By Vurdlak on May 6, 2007, with 182 Comments
Jason Mayoff, Zachary Burgeson and Eric Cole liked this video so much that all of them un-connectedly submitted it for me to publish on Mighty Optical Illusions homepage. I am really puzzled with this one. I browsed the web for explanation, and almost everywhere people said that the fluid this guy is purring is just an ordinary water. I wouldn’t bet my allowance on it.
Allrighty then, I’ll let you smart-asses figure this one for yourselves, since I really don’t have a clue. Can we solve it together? In the past, I believe we managed to solve every single puzzle on this website. I hope that the tradition won’t be stopped today. This is more of a magic trick than optical illusion, but when we solve it, maybe I’ll change my statement. For more illusionary videos, be sure to jump to our videos section. Now employ your gray brain cells, and start thinking!
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There are definitely cylinders in the cups. at 0:43 you can see the water hit the cylinder and splash off.
It’s a mixture of cylinders and water. Water is in the internal cylinders of the cups (except the small one doesn’t have a cylinder). The amount of space in each glass (not including the different size cylinders) is equal to the amount of space in the glass that is being poured from the cup before. You start with a concentrated white liquid and end with more volume of a diluted solution. BOOM!
Perspective much?
Theres a glass inside the main glass, so it is invisible, but its not at the same size, but raised up more. so when the milk is poured, the cups appears to be filled all the way, when actually its the cup INSIDE the cup thats getting filled.
I can definitely see the liquid getting less concentrated and the cylinders inside the glasses. Also, what gives it away is that he very carefully pours the liquid around the edge of every glass, except the smallest one. When he gets to the smallest glass he pours it into the center.
i was too busy dancing to the music to realize what they were doing exactly…eh i’ll watch it later lol
there isnt water inside of the glasses because the milk wouldnt have gone into the glasses like that,but then again the milk did do watery at the end :D but i deffinetly enjoyed that little trick :D xx
My guess is there is definitely already water in the glasses, difficult to see because of the purposeful patterned glasses. The liquid is not milk, but something heavier than water and thick. It is poured down the sides so that there is little splash, and it sinks immediately to the bottom, but still mixes with the water. The mixture does become more diluted at the end.
It looks like a clear hub that takes up space in the center of each glass.The hub of the final glass is already filled with water so you have more than you started out with.
They have inverted glassed inside the glasses. It is because of the lining texture we cannot see the glasses!!
The illusion comes from the fact that liquid takes the form of the container its in. Ex take a 1L coke bottle a 1L glass and a 1L milk jug..each are different shapes..but each hold the same amount of liquid. Got nothing to do with extra material.
Simple really.. yeast is a living micro-organism that is activated when submurged in warm water.. The effect is nearly instantanous and the mixture looks like a watery-milky substance. I could be wrong but that was my best guess..
i think there is already water in each container that will equal the amount for all the containers when the liquid inside the largest glass will be poured again. :)
There are clear cylinder in all but the first glass to take up volume
There a rim around the glass on the inside , a glass within a glass if you will and the liquid goes down the rim thus filling the gap and not the glass.
Each glass has a different circumference. The shortest being the widest, tallest being the thinnest. I do that trick when pouring drinks for me and my brothers. I get the short, thick one and fill it. My brother gets the tall, thin one, filled halfway(to the height of my cup) and because mine is so wide and his is so small, I get more.
There are cylinders in the middle of the glasses, the cylinders have already been filled with water, hence the transparency in the empty glasses and the reason the last glass is a bit more clear than the first.
Also he never picks up the glasses that he is about to pour into, he holds them pretty firm and still.
It’s one of two things, either he is doing what i’d do and use chemistry to my advantage or i’d fill the bigger glasses with just enough water and use baking soda and milk in the first glass to maintain colour throughout the pouring process.
You can kinda guess which way he went considering the residue in the first glass compared to the others.