Hey people! Be careful not to stare too long at the animation below, it can cause dizziness or possibly epileptic seizures. Don't say I didn't warn you :) It's little scary as well. Look how that strange girl's face appear to constantly and fluidly move to upper right corner of your screen, while in fact, the animation only loops forever. Because of black and white negative blinking, the face appears to move only in one direction (you don't see it moving back, when the animation loops to its start). I have another great example of this! Check Christopher Walken optical illusion and Scary Spider illusion. They both give you the same effect. More can be found inside our Scary Optical Illusions category. Oh, I almost forgot our most recent one - it is called "Flying through city".
Which is the background and which is the image depends on what colour the DJ is - the neagtive space (white) and image (black) reverse when the colours switch, which has a fair bit to do with the illusion.
The illusion looks like it's moving because the text is moving. The text is probably google text results because you're probably very familiar with seeing them scrolling, and thus you don't think twice about them.
devildog
It looks like you just copied some random ad for a website. Probably an ad by google. Dissapointing.
devildog
It looks like it's just an ad for some random website. It's probably an ad by Google, which would be why there is something in the background. Disappointing
"Epileptic seizures can sometimes be triggered by certain frequencies of flashing or flickering lights, or by certain geometric shapes or patterns." epilepsynse.org.uk
"Migraine Triggers: ... bright or flashing lights..." bupa.co.uk
If you click and drag the image it will freeze so you can get a better look at it. I definately think it's a guy and the image is the white face with black hair. It is interesting how it keeps moving to the right though.
Always interesting to see what people can do with this effect. While it's not one of the better examples, it does demonstrate the sense of constant unidirectional movement quite well. Good use of the background text as well, 2 directions in 1 picture.
Another thing I found interesting... when a "good" illusion is posted, a dozen kiddies are all proclaiming "first post!!", like seeing a "cool" blog entry before anyone else somehow makes them the better person. But when a not so good entry comes along, y'all are too busy bitching about it to even care if your first or not. I cast my vote for more not so good entries :)
Elliexx ANIMALS ROCK!!
yeh, go u John; i agree. kl illusion, but as Vurdlak said, it does make u feel dizzy after a while!! lol
AK
Wateva u guys say, this illusion rocks. I love the effect, and i thought the guy/girl was moving at first glance. I dont like the text though, maybe there is a better way to do it?
Anonymous
Whats wrong with girls and facial hair anyway??
(Joke btw. i am a guy.)
Dogmanov
Epileptic seizures are triggered between 4-20 Hz, which this image may fall foul of... Other than that, it just looks like another annoying banner ad... Not good when you're trying to work using other OS X widgets, makes you want to turn the offending one off!
Anonymous
NEITHER the background or person is moving, THAT'S the illusion. If you don't believe me, cover the picture except a small hole and watch it. Nothing is moving, just flashing.
Okay - enough already. I have your gadget on my google homepage and it's starting to give me headaches to have this flashing in my face every time I go to look at the new news!
Anonymous
Had to take it off my desktop -it was driving me crazy with that flashing.
Anonymous
is that google in the backround?
Anonymous
ughhhhh my head hurts. this image does give dizzyness.....
alex_can_fly
Brilliant! Liked the City one better, but still a great post! Keep up the good work!
Nutty Cone
This isn't scary at all! And its not a girls face, its a guy.
Anonymous
not what i want flashing when i open my dashboard. took the whole thing off, bad idea. i use my dashboard, and if things are flashing on it, i cant use it. just a thought.
Curlibear
It's Michael Jackson!
Anonymous
dis b so dumb -_-
devildog
lol
Anonymous
its a girl/boy it did not make any sense well from my point of view it was sooooo BORING!! yet creepy as the look was creepy
Anonymous
this suck
Anonymous
umm... it's suppose to be blinking?
-raven13
Anonymous
i actually did start to feel dizzy. this has never happened to me before....
Anonymous
ITS NOT EVEN FLASHING ANYMORE, MAYBE A LINK HAS BEEN BROKEN OR SOMETHING, BUT ITS NOT WORKING
Anonymous
its supoose to be moving. must be broken. isnt doing anything!
Anonymous
its suppose to be moving? nah, not happening
hmmmm
Yeah its not even flashing... something must have gone wrong... I have seen these before though, and they are pretty cool (when they work)
And that guy looks VERY familiar...
where did this image come from???
Anonymous
you're supposed to click on it and it'll start to go.
mikayla
i dont get it wats so scary its a face moving and changing colours
hmmmm
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
I feel like such an idiot...
Thanks, anonymous no.41 at 3:39pm- i honestly never would have got that!
