*****Unofficial OPTICAL ILLUSION Thread***** Post em if ya got em...

[NYC_SKP]

I've always liked this tricky trick:

These pics look pretty normal:



But the same picture turned upside down:




I'm looking for one of those with the 3-D effect if you cross your eys, but for the computer screen...

[Oeditpus Rex]

1. Many people think this looks like a president:

[graywarrior]

3. I thought that was a doofus

No?

[Oeditpus Rex]

7. Asswrench, birth-control ad, cabaña boy, doofus...

There's gotta be at least 22 more.

[NYC_SKP]

4. HAH!!!

Some STILL do!!!

[NYC_SKP]

2. This one give the illusion of rotation if you move closer to it.

[NYC_SKP]

5. Stare at this one and I swear to God, you'll see Jebesus!!!

[NYC_SKP]

6. OMG, it's JESUS again!!!!11!!!11

He is in a robe, his arms are outstretched, cool...

[dana_b]

10. your dog's butt has a picture of Jesus on it?

wow... sell him on eBay!

[JimGinPA]

15. If You Stare At This Long Enough You'll See...

Something.

[NYC_SKP]

21. Ewww Ewww Ewww!!

How drunk did he have to get???

[NYC_SKP]

8. I can NOT figure this one out!!!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. It says:

NO SEX CAUSES BAD EYES

Sorry... :rofl:

[NYC_SKP]

18. Hook me up!

If I had a date I wouldn't be looking for optical illustions to post on DU!!!

:rofl:

[FloridaJudy]

9. This one makes me dizzy

[NYC_SKP]

11. Oh, that one is just the best!

It's really moving without any special effort on my part.

Thanks!

[Kajsa]

33. That is really cool, Judy.

It keeps moving too.

Thanks. :)

[Liberal_in_LA]

36. cool.

[NYC_SKP]

13. An old classic bar card, "before 6 beers, after 6 beers"

[Deja Q]

20. Who needs to open that in a photo view and flip it 180 degrees? I can see it both ways. Being bi-

optical comes in handy too... :evilgrin:

[slutticus]

59. LOL, my roommate gave me a strange look when i turned my laptop upside down

Flipping 180 would have been a much more elegant solution!

[JimGinPA]

14. I Don't Know If This Counts...

[NYC_SKP]

19. Yes it counts, any thing goes in the *****O.O.I.T*****

Nice find!!!

[meow2u3]

45. This looks like the theme from the 60's show "The Time Tunnel"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060036/

[slutticus]

60. Ummm....is that an animated .gif or just one hell of an optical illusion?

I can tell anymore....too much drugs :D

[NYC_SKP]

62. Reply #9 by Florida Judy is not an animated .gif, but JimGinPA's is.

And both are very cool!

[Deja Q]

16. k

[DS1]

29. neat

:)

[DS1]

17. I must be wired different, none of those worked on me

:shrug:

[NYC_SKP]

24. Not even dog-butt-Jesus?

His little puckerhole is Jesus's face....can't miss it!

[DS1]

27. I meant the ones in the OP with the faces

I posted the dog butt about 3 years ago :D

[NYC_SKP]

28. The faces one has to do with perceptions of faces, more psychology than

optical illusion.

The weird images don't look as threatening viewed upside down as we read smiles and eyes, which look normal in the upside down view.

So only when they are right side up do we see that they're cut and pasted, or so goes the explanation.

[DS1]

30. Right

I saw all the parts as upside down, it what I was saying

[AwakeAtLast]

22. I thought this was good

but then I'm weird. :shrug:

[NYC_SKP]

25. I saw that, thought it was pretty slick! eom

[NYC_SKP]

26. My friend is a muralist in Los Gatos, I helped him on this one:

http://www.artofjohnpugh.com/

[buzzycrumbhunger]

37. Those are fascinating

They remind me of the guy who does 3D sidewalk art--really interesting when you see them from different perspectives, and kind of makes you ill to think he does them in chalk and they're only temporary.



(Video version here.)

This one goofs up your brain temporarily (full screen is best).

And you can google your way to tons of ones like this (the color changes if you stare only at the center):

[NYC_SKP]

41. Thanks! the Youtube one had an unexpected effect...

very cool!

[NYC_SKP]

23. A Pyramid from above...one of those 3D stare at it for awhile thingies...

It worked for me.

[edbermac]

31. Here's an oldie.

[kentauros]

32. The classic illusionist: M.C. Escher

[krispos42]

34. I've got a couple

It's Jesus!





It's a goat!

[MilesColtrane]

38. Sonufabitch!

That McCain gif is going to give me nightmares.

[NYC_SKP]

43. Nice contributions.

Sixpack of beer seen from above on a pregnant woman's belly. Oh, wait, on never mind...

