Vurdlak

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Nobel laureate wannabe, holly-declared soon to be, Vurdlak is an entrepreneur by heart and engineer by profession. Obsessed with details and being in control, blessed with natural taste and diverse skills, makes Vurdlak a perfect candidate to run world's best optical illusions blog.


Impossible Cube Illusion

25 votes, average: 4.48 out of 525 votes, average: 4.48 out of 525 votes, average: 4.48 out of 525 votes, average: 4.48 out of 525 votes, average: 4.48 out of 5 (25 votes)

Here is an “impossible” version pictured with a high degree of realism. The two points where the linear edges must overlap have been purposely confused. The resulting figure produces an even more jarring figure-ground dilemma, likely to be interpretted as humorous or upsetting.

March 12, 2006 with 34 Comments

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The Shimmering Dots Magical Illusion

36 votes, average: 4.31 out of 536 votes, average: 4.31 out of 536 votes, average: 4.31 out of 536 votes, average: 4.31 out of 536 votes, average: 4.31 out of 5 (36 votes)

Do you find that black spots appearing? How many black dots can you count? This illusion is a classical one and originally discovered by Elke Lingelbach.

March 12, 2006 with 56 Comments

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Magic Zoomster Illusion

14 votes, average: 3.43 out of 514 votes, average: 3.43 out of 514 votes, average: 3.43 out of 514 votes, average: 3.43 out of 514 votes, average: 3.43 out of 5 (14 votes)

The idea is to focus on the dot in the centre and then move your head constantly towards and away from the monitor. You should see the circles rotate spookily! Press the F11 key in your browser to see the illusion at full screen!

March 12, 2006 with 27 Comments

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Wheel of Confusion Magic Trick

44 votes, average: 4.02 out of 544 votes, average: 4.02 out of 544 votes, average: 4.02 out of 544 votes, average: 4.02 out of 544 votes, average: 4.02 out of 5 (44 votes)

Which way is the wheel turning!? Focus on the red dots and follow them round… it appears to be rotating anti-clockwise. However, if you follow the yellow dots round instead, the whole wheel will be turning the other way! – clockwise!

March 12, 2006 with 73 Comments

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Tube of Illusion

39 votes, average: 3.21 out of 539 votes, average: 3.21 out of 539 votes, average: 3.21 out of 539 votes, average: 3.21 out of 539 votes, average: 3.21 out of 5 (39 votes)

If you can cross your eyes, so that both pictures slide ‘into’ each other – to form a third, 3D image between them, the effect you will see is truly stunning! Try focusing on something in between you and the monitor to help see the illusion…

March 12, 2006 with 45 Comments

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The Crooked Skyscraper Illusion

27 votes, average: 3.93 out of 527 votes, average: 3.93 out of 527 votes, average: 3.93 out of 527 votes, average: 3.93 out of 527 votes, average: 3.93 out of 5 (27 votes)

All of the red lines are completely parallel would you believe?

March 12, 2006 with 26 Comments

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The Eclipse of Mars Illusion

70 votes, average: 4.51 out of 570 votes, average: 4.51 out of 570 votes, average: 4.51 out of 570 votes, average: 4.51 out of 570 votes, average: 4.51 out of 5 (70 votes)

See a new color you’ve never seen before!!…Well… at least never before on your monitor. It’s a startling example of how poor the green/cyan element is on TVs and monitors generally. The colour you are about to witness is actually true Cyan … a colour that is heavily diluted on the vast optical illusions 10 [...]

March 12, 2006 with 224 Comments

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Primrose’s Field Illusion

44 votes, average: 4.43 out of 544 votes, average: 4.43 out of 544 votes, average: 4.43 out of 544 votes, average: 4.43 out of 544 votes, average: 4.43 out of 5 (44 votes)

This amazing illusion to the right already looks quite ‘wavy’, but try slowly moving the mouse cursor up and down the center of the image – and focus on the cursor. You should see the picture ‘waving’ in an incredible way.

March 12, 2006 with 22 Comments

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