September 18, 2004

My Head is Going to 'Splode!!!! Optical Illusions that make your eyes go crazy and doubt your sanity!

So technically this is two posts in 24 hours for me, but rules were made to be broken! Breakin' the law! Breakin' the law! These have been around for a while, but I couldn't find them either on here or on metafilter. The links at the bottom of the page go to more illusions.

posted by jccalhoun 20 years ago
  • Monkeyfilter: ??????????
  • I love this page also, do not view while drunk
  • TEHRE ARE MONSTERS IN MY COMPUTER SCRREEN AND THEYRE TRYING TO GET OUT AND ATTTACK ME!!!!!!!! OH JESUS JESUS HELP
  • Translation of the warning on the page (for those who don't read Japanese)
    Warning: this page is full of "moving optical illusions" (still images that appear to move). Although until now there has been no proof that optical illusions are harmful to the human body, persons with motion sickness etc. should beware. If by chance you feel woozy, leave this page as fast as possible.
    Not all his links are to illusions as such. I particularly enjoyed this one for some reason.
  • Caution: Do Not View With Bifocals.
  • Help! I tried to scroll down fast and got dizzy. I've fallen off my chair, and the room keeps spinning.
  • This makes me very, very happy. Thank you, jccalhoun!
  • Stop the internet. I want to get off. *hurp*
  • This is probably the most convincing optical illusion I've ever seen. I had to copy it to a paint program to confirm, and I still don't believe it.
  • Reuven, that one is evil. I checked it too and both squares were 47% grey. But I can't get my brain to agree.
  • On the checker-square one, I could get my brain to agree if I held up my hands and looked through a narrow gap formed by them at the two squares. Then squint really, really hard and you might get it.
  • MonkeyFilter: squint really, really hard and you might get it. nice link! Here's an optical thing that actually has a lasting effect.
  • Some nice illusions and other stuff here, if you browse around a bit.