Saturday, August 11, 2007

Crazy optical illusions

For this optical illusion to work, stare at the center crosshairs and move your head in and out from the screen. Sometimes when you just look to the side or relax your eyes a bit, you'll notice the spiral moving.



Looking for a crazy optical illusion... this is sure one of the craziest we've seen. Totally straight lines, but it sure looks like this wacky checkerboard is bulging right off the screen. If you don't believe it, just hold a peice of paper up to test the straightness of all the lines.

And, if you're truly up for a challenge. Count how many squares there are. Otherwise, you know what to do!


crazy optical illusion


Here's what to do for this optical illusion picture below:
Look into the center of this spiral for awhile. After a little while, you'll start to see white lines radiating out from the center. Stare into the middle for longer, and blink a few times! You might see some more tricky white flashes, and what they call "scintilation" in the optical illusion world.



moving optical illusion spiral

Psychologists used to use images like this to determine if someone was crazy or not. If they saw the bats, they might say that the individual was possessed by the devil! And if they saw the angels, they could also accuse the person of being insane, because they'd say that by not seeing the bats first, you are ignoring the obvious signs of the devil. Eventually the subject would get confused (much like you may be right now) and they'd have the perfect excuse to lock them up in an insane asylum. Sheesh!

angels and bats