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Optical Delusion: Shake

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jwbjerk
on October 19, 2006
in ARTS and optical delusions
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Here is yet another Optical Delusion to confound your eyes.  I did a little exparamentation with this one. I found by changing the colors the illusion of motion could almost be removed. The attached image uses Gif animation to switch between the two states every 3 seconds.  Please note, only the colors have been changed and the values reversed.  I wish i knew how the colors had this effect.
Click to enlarge.

Shake Optical Delusion

Optical Delusion: Shimmy

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jwbjerk
on August 19, 2006
in ARTS, THE WORLD, anomalies and optical delusions
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In spite of how obvious & straight-forward it seems, visual perception entails a lot of convoluted mental processing. The fact that we so seldom notice our perception’s “blind spots” is a testament to how well it works. But there are quite a few odd circumstances where our brains give us false readings. These optical illusions, i find fascinating. Here’s one that gives an almost nauseating sense of movement.

shimmy

This works much better if you click on the image to enlarge it.
I might make a series out of this…