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Kil
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
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 Posted - 03/18/2005 : 17:41:03 [Permalink]
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| What you see is what you get... |
Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
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beskeptigal
SFN Die Hard
USA
3834 Posts |
Posted - 03/19/2005 : 03:24:27 [Permalink]
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The money illusion in the bottom right corner cracked me up.
My favorite was the rotating hollow face. That's one I hadn't seen before. or at least, I don't remember seeing it. |
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Siberia
SFN Addict
Brazil
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Posted - 03/19/2005 : 06:43:09 [Permalink]
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I love visual illusions. I used to collect them (yeah, I'm weird), hunt pictures on the web and save them on the HD.
Thanks, Kil... loved to watch those. |
"Why are you afraid of something you're not even sure exists?"
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard
USA
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beskeptigal
SFN Die Hard
USA
3834 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2005 : 00:53:12 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Ricky
I would have to say Frazer's Spiral is my favorite or at least so far.
Whoa! That one is weird. It says I have too short of an attention span to follow any circle around without putting the mouse arrow on it. |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26020 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2005 : 01:05:14 [Permalink]
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My personal favorite is the Scintillating Grid. I've printed some up at work, titled "Vision Test: Point to the Black Dot."
Years ago, my boss walked into my office one day and I held up the printed sheet to show him. Almost immediately, he said "F.U." (not in so few letters), and left my office. I still don't know why he wanted to talk to me at that particular instant.
Just a couple months ago, a coworker of mine, upon seeing the grid for the first time, said "that is the most horrible thing I've ever seen." He claimed that he wasn't exaggerating at all. |
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beskeptigal
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 03/20/2005 : 18:08:13 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Dave W.
My personal favorite is the Scintillating Grid. I've printed some up at work, titled "Vision Test: Point to the Black Dot."
Years ago, my boss walked into my office one day and I held up the printed sheet to show him. Almost immediately, he said "F.U." (not in so few letters), and left my office. I still don't know why he wanted to talk to me at that particular instant.
Just a couple months ago, a coworker of mine, upon seeing the grid for the first time, said "that is the most horrible thing I've ever seen." He claimed that he wasn't exaggerating at all.
I don't understand either of these reactions. It's just an optical illusion. |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26020 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2005 : 18:50:46 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by beskeptigal
I don't understand either of these reactions. It's just an optical illusion.
To some people, that particular illusion is the visual equivalent of fingernails on a blackboard. Myself, I find the scintillation only mildly unsettling. Also, it seems to make matters worse that when I print it out, I make sure there are at least 100 intersections, total, not just the 64 seen on that web site. |
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dv82matt
SFN Regular
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moakley
SFN Regular
USA
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Posted - 03/30/2005 : 09:45:55 [Permalink]
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| The Scintillating Grid was a little unsettling. I noticed my anxiety level increasing in just a few seconds. |
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Wendy
SFN Regular
USA
614 Posts |
Posted - 03/30/2005 : 12:26:25 [Permalink]
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Is anybody aware of a gender-related inability to see some illusions?
My family went to Little Rock for the opening of the Clinton Museum. While there (partly to escape the pouring rain!) we toured a children's museum that had several exhibits where you were supposed to stare at a picture for several seconds, and then another image would emerge. My husband and son had no problem seeing the hidden images, but no matter how long we looked my daughters and I could not see them. What gives? 
I like Find the Face (in the Beans). Could just be my coffee addiction, though. |
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard
USA
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beskeptigal
SFN Die Hard
USA
3834 Posts |
Posted - 03/30/2005 : 13:05:36 [Permalink]
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| Oooouuu!!! The dragon face that follows you is my favorite. |
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dv82matt
SFN Regular
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Posted - 03/30/2005 : 21:43:04 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Ricky
Thanks, now I'm going to have to go out and buy a box of pasta just to try #25...
When I tried it all mine all broke into at least three pieces, but my sister tried it and insists that it didn't work for her.
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Originally posted by beskeptigal
Oooouuu!!! The dragon face that follows you is my favorite.
Yeah that one is pretty awesome. Even knowing how the illusion works doesn't diminish its effectiveness.
This one baffles me though. Does anyone have an explanation?
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