Question & Simple Rotating Cog

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Hey everyone, I just drank my coffee as announced in previous post. The reason for such quick update is because I had little trouble viewing newest illusion in my Optical Illusion of The Day Yahoo Widget. Do you see this one in Google Homepage, Mac Dashboard widget or Yahoo Widget? Please comment, because I am not sure should I fix it, or it was just a glitch (like we had one before). Anyhow, this illusion below, even though simple, works really well. It was discovered by Dan Sheffield, who wrote the following:

"Hey Mr Illusion man, I hit upon this one whilst messing about in Adobe Illustrator, it's pretty subtle - in fact I'm not sure if I'm imagining it or not. To me it looks like it's slowly rotating. It's simply three stars layered on top of each other with the colors (cyan, magenta, yellow) mixing to form black. Thanks for the fantastic site, I love it."






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  1. Anonymous caff 

    sorry but A. this does nothing for me and B. it doesn't come up on the widget

  2. Blogger Olly 

    Works for me, especially if I'm not looking directly at it, like when reading the text above.

    My Google widget works ok too.

  3. Anonymous Anonymous 

    In Google "Mighty Optical Illusions" it's OK.

    Thk's

  4. Anonymous AK 

    Yes, it seems to be rotating. However, it is doing it extremely slowly. My advice is to look at the middle of the picture and unfocus your eyes. Click on the illusion, it is easier with a white background. Also, to me it looks like it is also getting a bit smaller when I unfocus my eyes

    btw i have no problem with the google homepage thing, not sure about widget.

  5. Blogger Daniel 

    It is showing in Google. I don't see this moving it just looks like it might be vibrating a little.

  6. Blogger sanna 

    I didn't see anything moving..

  7. Blogger Ricky 

    nice and accidental illusion, it does slowly rotate for me too

    off topic, a tip for the site, every time i read the description of the illusion, well im not beeing rude but i just want to read the illuision bit and not the rest, and its soo annoying to search like 3 paragrapgs to find it were you talk aboout the illusion and not other stuff, some times when its a long description i cant even find it and i just give up on it when i could of really enjoyed the illusuon, cant u make like the actualy description on bold or something, this one wasnt too hard coz u pasted a quote, but does anyone else agree

  8. Anonymous Anonymous 

    my widged says "loading..." for 5 minutes now.
    by the way: this is an extremly cool blog! i found you a month and have been coming back every day since then.

  9. Anonymous Kiki 

    oh nice. it does work on google btw

  10. Blogger Tobias 

    Illusion not showing in widget.

  11. Blogger w.j.doorn 

    My Google widget is working properly.

  12. Anonymous Anonymous 

    wow you are Right... it moved a little.

    Sweet site man!

  13. Anonymous Neat-Nit 

    Nice illusion (I didn't see it yet)

  14. Anonymous Anonymous 

    nice

  15. Anonymous Anonymous 

    No for me it is not rotating, it is simply shrinking. dont know why? Great Illusion and nice web

  16. Blogger Badslats 

    Nice ! I get dizzy looking at it...


    I have it in my google homepage and it 's always there (even thisone). Well is it al te time in a smaller size than the original on your site, so most of the time I have to click it to get the illusion correctly.

  17. Blogger Schaianne 

    I saw this with my Google homepage just fine.

    This pic gives me a slight headache to look at it ... but yeah, looks like it wants to rotate. Wild.

  18. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Yea, I Can see it but not if i'm looking directly at it. Only if i'm looking off to the side.

    Anyone else the same?

  19. Anonymous Anonymous 

    its moving slowly... but still cool

  20. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I have had trouble seeing my Mac Widget Illusion of the Day for the past couple of days. I thought it was my net connection then I read this post and realised that it's not me.

  21. Blogger John 

    Sorta...

  22. Anonymous Anonymous 

    First post lol

    Been there, done that- pretty much a copy of 500 previous illusions. Show some originality! you can do better than this!

  23. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I see it on the google homepage.

  24. Blogger Katie 

    I saw it on google.

  25. Anonymous Haha951 

    I don't see it in the Yahoo widget, but i see it on the site. It just links to the main page.

