Sunday, November 1, 2009

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!
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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
 

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