Wavy Pattern Optical Illusion Variations

I found out today about this wavy collection, which consists of three different variations of our well known Floating Rice illusion. You have probably seen still images of this type before, and understand that they only appear to move (in a fashion of Rotating Snakes illusion), but the effect is non the less intriguing. To enhance the ripple effect of this wacky photo, more your head up and down, and it’ll appear to crumple and wrinkle right in front of your eyes. Few dozen of similar images can be found in the appropriate category, while most popular are variations of this type.



64 Replies to “Wavy Pattern Optical Illusion Variations”

  1. wow I’ve never found anyone that these have not worked for. If you keep your eyes focused on one spot, the image will appear still (which I find rather hard to do)… but if you let your eyes wonder over the image it should appear to move

  2. It doesn’t work for me either, I guess this is something personal, not everones eyes will react the same.
    What I see: a patern of brown leaflike shapes in a green background. Nothing moves.
    Interesting though that some people will see a movement. How come they see it moving? What kind of movement is it? And why don’t all people see it this way?

  3. Then my son you’ve got very stable eyes. The illusion is caused by small involuntary eye movements which to my best knowledge occur in everyone. Even if you try to fixate on the image the eyes still keep moving in little ‘jigs’. If it doesn’t work for you try to look at it more ‘relaxed’without ‘fixating’. The more ‘unfixated’you watch at it the stronger the illussion gets.

  4. Works great, try slowly scanning the picture with your eyes left to right and it look like there is a ripple movement…great illusion

  5. Huh, the top one is strange. it looks like the boxes move….not just waves. I still think the spinning girl is the best.

  6. Focus on the center of the images and your mind will create the illusion of movement based on the visual signals and shapes that suggest movement.

  7. That is so cool. I love these things. My first instinct was that they were animated, but when I looked close, it was still. (Duh)

  8. not as good as the original illusion, however the first one was awesome just because youd think it wouldnt work with there being spaces between the illusion and all but it was still cool!

    i didnt like the second one… third was was ok as well…

    yay illusions!

  9. me neither.

    am i supposed to see something?

    I tried moving the page bar slider thingy at the side up and down. Still didn’t work.

  10. just let your eyes wander across the images and they look like they move.

    I like the last one the best, the first one doesn’t really do much for me.

  11. just let your eyes wander across the images and they move, really like stuff like this.

    The last ones the best!

  12. that is SO FREAKEY!!!!!!!!!!
    how does it do that?
    am I being brainwashed by aliens?
    is the workd ending?
    why am i asking all these questions?
    :)

  13. it was fun it did work for me you are silly you other guy that said it didn’t your name should be goofy or something cause you ain’t right or some shiznitz

  14. Moving my head up and down didn’t work but scrolling the picture up and down did. As soon as I stopped it appeared to move on its own. Try that.

  15. Don’t move your head. Even better, look at it through the corner of your eye, it will start moving. It doesn’t work for me if I move my head.

  16. I get the same effect when I ride in the car or on the bus and stare at the asphalt. When the bus stops the asphalt still appears to be curling and moving for 5 or so seconds. I always get a rush of nausea when I realize the bus is standing completely still.

  17. Actually, you can try to stop the movement if you want:

    hard way: try to tell your mind to focus in the fact that all the image is a whole thing (concentrate in that), with practice your brain will form the whole image at the same time without processing the individual objects that will trick you.

    half-hard way: view the image askance, try to lightly turn your head outside the picture and concentrate in the whole picture. This way must be easier because the brain process different the information that comes from the lateral part of the eye -faster, without much detail, with poor quality color and looking for movement-.

    easier way: focus in one object and move your head from side to side (lightly, remember that the speed of the movement depend of each person); As the brain can’t process all the details, it will not have other option to store the whole picture and save it while you are moving your head, and -Whola!- now the image are static.

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