And I have decided this guy is NOT who I thought he was- the beard isnt long enough. (but yes, it's a GUY)
Anonymous
The girl doesn't have hair on her chin she has a shadow of her lip
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It's a guy, not a girl. Unless the girl has hair on her chin...
Maybe, I'm nto sure. IT looks like a girl from te face and the hair, but the chin does look boyish. BUt seriously, does it really matter?
Pointless. The backround is the only thing moving. The pic is just flashing. To the B to O and the R and I and N and G, What does that spell? BORING!
its a transvestite
Why is there a page of a google search results in the background?
To the person who said that this boring, I am waiting for you to post a better illusion, until then don't be so quick to judge.
Very cool! Keep up the good work!
Which is the background and which is the image depends on what colour the DJ is - the neagtive space (white) and image (black) reverse when the colours switch, which has a fair bit to do with the illusion.
ummm... cool, but...
it has a beard, it's a guy.
and why's it scary?
Well put, John
its a dude with dreds there happy? lol
The illusion looks like it's moving because the text is moving. The text is probably google text results because you're probably very familiar with seeing them scrolling, and thus you don't think twice about them.
It looks like you just copied some random ad for a website. Probably an ad by google. Dissapointing.
It looks like it's just an ad for some random website. It's probably an ad by Google, which would be why there is something in the background. Disappointing
"Epileptic seizures can sometimes be triggered by certain frequencies of flashing or flickering lights, or by certain geometric shapes or patterns." epilepsynse.org.uk
"Migraine Triggers: ... bright or flashing lights..." bupa.co.uk
Enough with the flashing lights already!
If you click and drag the image it will freeze so you can get a better look at it. I definately think it's a guy and the image is the white face with black hair. It is interesting how it keeps moving to the right though.
Always interesting to see what people can do with this effect. While it's not one of the better examples, it does demonstrate the sense of constant unidirectional movement quite well. Good use of the background text as well, 2 directions in 1 picture.
Another thing I found interesting... when a "good" illusion is posted, a dozen kiddies are all proclaiming "first post!!", like seeing a "cool" blog entry before anyone else somehow makes them the better person. But when a not so good entry comes along, y'all are too busy bitching about it to even care if your first or not. I cast my vote for more not so good entries :)
yeh, go u John; i agree. kl illusion, but as Vurdlak said, it does make u feel dizzy after a while!! lol
Wateva u guys say, this illusion rocks. I love the effect, and i thought the guy/girl was moving at first glance. I dont like the text though, maybe there is a better way to do it?
Whats wrong with girls and facial hair anyway??
(Joke btw. i am a guy.)
Epileptic seizures are triggered between 4-20 Hz, which this image may fall foul of... Other than that, it just looks like another annoying banner ad... Not good when you're trying to work using other OS X widgets, makes you want to turn the offending one off!
NEITHER the background or person is moving, THAT'S the illusion. If you don't believe me, cover the picture except a small hole and watch it. Nothing is moving, just flashing.
Okay - enough already. I have your gadget on my google homepage and it's starting to give me headaches to have this flashing in my face every time I go to look at the new news!
Had to take it off my desktop -it was driving me crazy with that flashing.
is that google in the backround?
ughhhhh my head hurts. this image does give dizzyness.....
Brilliant!
Liked the City one better, but still a great post! Keep up the good work!
This isn't scary at all! And its not a girls face, its a guy.
not what i want flashing when i open my dashboard. took the whole thing off, bad idea. i use my dashboard, and if things are flashing on it, i cant use it. just a thought.
It's Michael Jackson!
dis b so dumb -_-
lol
its a girl/boy it did not make any sense well from my point of view it was sooooo BORING!! yet creepy as the look was creepy
this suck
umm... it's suppose to be blinking?
-raven13
i actually did start to feel dizzy. this has never happened to me before....
ITS NOT EVEN FLASHING ANYMORE, MAYBE A LINK HAS BEEN BROKEN OR SOMETHING, BUT ITS NOT WORKING
its supoose to be moving. must be broken. isnt doing anything!
its suppose to be moving? nah, not happening
Yeah its not even flashing... something must have gone wrong... I have seen these before though, and they are pretty cool (when they work)
And that guy looks VERY familiar...
where did this image come from???
you're supposed to click on it and it'll start to go.
i dont get it wats so scary its a face moving and changing colours
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
I feel like such an idiot...
Thanks, anonymous no.41 at 3:39pm- i honestly never would have got that!
And I have decided this guy is NOT who I thought he was- the beard isnt long enough. (but yes, it's a GUY)
The girl doesn't have hair on her chin she has a shadow of her lip
look like Gene Simmons