Ha ha! The artist that created this optical illusion built in actually
two optical illusions. First, the obvious optical illusion is that the
circles will appear to either be dimples or bumps, depending on how
you look at it. But the other optical illusion is subtle. As you first
glance at the illusion, you see two rows of bumps, and two rows of dots.
But wait... the second row of bumps actually has one that is shaded the
opposite way. What this shows is that there are so many things going
on as your eye sends images to your brain, your brain will quickly form
stigmas from the patterns that it perceives. The pattern of 4 rows is
a common one... just look around the room you are in, you'll see books
and boxes and drawers and papers. And most of their edges are exactly
the same all along the length. This optical illusion is also an example
of how by changing something in a pattern, you now make the picture
much more interesting, because of the conflict. But enough! On to the
next illusion!
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Same Shade Diamonds Our newest optical illusion.
We just created it on 10/10/2009
Wow! It will look like the diamonds on the top are much darker than the diamonds on the bottom.
You won't believe how amazing this incredible optical illusion is.
Watch as the scary faces disappear before your eyes.
The longer you stare the stronger the illusion. Perfect to send to your friends for Halloween!
The Obama Illusion
We made this original Barack Obama Illusion and then we made it famous!
Stare for about 30 seconds and you'll see his ghostly image appear on the wall!
Valentines Day Love Test Illusion
This is one of our most highly rated illusions by our visitors. Watch the hearts disappear before your very eyes!
This is really cool. You'll start to see the hearts disappear as you fixate at the center. Don't miss it.
Moving Spiral Illusion
A version of our original moving spiral illusion was recently published in a popular college textbook.
It uses multiple illusory principles to give the illusion that it is moving when it is absolutely not moving. Big enough to be your desktop background!
Build Your Own Impossible Triangle
Instructions so you can build your own impossible triangle. Tell M.C. Escher that it's not so impossible after all!
Comes with a printable PDF guide with dotted lines for the folds and clearly marked lines to cut. See pictures of visitors submitted triangles too!
If you don't have time to see the hundreds of illusions today, see if you can at least catch all of these...
