Sunday, November 1, 2009


A similar example of ambiguous optical illusions - father and son.
father and son
Whole family mind teaser - father with mother and daughter
family
A landscape and the face of a bearded man.
spirit of the woods
Profile of Salvador Dali and a strange woman.
dali illusion
An old couple - see profiles of faces - is remembering the times when they were young and full of life - see the sitting characters
old couple
At first sight, what do you see? Do not focus on one region, now look again. You may be surprised
rabbit and duck
Rabbit and duck one more time.
rabbit and duck
Swan and squirrel ambiguous image
swan and squirrel
This is one of classic optical illusions - it is called dancing elephant. Try to count the number of his legs
dancing elephant
The tabletops are identical in shape and size! I haven't believed that either, until I measured it myself.
tables illusion
This one is interesting. Children will probably see a group of playing dolphins. But adults see usually something else. It's called Message of Love from the Dolphins
dolphins
You probably recognize the face in this painting, but if you look at his hair, you'll see that he is fighting a fire-breathing dragon. It's called "St. George the Dragon Slayer"
fight in the head
Stare at the dot in the center of the circle and then move your head closer to it. Neat!
moving circles
Moving circles.
moving circles
Which central circle is bigger? The left one or the right one? Are you sure?
dots
Is the blue wall in the block or on the block? Is it the back wall or the side wall?
cube
Is this a complete cube or just 3 sides of it?
cube vs. 3 sides
Are the diagonal lines parallel?
lines1
Most of the people see a donkey first, but if you look closer you'll find a seal, with its flippers where the donkey's ears are!
donkey and seal
Is that a polar bear or a seal on the optical illusion picture below?
bear and seal optical illusion
 

Visuals


This one is so famous. Turn the picture upside down to see how men see women after 6 beers.
beers illusion
Can you find "the hidden tiger"? Not the obvious one that everyone sees. Look for words in stripes.
the hidden tiger
A mysterious face found on Mars. This is a real photo of the surface of Mars taken by Viking 1 in 1976.
bicycle
Stare at the four black dots in the center of the image for 30 - 60 seconds. Then quickly close your eyes and look at something bright (like a lamp or a window with sunlight coming through it). You should see a white circle with an image inside it.
jesus illusion
A wonderful moving bicycle illusion.
bicycle
A hilarious moving curtain illusion.
bicycle
A nice visual illusion using perfect squares.
squares
Perfect squares one more time.
squares
Fish eating sailboats.
fish vs. sailboats
This one is a classic - no need to introduce.
classic illusion
There should be 11 faces on this picture. Average people see 4-6, sensible 8-10. The best see all 11, schizophrenics and paranoids 12 and more. And you? (don't take this one too seriously, I have even heard that there are 13 faces)
11 faces
Can you identify a face in this coffee beans pile? Take your time, it is there.
coffee illusion
Do you see some squares or rectangles? Really, this is nothing more than a bunch of lines going in every which direction, but the way our mind interprets these lines are totally different!
lines4
A perfect circle.
circle
Even though the letters are jumbled in the following paragraph, most people have no trouble reading it!
Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
Have you ever noticed a hidden arrow in the FedEx logo? It stands for speed and precision. Check the space between "E" and "x".
fedex logo hidden message
Can you read the below?
west illusion
At first glance, what do you see? Could it be the word "liar" or is it something more. I would definitely give this one a second look!
liar
This painting is called "Optical Illusion" - literally - you can read it
optical illusion ambigram
Victory or defeat? Both
victory or defeat
Try to say the color of the words, instead of actually reading them. You will find it surprisingly difficult. The right half of your brain is trying to say the colors, the left half is trying to say the word itself. This is used by mountaineers to test if they're concentration is ok.
stroop effect
When you first look at this, how many colors do you see? Some might say they see 3 or even 4 colors, but there are 2 - red and green! People usually think they see 2 shades of red, but there is only 1. Look closely and you will notice on one side that white boxes surround the red boxes, and on the other side, green boxes do! Due to the placement of these boxes you get the "illusion" of different colors. Since white is not considered to be a color (it is the presence of all colors in scientific terms) we can safely say that there are 2 colors present here! Still don't understand?
red-green
And as I began, the same way I end.
Ms. or Mrs. 2
 

Eye Illusions


Beautiful scene. But there is something more to ithidden baby
It is quite interesting that all numbers can be created by using only two numerals - 4 and 8.
84 illusion
1st Color Blindness Test - can you see a "12" on this plate?
number 12
2nd Color Blindness Test - there is a "26" on this plate.
number 26
3rd Color Blindness Test - can you trace a line from one "X" to the other?
trace a line
4th Color Blindness Test - you should see 58 (upper left), 18 (upper right), E (lower left) and 17 (lower right).
are you color blind?
There is nothing moving on the picture.
no motion eye illusion
Another static picture.
no motion
Motion is just an eye illusion.
no motion
There is nothing moving below.
no motion
Boats on the picture are not moving. It's just an eye illusion.
boat race
Are there really just flowers?
flowers and faces eye illusion
Is this really a spiral?
spiral
Are the horizontal lines parallel? (of course they are)
lines2
If you can read the following picture, then you can shout ...
hurray
bad eyes
You may read across and upright.
A-B-C or 12-13-14?
ABC
This impossible object is called "Devil's Fork" or "Schuster's Conundrum"
devil's fork
Given the wood do you think you could make this?
building1
Or this one?
building2
A realistic photo?
photo
Try to arrange dice like this.
dice
Another interesting building.
building5