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12 Examples of Kinetic Illusions in Optical Art [pics]

sciam.com — Art and neuroscience combine in creating fascinating examples of illusory motion

Who dugg this? Made popular Nov 19, 2008

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  • hello3u, on 11/19/2008, -1/+20My eyes hurt starring at it.
  • TheUngod, on 11/19/2008, -0/+18For once I'm glad it's not all on one page. I'd probably vomit.
  • Pentagarn, on 11/19/2008, -0/+11I like the rotating snakes
    http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/rotsnakee.html
  • jggube, on 11/19/2008, -1/+8That is some trippy stuff!
  • plainOldFool, on 11/19/2008, -0/+7It's a schooner!
  • 8bitflu, on 11/19/2008, -0/+6I like the part where it tricks my brain.
  • erichw1504, on 11/19/2008, -0/+5Thanks for the headache...
  • smaisch, on 11/19/2008, -0/+5I like turtles.
  • litolist, on 11/19/2008, -0/+5*****....***** ***** *****.

    Hmm, looks like it worked.
  • paulnasca, on 11/19/2008, -0/+5Here there are 2 illusions made by myself:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Anomalous_motio ...
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Peripheral_drif ...

    If you want to create on your own, I wrote an program for Mathmap plugin for GIMP and released here:
    http://www.flickr.com/groups/mathmap/discuss/72157 ...

    Here is an motion after effect illusion (stronger than the know version):
    http://zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.net/doc/illusion/
    I put there the program which I used to create this.

    I have the intention to create more programs to make possible to design other illusions
    Paul
  • ZeNiTH456, on 11/19/2008, -0/+47 doesn't work for me. WTF is wrong with me?
  • seantubridy, on 11/19/2008, -0/+4These are great on pot cookies.
  • gmiley, on 11/19/2008, -0/+4Same with me, all of the others were interesting, but I couldn't get 7 to do anything for me. Then again, I'm never really surprised when optical illusions don't work for me, I never could see the sail boat. =(
  • apackofmonkeys, on 11/19/2008, -0/+4Same here. I read the description next to it, but 7 just sits there.
  • divinediva, on 11/19/2008, -1/+4The key characteristic of Op Art painting is the way it manipulates color, depth small bit of momentum started by this interest in optical illusions.
  • zip000, on 11/19/2008, -0/+3I don't know if that's legitimate or not...I don't stare at unknown images since I saw the "screamer" thing many, many years ago.
  • archer104, on 11/19/2008, -0/+3out his mouth
  • fragomatik, on 11/19/2008, -0/+3Here ya go...

    http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/1271/hypnotoadi ...
  • RaulMuadDib, on 11/19/2008, -0/+3It's an illusion
  • HarryLeeSmith, on 11/19/2008, -0/+3My Eyes!!! MY EYES!!!!!!!!
  • coachace, on 11/19/2008, -0/+3What, no hypnotoad?

    http://www.motleycrow.com/ImageHost/hypnotoad.gif
  • HyphySoul, on 11/19/2008, -0/+3Scroll up and down while staring at them, tripppyyyyy and it hurrtttsssss
  • FredFredrickson, on 11/19/2008, -0/+2More like delusion. :D
  • HamstaMan, on 11/19/2008, -0/+2I found the first one really fascinating. I've had monocular vision (no depth perception at all) as long as I can remember, but when I concentrate on the image with one of my eyes, I can see it shimmering in the second one.
  • FredFredrickson, on 11/19/2008, -0/+2Where does the poop from your brain-ass go? Down your throat?
  • TurboBeard, on 11/19/2008, -0/+2I bet that would damage your brain if you set it as your desktop wallpaper...
  • WeThePeople2012, on 11/19/2008, -0/+2mirror?
  • captainbethany, on 11/19/2008, -0/+2For some reason I always feel panic when looking at stuff like this.
  • fistulaspume, on 11/19/2008, -0/+2I see I'm not the only one who puts question marks after periods.?
  • zip000, on 11/19/2008, -0/+2I set it as my background just to check to be sure that it wasn't animated...I was pretty sure that it wasn't, but there's just so much motion that appears to be happening that I wasn't completely sure.
  • lopsidedmidget, on 11/19/2008, -0/+2Does anyone have any shrooms I can take? I dont know if I can handle this stuff sober!
  • iamgreg007, on 11/19/2008, -0/+2I think I just had a seizure!
  • inactive, on 11/19/2008, -1/+3Bookmarked, it'll be fun to paint one.
  • SpanishMongoose, on 03/02/2009, -2/+4Pics 6, 7, 10, and 14 are my favorite. Plus my eyes hurt like mofo for starring at this $h!t for so long.
  • dandonia, on 11/20/2008, -0/+2I expected a joke illusion at the end of it. Somthing that would maybe jump out at you after 5 seconds of looking at it.
  • Nidy1, on 11/19/2008, -0/+2ZING!
  • JCEEZ, on 11/19/2008, -0/+2i did science fair projects on optical illusions from like 3rd grade thru 6th. I didnt actually learn anything, but it set me up for a lifetime of bong-rip appretiation
  • Apocolypse007, on 11/19/2008, -0/+2I had an orange version of it as my desktop for a while. It started giving me headaches so I switched it.
  • Jasuus, on 11/19/2008, -0/+2And now I have a headache.
  • jave8u, on 11/20/2008, -0/+2Good thing it wasn't all on one page. ;)
  • MSP1, on 11/19/2008, -0/+2Grr! I so hate that "open image in front of the page" effect! It seems to be everywhere now. It's worst when "Enlarge Image" only enlarges the image by a small amount. If you really want me to download your image files so that I can enlarge them as much as I want then keep using this effect! Put in a straight image tag and I'll use Image Zoom to choose the size I want. Use this effect and I'll make a point of going into the HTML, finding the URL of your precious image and downloading it so that I can do with it what I want!
  • cacoreeby, on 11/19/2008, -0/+2Buried shil01 for being inaccurate. By harnessing the power of right click -> properties, any web surfer is able to see that the images are JPEGS!
  • fragomatik, on 11/19/2008, -0/+2IMO these were more effective than some of the examples FTA. Also, its pretty cool that you've made these public domain - they'd make great t-shirt prints BTW. Props & dugg!
  • euphoria860, on 11/19/2008, -0/+2do illusions give anyone else a headache?
  • christinme, on 11/19/2008, -0/+2some of those have no effect at all.
  • zip000, on 11/19/2008, -0/+2I think these things are cool, but they almost always give me a headache.
  • nepidae, on 11/20/2008, -0/+1I got to number 6 and had to stop. I generally don't have a problem with illusions but these were especially potent.
  • JustLetGo, on 11/19/2008, -4/+5Stare at the center for 30 seconds then look around the room.

    It won't stop moving!!!

    http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b106/Corbus/Opti ...
  • sslemon, on 11/19/2008, -1/+2The site give 14, not 12 examples.
  • j3one, on 11/20/2008, -1/+2Thats what she said
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