Optical Illusions

Floating Cube Paper Illusion

Posted by on Dec 31, 2013 in Optical Illusions | Comments Off on Floating Cube Paper Illusion

Wow, amazing!

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Bulging Circle Illusion

Posted by on Jul 23, 2012 in Optical Illusions | Comments Off on Bulging Circle Illusion

Wow, this one really looks like it’s moving more than any other illusion I’ve seen. I’m not sure who made it. If anyone knows, please let me know so I can give a credit/link.

Incredible bulging circle illusion

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Moving Tunnel Illusion

Posted by on Jul 6, 2012 in Optical Illusions | Comments Off on Moving Tunnel Illusion

Amazing moving tunnel illusion

This is really amazing. It seems to be moving and one would suspect it’s an animated GIF file, but it’s not moving… it’s just a JPG file. It’s creepy how whatever part you’re looking directly at stops moving and the rest of the design starts to crawl forward…

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3D Globe Art in France

Posted by on Jun 14, 2012 in Art, Optical Illusions | Comments Off on 3D Globe Art in France

Large optical illusion in Paris, France
This is a 3D illusion installation in front of the steps of the city hall in Paris, created by French artist François Abélanet and ninety helpers.

It’s called ‘Qui Croire?” which means “Who to Believe” in English.

When viewed from this particular angle, it looks like a large sphere globe. It required five days to created this installation and used 1200m2 of grass lawn, 300 m2 of “sedum” plant, and 650 m3 of straw and sand.

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Find the Mistake

Posted by on Jun 6, 2012 in Optical Illusions | Comments Off on Find the Mistake

This isn’t exactly an optical illusion… more of a mental “sleight of hand” that requires some out of the box thinking to solve.

Brain teaser - "Find the Mistake"

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Vision Test – Encrypted Reading

Posted by on May 16, 2012 in Optical Illusions | Comments Off on Vision Test – Encrypted Reading

This is really great. All the letters have been replaced by similar characters. Reading it slowly, word by word, can be difficult. Reading it quickly is much easier. I’d bet that someone who isn’t as familiar with English would have a much more difficult time reading this than a native reader.

Reading test illusion

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