in the kiss....
Boston University Brings You Project LITE
This is an excellent interactive site that explores color, light, motion, depth, form and other interesting visual phenomena. Of particular interest on this site is their LITE Vision area. This area includes a range of visual effects and illusions....
Friday, November 26, 2004
Checker Shadow Optical Illusion
Lesson number one on this blog "Seeing isn't Always Believing."Let's start by stating the not so obvious. Square A and Square B below are the exact same color. Hard to believe isn't it?I look at this and find it hard to believe. But I used the extension...
Wednesday, November 24, 2004
Checkerboard in the Breeze Optical Illusion
The optical illusion picture below is not animated. I find that starting off by saying that helps because some optical effects do use an animated graphic to emphasize the after effects of the motion. This image though appears to move on its own with...
Girl or Old Lady Optical Illusion
In this optical illusion you see a girl. But if you look carefully you can also see an old woman's face. HINT: Use the girls face as the old woman's no...
Tuesday, November 23, 2004
Rotating Snakes Optical Illusion
Don't Panic!!! The picture below is not animated. If it looks like it is in motion to you then you might be suffering from an Optical Illusion.Click picture for full effect. "Rotating snakes" Circular snakes appear to rotate 'spontaneously'. Copyright...
Monday, November 22, 2004
Eskimo or Indian Optical Illusion
This is one the most famous double image illusions. In this optical illusion you might see an eskimo or an indian. HINT: If you see the eskimo, his left arm is the indian's nose....
Sunday, November 21, 2004
Mystic Wheel Optical Illusion
Stare at the center for short time and you might find that this image starts to shimmer and move.When you keep looking at the image, it seems to be moving before your eyes. That's because the lens of you eye is not perfectly round. You can't see all...
Friday, November 19, 2004
Staircase Optical Illusion
The StaircaseWhat do you see?Which way are the stairs? Rightside up or upside down? If you focus your attention on the ball you'll see that the staircasewill flip and turn upside do...
Thursday, November 18, 2004
The Pinwheel Optical Illusion
Read the Caution above before continuing further.Round and round she goes where she'll stop nobody knows. I believe this is the work of Akiyoshi Kitaoka.This is a very effective anomalous motion optical illusi...
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