Comments on: Subway Ponzo Optical Illusion

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:04:54 +0000

the real illusion is that i didnt see the red lines until i read the description, i couldnt find that illusion which is very good

By: Dennis

Dennis — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:42:19 +0000

Forget PAINT, just use a ruler, or the edge of a piece of paper with a pencil mark.

By: Ronald

Ronald — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:13:43 +0000

The reason we perceive these shapes as not being the same is because they exist on a 2-D field. In real life, those lines are not the same length, the one further down is clearly bigger, encompassing 5 tiles while the closer one only borders 1. In real, 3-D life this is true, but since a picture is only 2-D and not able to rotate or get closer to the far line, they are going to be the same length no matter how you look at it (no pun intended).

By: Ms.Observant

Ms.Observant — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:01:17 +0000

HERE’S THE KEY TO BELIEVE IT:

STEP 1: GO INTO PAINT WITH THIS PICTURE
STEP 2: ZOOM IN DECENTLY FAR ENOUGH TO WHERE ONE OF THE RED LINES ARE
STEP 3: CUT OUT RED LINE WITH BOX AND GRAB IT AND BRING TO OTHER RED LINE

VOILA! THEY IS THE SAME AND THEY LOOK THE SAME!

By: Omicron

Omicron — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:15:21 +0000

Hey subway/underground guy: the website operator isn’t a “Yank”. He’s a “Dalm”. Or Croat, Serb, Albanian, whatever. No telling who is running things there this week. Can’t you tell from the poor spelling/grammar/usage in the articles that English isn’t his first language? Or maybe YOU can’t. We certainly can.
We still like the stuff he posts.

By: The Lion king kid

The Lion king kid — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:52:28 +0000

wait a minute, now i see it!:D

By: The Lion king kid

The Lion king kid — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:51:43 +0000

I dont get it.:(

By: i hope you find out cause im not tellin ya

i hope you find out cause im not tellin ya — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:46:00 +0000

if you blurr up your vision when your looking at the side wall it looks like the wall with the picture on it is moving

By: GtCricket53

GtCricket53 — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:17:00 +0000

Wow this is so sick!!!

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:01:00 +0000

HAHA, unless I missed it, not one person mentioned the coincidental message on the billboard…”My eyes need moist.” That’s pretty funny. BTW, this illusion is nuts, and i agree that the best way to “see it” is to get as close to the screen as possible and blur your vision (squinting…)