  26. Anonymous Anonymous 

    yes it works in google

  27. Anonymous Fly Boy 

    Looks to me like it is pulsating.

  28. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I can see it in on my Google page. Keep up the good work :)

  29. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Doesn't appear to rotating...is therea certain way I should look at it, eg for 30 sec in the center or something?

  30. Anonymous ncarter 

    It is indeed very subtle. When I stared at the ceter and looked past it, it seemed to be rotating VERY slowly.

  31. Blogger Katz 

    I had to look off to the side to see it start to rotate.

  32. Anonymous Tony Ward 

    Hello V, can't see any 'slow rotation' on this one but it's probably just me...also, I'm using the P.C. widget and it's not showing up on it.

  33. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I agree there is an illustion here. It's simple yet effective

    I am not having problems viewing your illusions using the Google Widget

    And I just wanted to say I love this sight. I teach college and actually use this page and the illusions in class for discussions on perception. You have a GREAT variety.

  34. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Coool!
    it work for me..
    only when ii look at something else though.

    love the site! x

  35. Anonymous ToriKaye 

    Hey... This was a pretty cool illusion. At first I didn't think that it was working, but then i really thought i was loosing it when it started to rotate.
    !Thanks for the illusion!

  36. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I'm sorry, I don't see it. All I see is a huge blur until I concentrate on one spot. Is it just me, or does this thing hurt your eyes too?

    By the way, I can see it on the Google Homepage.

  37. Anonymous QueenKnowitAll 

    I have an apple widget and it won't work. It just keeps loading.

  38. Anonymous Anonymous 

    It can be seen in google. Pretty cool

  39. Blogger Jason C 

    I dont know if it spins but it sure does wobble and wiggle.

    1st Post

    Keep 'em coming Illusion Man

  40. Blogger Iggins!!! 

    i see it slowly rotating, not much, but neat!

  41. Anonymous Anonymous 

    yeah, saw this one on my google home page. It's so simple... you can't help but wonder if you're imagining...

  42. Blogger Dr. Jason 

    Does not show in Mac Widgets...

    Keep up the great work! :>

  43. Anonymous John 

    For me it sways a little from left to right then back. Also it looks like it vibrates!

  44. Anonymous jesse 

    i don't see it...

  45. Anonymous Anonymous 

    first comment and cool

  46. Anonymous Anonymous 

    works when you move the page up and down. great job.

  47. Anonymous Elliexx ANIMALS ROCK!! Abixx's friend! 

    err... anonymous - ur 45th - not 1st!
    yh works 4 me 2. really kl! :)

  48. Blogger Shaun 

    Not very good.... I like the snakes one though! Trippy! http://www.moillusions.com/2006/03/mini-rotating-snakes-illusion.html

  49. Anonymous At School 

    Ya if i dont look directly at it it sorta kinda works and if i look right at it it just sits there and hurts my eye's.

    I dont show up on my google widget either and i has happened before so i do belive it is probably a glitch but What Do I Know.

  50. Anonymous Anonymous 

    didn't see any rotating effect... but it does work well as one of those illusions where you see an after image once you look away...

  51. Anonymous Stine 

    I noticed that usually from the Mac widget I get directly linked to the specific illusion it shows. This time my click-thru led me to the main MOI page, not this specific illusion's page. Perhaps that has something to do with why it doesn't show in the Mac widget. Just a theory.

  52. Anonymous Totof 

    Hi,

    Do not qork in my Yahoo widget, but OK on the site (very cool by the way...)

  53. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Ur not supposed to look directly at it for it to work look at the txt or somethin and you'll c it rotating...BTW Mac dashboard widget doesnt work ><

  54. Anonymous caff 

    I got it to work!!!
    I printed the page, cut out the cog, stuck a pecil through the middle and spun it around. WORKED A TREAT

  55. Anonymous Anonymous 

    first i was like what then i was like OHHHHHHH then i was like time for dinner

  56. Anonymous Anonymous 

    that thing is awesome!!! i just cant stare at it long enough to see it completely switch position... ):

  57. Anonymous Sarah 

    to me it looks as though it is very subtly pulsating.




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