OPTICAL ILLUSIONS
The "1" diamonds and
the "2" diamonds are the same shade of gray!
(Make a diamond with the thumb and forefinger of both hands,
and frame a gray diamond to watch just it.)
How many black dots can you count? (You have to be fast—they move around.)
You should be able to get each
circle to rotate by 50°
A spear has been thrust through a tree.
Which is the proper tip of the spear–A or
B?
(Check your answer with a straight-edge.)
If you watch the images from your seat in front
of the computer,
Mr. Angry is on the left, and Mrs. Calm is on the right. Get up from
your seat, and move back about eight feet. They switch places!
Created by Phillippe G. Schyns and Aude Oliva of the
Univiversity of Glasgow.
Move the cursor up and down the
center of the image, and follow it with your eyes.
Created by Akiyoshi Kitaoka
Move the cursor up and down the
center of the image, and follow it with your eyes.
Created by Akiyoshi Kitaoka
Each dark-blue light flashes bright-blue, but
never while you're looking at it.
Created by Akiyoshi Kitaoka
Look around the picture, and see the two
rollers turn.
Created by Akiyoshi Kitaoka
Look around the picture, and
watch what happens in your peripheral vision.
Created by Akiyoshi Kitaoka
| If your eyes follow the movement of the rotating gap in the dot ring below, you will only see one color, pink. If you stare at the black + in the center, the moving gap turns to green. It you can keep your eyes fixed on the center of the +, in about three seconds all the pink dots will disappear, and you will only see a green dot rotating. (Source) |
