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| OlympicsOur little community wouldn't be what it is, if we weren't aware of outside (non-illusionary) world. As you know, here and there we make reference to current events that take place, but aren't tightly connected with optical illusions. As billions of you probably know, World Olympics in Beijing have more than just started. Typing this, I'm almost certain 100% of you using internet (to visit this website) are aware of that fact. Well, Sandy Shorts sent me the first photo she (or he?) found on Yahoo. It's a volleyball player from Australia wearing volley ball instead of her head. The next photo is the one I had on my pc for a while, but only now found suitable to publish it.Puzzled Cows Optical IllusionJuly 17, 2008 by VurdlakFrank Berardi, who also wears title J SGT MIL USA USACE (still not sure what each part means, but I always considered him some sort of high ranked USA military general or something) has sent us another awesome optical illusion. Those of you who like to research, browse the website by search term "Berardi" and you'll find his previous interesting submissions. Today's one is very similar to "Illusion of Two Horses and One Head", but this time the story is opposite. We have one cow body and two cow heads. Frank asked where does one cow begin, and the other end? Here is his email: "I found this in the opening sequence of the show "Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares" and I just couldn't help but think to send it along. Where does one cow begin, and the other end? I know this is pretty easy when you look at it for more than a second but I think it gives a good double take."John Colorado's - Shadow Face IllusionJuly 15, 2008 by VurdlakJohn Colorado sent me this photo he took recently. It took me few seconds before I spot the optical illusion in it, but then was really amazed by the result. Let's give John opportunity to explain himself: "Hi, here's my picture, taken in the New Jersey. My name is John Anderson Colorado and I live in Paris, two years ago I was in the New Jersey and took a photo, the shadow of a tree which makes a face on the roof of a rabbit house. It's a 100% real picture! I think it will be a nice present for your page.Irregular Circles IllusionIrene Román found this illusion, while looking for some in Google. She asked us if these two concentric circles below look irregular? "They obviously are", some of you may say. I did as well! Well, since this is optical illusions website - they’re not! This type of visual phenomena is well known to me. I have shared over a dozen of similar variations in the past, haven't I? But this one probably shares the strongest effect! When I look at it up close, I understand that they are regular, but still have trouble seeing them regular as a whole. Nifty, ayeh? I have linked some words in this text to help you compare this illusion with some very similar from the past.
Spiral Snailshell Optical Illusion
Hey everybody! Here is another spiral illusion - this time in Snail-o-vision! Interesting fact about this optical illusion, is that when people encounter it for the first time, based on their previous experience with illusions, they presume it has something to do with perpetual motion. At least that is what I presumed. I thought the only illusion happening here is "seemingly moving" spiral painted on our little snail's shell, and not the best example of that type at all! If that was it, I wouldn't be much excited, and would probably forward this photo directly to my recycle bin. But then I read the email that was companion to this submission. It said something like: "Is the snail shell really a spiral"? I looked at the shell more closely, and - Voila! The spiral is actually composed of many concentric circles. Very good!
And Now Something Completely Different... July 09, 2008 by Vurdlak ...a Hidden Horses Illusion! Bet you didn't saw this one coming. Today I bring you all new optical illusion, the type you have never seen before! Your assignment is to spot as many hidden horses in this fabulous image below. How many did you find? How long did it take? Yes, for those of you who are still not sure, there was an irony in my voice. I'm a little fed up with all these hidden horses by now. The authors should already run of them, if someone asks me. Still, it's a regular optical illusion, nice looking as well, and it would be a shame not to post it. I just hope this is the last one! If you have a spare time, you can help me gather all the horse illusions from this website, and point to them inside your comments. This way we'll see how many there were exactly, and we'll have them all in one place. My bet is a roundish number, something like 20 or so.
Shahar Peleg's - Mirror Tic Tac Toe IllusionJuly 13, 2008 by Vurdlak Now this one is eye-candy! One of the first games I ever learned to play as a child was Tic Tac Toe. We call this game differently here in Croatia, but if you translated the meaning literally, it would be "Crosses and Circles". Mirror Tic Tac Toe by Peleg Design is a rad little optical illusion board game with half O's and X's that only are complete when put in play. I'm not exactly sure weather you see the O's and X's correctly if you look at the board under different, more extreme angle, but Sahar Peleg surely created very interesting and innovative approach to this game.Shahar Peleg is a multi-disciplined designer, who designs, develops and produces commercial products in small quantities. Shahar designs every-day objects with additional values which give them a fresh character. His experimentation with optical illusions and “magic” result in smart and surprising products that challenge the spectator to take a closer, more detailed look. His products are characterized by minimalist form and with the use of ordinary materials, usually produced in “low tech” production processes and at times even handmade. | |||||||||||||||||||||
