April 17, 2007 by Vurdlak with 89 Comments
Adam Cline found another audio illusion for me to put on the site. I tried serving it through Google Mail podcast player, but it didn’t work. This audio illusion works in a same way as holophonic matchbox mp3s. Visit our audio illusions category for more cool illusionary mp3s. Don’t forget to hear Shepard’s Paradox, and be sure to check your hearing at “Ringtone audible only to under 20 year olds“. Oh, I almost forgot to mention:
This effect works best if you put on your headphones on. Download and listen to the Virtual Haircut mp3.
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To poster # 48, yes, it is a “stereo” or binaural recording and is made by putting 2 microphones in a dummy head to create the acoustics and whatnot. Also, shut up. There’s no need to be such a sarcastic killjoy. Stuff like this may not technically be an illusion but people have every right to be impressed with it as most folk don’t hear stuff like this through their headphones often so let them have fun with it and kindly keep your “whoopie” to yourself. thank you.
I LOVE THIS! it is sooo creepy the way he whispers in your ear and the first time i listened to this i thought somebody walked in my house when the door opens in the beginning
i downloaded it onto my mp3 player it’s so cool!
Really Fantastic….
this is fokin´ awesome!!!
this site is perfect! :)
the code dont say the same my code was 3972
nice…. very nice
Where can we find more sound files like this one?
I’ve been searching but i got nothing :S
i tried looking for audio illusion, holophonic and binaural recording
help?
That was awesome! I got scared when Luigi whispered “Setera” in my ear.
That was sweet!! It was like i was getting my haircut without actually getting my haircut. When he whispered at the end i was a bit jumpy from how realistic it was.
i heard it befor but its still good!
Amazing.. I felt like I had a real haircut!!
@23, it’s a Barber, he’s giving the dude a shave :P.
I jumped when the electric sheers came closer to my ear lol
No one in their right mind would snip hair that fast…
That’s the only problem I had with believing it, they snips were far too quick. Other than that, great foley work!
oh god, when he whispered in my ear, i jumped. SCARY! lol
That was just sweet!
Sounded perfect on my Sennheiser HD 380 Pro Headphones.
:)
wow!!! it sounds so real…
i listened to it when i was home alone and it was soooo scary and creepy…
my advice… dont listen to it when you’re home alone…
That Was Totally Excellent… Never heard Of Anythin’ Like That Before… Felt Like The Bag Was Over My Head For Real… Serious Goosebumps!! lololol
wow
dat woz fuckin awesome man i hav had it …at least…4 times.its a shame its not real!
guys guys,4 d0s who gets high,u g0ta try it aftr d0in sum g0od weEd man,its frkin awes0m,its lyk realy REALY awes0m,da clipin n d raz0r part 2.i nearly fEl owta ma chair wen d bastard whisperd dat thng in ur ear.haha,try it guys
OMFG…wen i first heard him talking to u i actually kinda screamed coz i thought he was acutally in my house!!!
wen he shaves ur hair it felt so real that i actually touched my head to make sure it was shaved.i actually did that bcoz my aunty who knew nothing about this said “oh look! amy’s hair disappeared. i later fouund out that my sis’s boyfriend had actually told her to say that!!
u ppl should realy try this!!
5 stars
Wooh
Fuck….that was the fist reaction when that bastard whispered in my ear so creepily…
amazing and beautiful effect of sound recording most hear…
uhh…how such a daring thing cud happen to my ..ears…the whisper..in my ear taking my nerves…and the ..plastic…dum…awesome..man..
The “Virtual Haircut” is really a very very nice and fine piece of art!!! Keep it up!! :)
when he whispered in my ear I could feel him brathing on me!
soo scary but awsome!
SETERA! omg scary
thanks for the download mp3!! :) i heard it before but wanted to download for my friends :)
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:O This is amazing if you listen with head phones and shut your eyes in a dark place it really makes it sound real all of my friends have tryed it even me and it is soo cool when its done you even cheak your hair because it sound so real just brilliant
Scares me when he puts the bag on me.
Magnificent !!
I liked it so much
^_^
Whoever made this should REALLY make another one.
the whisper is so creepy!
and the bag is quite scary too
the conversation is very funny
I had a listen to this haircut dealeo without any information before hand. Just “listen to this”. So you can scratch out the power of suggestion in my case. Some people may be more inclined to say “this is sweet” if they have been told it is, the power of suggestion always operates to a different degree with different people. However, I was wowed by my trip to the “virtual barber” based purely on my experience there. Pretty neato!
If you heard some slightly fancier stereo, then you did hear something different. That difference may leave a bigger impression on some people than others for any number of reasons. If something is hyped up, I know I will have a tendancy to dismiss it as no big deal before even experiencing it, in most circumstances anyway. It’s part of my conditioned reaction to things that are hyped up. That may be a little of what is going on for some people.
And hey, if you don’t hear anything worth fussing over, then that’s just how it is.
Did I mention it was awesome? ;)
This really freaked me out.
WHERE CAN I FIND MORE??? THIS is AMAZING!