Wednesday, May 11, 2011

ART OF CREATING OPTICAL ILLUSIONS

1. FADING STARS - Stare at the moon long enough, and the stars should begin to fade away. How many can you get to disappear?

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2. As the small circles intersect with the large ones, we seem to see the outlines of a growing and shrinking square. But there is no "square" -- your brain is trying to visualize in terms of solid shapes, and fills in the blanks.

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3. These "fish" may appear to be wiggling, but the only thing changing in this animation is the color.


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4. Do you see the rose spots? Well, if you look at the cross, soon enough there’ll only be one green 
spot running around, other spots will disappear.


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  5. Here's a simple one. Are these two rows of squares perfectly parallel?
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