As your eyes relax and move around the different places on this magical
spiral, you'll see that it twists and turns in front of you. In addition,
it appears to flash very quickly (other optical illusion web sites call
this scintilating). Doesn't it appear as if you are about to go into
a hypnotic trance as you look into the eye that knows all? Another one
of our favorite spiral optical illusions.
Another nice thing that this spiral optical illusion has is the illusion of depth. I know you see this at first glance, but WAIT, there's something else cool going on that you don't know about -- The way the waves were constructed if you look at the left side of a wave it may appear to be up... but trace it with your finger or your eyes to the other side of the spiral and it will appear down (or the opposite of what it was on the other side? How does it do that? It has something to do with our brains thinking that when the ridges of the moving spiral are going up they are up, and when they point down, they are going down. Try it, if you can stare at a spot and actually tilt your head upside down, you'll see that that exact spot will be come reversed.
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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...