I like the woman at the beach, John McCain is even scarier, and Jesus was a goat!1!!!!11

:donut:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

35. My dear NYC_SKP!

Here's one for you!

I'd forgotten I had it...

[NYC_SKP]

42. Oh my!!! CaliforniaPeggy:

How ever DID you do that, how did you read my mind?!

:hi:

:donut:

[Bravo Zulu]

39. How smart is Your Right Foot?

Just try this. It is from an orthopedic surgeon..

This will boggle your mind and you will keep trying
over and over again to see if you can outsmart your foot, but you can't!
It's preprogrammed in your brain!

1. WITHOUT anyone watching you (they will think you are GOOFY......)
and while sitting where you are at your desk in front of your computer
lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles.

2. Now, while doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand.
Your foot will change direction.I told you so!
And there's nothing you can do about it!

You and I both know how stupid it is, but before the day is done you are going to try it again, if you've not already done so.

Send it to your buddies to frustrate them too!!!!!

[DaveJ]

40. Cool.. and also an existential image nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

44. You can do it if you draw the 6 from the inside so the movement is clockwise.

Is that cheating?

[NYC_SKP]

46. Why, yes, I believe that would be cheating.

Or you could use a mirror!

[gristy]

54. omg!

I said that out loud when I saw my foot go the other way. How cool is that?

[NYC_SKP]

58. Crazy, isn't it?

We homosapiens think we're sooooo special, but we can't even make our foot do a circle while we write a number!

[Blue_In_AK]

47. Two suns?

I don't know if you'd call this an optical illusion or a weird atmospheric phenomenon, but I took this shot yesterday afternoon from the third floor of the new convention center downtown. Note the mirror "sun" to the left of the real thing. Maybe some of you science types can give an explanation?

[NYC_SKP]

48. Internal camera lens effect?

Unless the light was dim enough to see it bare-eyed, it might be a lens reflection effect.

And my guess would be that the sun on the left is the reflection as it's less intense.

:shrug:

[Blue_In_AK]

49. No, it was visible to the naked eye.

I had to take a few shots to capture this because it was so bright it kept blowing out. The only way to get the second sun was to partially obscure the real one.

[NYC_SKP]

51. Then I guess it was atmospheric.

Though I've never heard of a doubling effect working horizontally.

What's your best guess?

[Blue_In_AK]

53. I really have no idea.

It's got to be some sort of refraction thing, maybe related to the fata Morgana which we often seen here in the winter. It's not exactly the same thing, but it's the only explanation I can think of.

[XemaSab]

57. Looks like a sundog to me

Oddly enough, I saw one yesterday.

It looked like a normal bright spot in the clouds without the shades on, but with the shades it looked like a rainbow.

[JimGinPA]

50. I Saw This Painting At The Museum...

[NYC_SKP]

52. Very clever, quite a few things going on there.

Some trompe l'oeil, and the old man's face within that.

There are some good illusions in Bansky's mural art in this thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=4741183#4741183

:thumbsup:

[swishyfeet]

55. These face illusions remind me of the book Crashing Through

by Robert Kurson about a man who gained sight in his 40's after a life without it. Very fascinating.

Basically, his brain never learned to translate the massively complex visual world while it was young enough to do so. Think about walking down the street... if you didn't understand the subtle shading and the concept of perspective as fluently as we all do, you couldn't even navigate steps or curbs. Using his eyes to survey a scene took enormous effort.

Optical illusions would not work for him because his brain hadn't been programmed to react to tricks of perspective or shading. Many illusions rely on our brain trying to correct unnatural scenes.

[NYC_SKP]

56. Interesting, True Story?

Sounds true.

I watched a show on TV about a test in which test subjects wore glasses that turned what they saw upside down.
After some period of days or weeks, their brains became accustomed to what they were seeing and they were functioning normally.

Until they took the glasses off!

:hi:

[Hissyspit]

61. The good ol' Spinning Figure illusion:

Is she spinning clockwise or counter-clockwise:

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,22492511-5005375,00.html

By the way, it has nothing to do with whether you are right-brained or left-brained.

[NYC_SKP]

63. Wow--Clockwise, I can't see it the other way to save my life!

Thanks for that one, Hissyspit!

Did you try to foot one posted above?:

Just try this. It is from an orthopedic surgeon..

This will boggle your mind and you will keep trying
over and over again to see if you can outsmart your foot, but you can't!
It's preprogrammed in your brain!

1. WITHOUT anyone watching you (they will think you are GOOFY......)
and while sitting where you are at your desk in front of your computer
lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles.

2. Now, while doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand.
Your foot will change direction.I told you so!
And there's nothing you can do about it!

You and I both know how stupid it is, but before the day is done you are going to try it again, if you've not already done so.

Send it to your buddies to frustrate them too!!!!!