Floating Rice

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Unbelievable! Check this out - open the picture below in full size, and you won't believe that the image is actually still jpg! I posted many "animation" illusions to this site, but this one has the strongest effect I have ever seen! This optical illusion is one of the newest creations of Akiyoshi Kitaoka, master in creating visual art. Similar effects can be seen in floating letters, moving beans, floating blocks, spinning discs, wormhole ... and many, many others. But none of them was so delusive. The only one I may compare to Floating Rice is moving snakes illusion. Check them out, and post your thoughts!






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  1. Anonymous eshita 

    WOW! Is this animation or our eyes make it appear like this?

  2. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I feel sick now!!

  3. Anonymous Lynn 

    It is a still picture. If you find a certain spot near the middle vertically and about 1/4 of the length width wise, the entire picture becomes totally still.

    Nice one!

  4. Anonymous Samu 

    oh boy this is cool :-D

  5. Anonymous Anonymous 

    You can really enhance the effect by looking at each of the four corners of the rectangle one right after the other. Simply trace your eyes around the picture.

  6. Anonymous Blah! 

    Wow, what an unusual illusion! It warps as your eyes move around! Ouch, my eyes hurt now.

  7. Anonymous Tori 

    It looks like it has crashing waves (like the sea). My eyes are tired now...

  8. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I'm so sorry, but your spelling is somewhat bad and it makes me crazy...

    Wonderful is spelled with just one L, please don't type "wonderfull" again. That makes me so uncomfortable...

    Reading the archive made my brain hurt because of the spelling and grammar errors.

    I am sorry if I seem to be rude. English is not my first language, but it still bugs me..

    Thanks for this interesting website!

    Regards,
    Lempi

  9. Anonymous Anonymous 

    THAT IS AMAZING!

  10. Blogger R2K 

    I feel blind

  11. Anonymous Anonymous 

    where is the forum section of this site

  12. Anonymous chick 

    Funky!! I like it. My eyes feel very dry after looking at it though. Huh.

  13. Anonymous me 

    this isnt new, its one of the oldest ones out there.

  14. Anonymous Romi 

    Awsome... I'd like to paint a wall like that :oP

  15. Anonymous Anonymous 

    this is no still image, I'm not sure where the movement is exactly but if you print it out the effect is gone, it's not even there if you illuminate the print out. my guess is the movement is VERY subtle and the refreshing of the pixels cause the movement effect.

  16. Anonymous Anonymous 

    That's so amazing, I still don't get it, isit animated? I feel blind

  17. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Snap...

  18. Anonymous Anonymous 

    This is one of the best illusions i've seen on this site

  19. Anonymous I ♥ mUSIC 

    wOW THIS LOOKS VERY KOOL!!!!

  20. Blogger cat_princess 

    Like the 2nd Comment that makes me feel sea sick :S

  21. Blogger cat_princess 

    when u enlarge it, look in the middle, everthing goes still apart from the corners.. I still fell sick +o(

  22. Anonymous Anonymous 

    this is great. but if u stare and dont move your eyes at the photo or any other part of your computer screen, it will totally stop moving. anyway, I have to agree though, this photo has the strongest effect I've ever seen. nice one!

  23. Blogger Megan 

    *bbaarrrfff*

  24. Anonymous Shauzia 

    ehmagawd! Its not an photoshop trick or a fake animation b/c is you cross your eyes slightly, the whole oic freezes, and if you cover it partially, the illusion slows!

  25. Anonymous Anonymous 

    reminds of this time i put a small square of paper on my tounge

  26. Anonymous Anonymous 

    hey, did you know that if you scroll up and down real fast, it looks like they are all spinning!

  27. Anonymous mozzieringtoneislame 

    these rice grains are so sneaky! they only stay still when i look right at them and when i look away a bit they're off again. Like naughty little kids or something.




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