By Vurdlak on October 8, 2007, with 120 Comments
Hey everyone! While you are reading this, I’m probably on my student journey to Santorini and Kreta in Greece. This is some kind of excursion students in my country take at the end of their college. I’m still 2 years from finishing it, but can’t hurt to travel, right? This post was written before my trip and my brother activated it as I ordered him (he is the one responsible for Mighty Magic Tricks). Hope he doesn’t mess this, and correctly activates my optical illusion articles in the following days (VIX don’t ruin this site!)(Vix: buahaha!).
Concerning the illusion, the wheel on the left is classic optical illusion we’ve already seen in famous Spinning Girl Illusion. Basically, if you observe the wheel carefully, you can make it turn both ways. You’ll need some training, but after few minutes, you’ll be able to change the spinning direction very quickly!
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Its not spinning, just fliping side to side.
Cool illusuion though
A few minutes… how about a few seconds?
this illusion is awesome!i luv it!
Yay!!
Ok thats all.
i think that this has sumthin to do with the angle were looking at this and that it keeps flashing from light to dark
um…. am i the first one?
Nice Very cool.
It is too easy to manipulate
aha, I figgered out to do it. anyways, :woohoo first comment!!
-a person
It’s simple :) I really like spinning girl most.
P.S. VIX, glad you’ve managed :)
mad
*hint*
there are just 2 pictures, you can confirm this by looking at the bottem or at the centre.
Haha I love this.
I can do the same thing with my fan at home, but it takes longer, so its not something you can change, its a trick of the eye.
I’ve also done this with a fan, specifically my ceiling fan spinning at a low speed. Usually happens late at night when I’m trying to fall asleep and find myself staring up at the ceiling. :)
dude that was crazy when i turned my head left and right it would move but thats just me
#16, it’s every second, not every 30 seconds…
Look at the middle. Notice its shakes, not spins. However, our eyes perceive that it is spinning, because it is shaking both ways. This was done by a 12 year old.
Lol cool :)
It does make me dizzy tho -.-
To me it goes the different direction every 2 seconds
But I think that might just b me :S
You just need to look at the base and then back at the wheel ~ that’s how to make it change direction….
—big spoiler—
just look at the position of the wheel. imagine it on the outside and it turns clockwise imagine it facing you it turns counter clockwise
simple….
try looking right side…it turns right doesn’t it?
now try looking at the left side…and it turns to the left… pretty cool though..
Wow!! its amazing!! everytime i turn my eyes the otehr direction the wheel went that way!!
very cool
Seeing this illusion made me realize how they achieved the spinning woman. That one had me amazed and baffled.
Wow, now every time I blink it switches direction! :)
coooool!thats fun!!!!
you can also make it stop spinning cool illusion
its not even spinning it moving one way then the other really fast to give it the effect that its spinning.
wow i like this illusion!
its really fun
at first i could not make it change directions… then i decided to try looking at the center of the wheel and that got it to change. after that i could make it change any time i wanted like flicking a switch. either by blinking or twitching my eyes left or right. can’t make it stop spinning, though…
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!
This is simple if u look at the middle of the image. All it is is 2 images switching back and forth.
its like going back and forth rapidly and thats how u think its going around and around but its just going back-forth-back-forth ect.
i see it
there’s just 2 images shifting rapidly, that’s all to it, just 2 static images switching, giving the impression of movement
IM Special, i could make it switch right away :D
It’s FERRIS wheel.
Its just a animated image(gif) with a pre-determined time do change the direction.
This image is trolling you guys.
@tom me too;)
Try looking at the Base of the Structure… if you seee that it only Frames a Left to right , Simultaneous Shake as in (Shaking a Doorknob) you could be able to catch yourself on the Spinning left if you focused more on the (Left twitch) and Via with the Right.
Stare at the outer part of the wheel than turn your eyes the way you want it to go.
fake, the animation is manipulated to make the mind think the wheel has started spinning in the other direction. If it all were just a matter of the mind then it wouldn’t flip after so many seconds every single time. Don’t believe me? Time it.