December 3, 2010Animations

Shrinking Cross Optical Illusion

David Cherry (whose Unreal Movement Triangles we already covered) created something we haven’t had the opportunity to see for quite some time now. His “animation”…

December 1, 2010Billboards

Mercedes Re-Invents Marilyn-Einstein Optical Illusion

While browsing internet archives for some new billboards, I’ve stumbled upon a peculiar ad done by Mercedes-Benz. It’s depicts their attempt to re-invent the classic…

September 29, 2010September 30, 2010Color Adapting

VIDEO Shady Ovals Optical Illusion

Optical illusions fool us by violating our assumptions about what we see. The end results of how our brains process visual cues can be fascinating…

September 27, 2010September 26, 2010Color Adapting

The Shimmering Toilet Dots

Here’s another submission I overlooked back in 2008. This one was sent in by Andrew Griffiths, who has seen this type of illusion hundreds of…

September 19, 2010Color Adapting

Simple, Yet Effective Illusion

Aerol E. Catubag created this simple, yet effective optical illusion involving colors! As Aerol explains, he discovered the illusion accidentally when trying to make a…