This is another optical illusion that should be included on every study
of the history of optical illusions. It is named Ouchi after the person
who invented it. There are many things going on in this picture that
add to the illusion. First, the circular shape leaves the edges ambiguous
to our eyes, so we can't tell quite where the image begines and where
it ends. This will cause the illusory movement that you see. Another
thing about this optical illusion is that our eyes might perceive all
the bars to be the same size, as if we are looking through a hole in
the middle of the picture, and the bars are farther away in the middle.
As if we are looking through the aperature of a camera lens. This also
works well if you print it out on a peice of paper and move the paper
around!
This is such an under-rated optical illusion. A true classic that everyone needs to see! Stare at it and scroll your browser window up and down! Another thing you can do is to move your head left and right, that's right, use those casters on your desk chair and work it, work it! You've got to move it move it!
How it works:
It has something to do with the fact that your eyes and brain cannot figure out that this picture is really flat, together, they want to perceive it as a 3-d ball in the center, or that these two shapes would normally be sitting on top of eachother, and not be the same object.
Also spelled with the little vertical line over the O, like this: Ōuchi illusion. Ōuchi was the artist that first published this illusion, and so he named it after himself! Hajime Ōuchi was from Japan and published it in 1973.
It moves! You must zoom in to get the full illusion. You'll see the rings rotate, even though they are not moving at all.
We've created several sizes so you can use as your desktop background.
9/13/2011 - Floating Wood Blocks Video
Created these floating wooden blocks and attached them to a globe. Watch the video and see how the blocks follow the camera! Pretty amazing!
Moving Red Spiral - 7/27/2011
Sometimes, while I'm just playing around in Photoshop, something appears, as if by magic. This illusion was one of those that just jumps off the page.
It's a large red spiral on a purple background that appears to jump and move. Works better for some people than others, but if you like the moving illusions, you'll love it!
