The below clip gives us the illusion of continuous motion. In fact there are only four frames that loop continuously. Two of the frames move forward the other two move backwards.Copyright George Mather, 2003 George Mather, the creator of this piece,...
Monday, January 31, 2005
Thursday, January 27, 2005
Vanishing Illusion
This is a fascinating optical illusion. When I first looked at it I thought it was like Herman's Grid and the yellow dots were appearing. As I observed further I realized the yellow dots were actually seeming to disappear. As I focused on an area the...
A True Optical Illusion
The below is an amazing illusion that is made possible by a blending of art and science. This illusion comes to you from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. The way they were able to give this young lady the illusion of having...
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Circles in Motion
I have seen this before but it never triggered as a great illusion. That is until I found it on a site that explained its activation. This is a great anomalous motion optical illusion.Stare at the center dot and move your head toward the illusion,...
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
Cyber Illusions
Optical Illusions have been around forever, but with the arrival and spread of the internet we have been able to share a wider array of illusions.There is one set of illusions that are unique to this media and would be difficult or impossible to replicate...
Monday, January 24, 2005
Table Illusion
I had seen this illusion before but for some reason never really focused on it before. Today I saw it on Coach Burke's site and actually read the info. This exposure caused me to search out some additional info and create this post.This is Roger Shepard’s...
Friday, January 21, 2005
Verbal Illusions
Below are 4 annoying questions, at least I consider them annoying because I fell into every trap! These are from an E-mail message that's making the rounds, so you may have seen them before.Answer the questions instantly. You can't take your time. ...
Thursday, January 20, 2005
The Fountain of Mystery
I mention in my description of this blog "Blogging All Illusions: optical, magical, visual, science, jokes, funny pictures etc..." Here is an illusion made possible because of science. I thought gravity was a constant and that water couldn't flow uphill....
Wednesday, January 19, 2005
Avenue of Illusion
At first glance this is a nice photo of the avenue leading to the Institut de Cultura in Barcelona, Spain. But this particular morning the landscape has changed. The normally quiet street is packed with about 7000 people. Click on the picture to read...
Monday, January 17, 2005
Illusion of Danger
I have seen this image around the net for awhile now. I thought that I would post it here because everywhere I saw this image posted people assumed it was this big shark and they all wondered if this photo had been altered in any way. The truth is this...
Bridge Optical Illusion
In 2002 Professor Lastra of the University of North Carolina was invited to speak at SIBGRAPI, the Brazilian graphics conference, in Fortaleza. While there he photographed this bridge which lead to the Cultural Center. At first glance this seemed...
Hidden in Plain Sight
This is the ultimate "Where's Waldo" type picture (2.5 Gigapixel Image). You can zoom in and count the bricks on some streets. What is the license plate of that car? How many people can you find? Can you find the large McDonalds sign mounted high on...
The Lady's Silhouette
Below is a silhouette of a lady. The question I have is which direction is she facing? Is she facing toward you or away from you? When we don't have all of the visual details our mind often fills in what is not there.Antonio Zamoracopyright 2004used...
Team Spirit Illusion
Below is what I refer to as the team spirit illusion. Elis outsmart Harvard. Click on picture to purchase this poster The "Harvard Pep Squad" ran up and down the aisles of Harvard Stadium at The Game Nov. 20. They had megaphones in hand and their...
13th Man Optical Illusion
Here we have an animated gif file. If you look closely you can count 12 little people. After the gif slides the image around you end up with 13 little people. How does this happen? I saw the same optical illusion done once with solid colored rectangles,...
Sunday, January 16, 2005
Horse or Frog
At first glance this apparent color pencil drawing is a nice picture of a horse. But turn this picture on its side and you have a nice artist's rendering of a frog in a pond. These type of optical illusions are common but they always make a person do...
Saturday, January 15, 2005
Lego PC Case
Check out this very trippy computer case. Yes this case is constructed entirely of Legos. This was just too cool to pass up. This is his third case of five displayed on his page. Click on this picture to go to his site.He talks a little about the process...
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
7 Dolphins
This painting is by Jim Warren. It is an illusion of a different type. One the most enjoyable paper activities I did as a kid was the hidden picture puzzles. Find the seven dolphins in this picture and relive a little part of your childhood.Click on...
Sunday, January 9, 2005
Impossibly Linked Ambiguous Rings
Dr. Donald E. Simanek is responsible for the creation of these two illusions. From his site the following info gives us limited insight into who he is.Title: Professor of Physics at Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania, Lock Haven, PA, 17745. (1964-1998)Highest...
Saturday, January 8, 2005
ESP Experiment
Cliff Pickover, I believe is the first to demonstrate this illusion. on his site he states the following:I am conducting a fascinating ESP experiment. Recent statistics suggest that my system can predict the correct outcome of your choice with 98% accuracy.This...
Color Me Brain Damaged
If your not careful you might hurt your brain on this one. The younger kids will beat the adults on this test every time.Look at the chart and say the color not the word. Left-Right ConflictYour right brain tries to say the color butYour left brain...
Wednesday, January 5, 2005
How Many Times did the White Team Pass the Ball?
From the Visual Cognition Lab at the University of Illinois comes this exceptional yet simple illusion.I almost forgot about it. I saw the movie linked below in a management training session. Sixteen Information Technology managers in a room with just...
Monday, January 3, 2005
Folded Chess Set
I found these images on "Beyond Escher for Real" here they took Escher like impossible images and recreated them with some 3d modeling software. From their page they say,Herein again, we show that many of the illusions look impossible yet could be realized....
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