Pencil In The Water Illusion

(7 votes)

Another nature’s magic act: refractivity of water and water’s abbility to magnify things in a way lenses do, equals another real life optical illusion! Have you enjoyed this one as much as I did? Physichs and Math are my fields of knowledge, but I’ll let this illusion be discussed among you, my faithfull visitors :)

Two Buses Illusion

(4 votes)

What do these two buses have in common except their front wheel is perfectly lined up? Nothing! Well actually everything since this is basically only one bus with smaller, green one painted on the bigger one. This magic trick is similar to previous “Plummer Illusion”.

Unity Triangle Illusion

(5 votes)

In the center of the Belgian village Ophoven is a sculpture of an impossible triangle. It only works from particular viewpoint. Seen from any other side, it just looks like metal bars in a Z shape, where one bar is bent behind. Checkt these three posts to get idea how this installation was done: “Impossibly [...]

Flying Car captured with Google Earth Illusion

(5 votes)

I believe most of you heard for this one, but for those of you who haven’t here’s another enigma: Is this a flying can captured with Google Earth? It is somwhere in Australia, this “event” took place. There are much theories circulating around the web, but real solution is pretty simple. Can you solve it? [...]

Wavy Illusion

(9 votes)

As time goes by, we find better and better illusions in a particular category. Previously you saw amazing “Bulge”, “Expanding Cushin”, “Bent Square”… but this time, in a same way I give you Wavy Illusion. I think this one has the strongest effect. It is somehow impossible to beleive these lines are perfectly parallel, yet [...]

Audi Illusion

(4 votes)

Remember Audi’s commercial we posted week ago? It was called “Audi in Escher’s World” and you could stream the whole video if you wanted. These two pictures are from the same campaign, only this time it’s about posters. You can see how Audi recognised optical illusions as a quality material for their promotion!

Rupees Illusion

(6 votes)

There is a word hidden on this Rupee bill. It’s quite large and pretty obvious if you ask me, now that I know of it. Can you spot it? If not, try opening this post for explanation where it lyes, you’ll wonder how you didn’t notice it before… There’s also Illusion concerning 5 Canadian dollars [...]

Lines in The Street Illusion

(7 votes)

Observe this! No, those lines weren’t done in Photoshop. The red lines are actually painted on the buildings themselves! If you don’t believe me, jump inside the post to see evidence I provided. It is massive version of famous “3D Painted Rooms” I posted earlier. This picture was taken in Place de l’Odeon, Paris. Looks [...]

Imaginary Stripes Illusion

(2 votes)

We got ourselves another simple, yet interesting illusion. This one was also submitted by one of our fans; Simon David posted it, plus provided description. Do you see imaginary black stripes?
Simon: “A simple illusion, black strips running bottom-left to top-right.”

Ceiling Illusion

(2 votes)

Another interesting one! Before I explain it to you how it works, try to figure what’s the illusion below? Then open this post and see the solution. Pretty amazing…
Ceiling is actually not bulged, it’s just the illusion you get when the light is turned on :)