15 Optical Illusions You HAVE to Try

What we see is purely the result of our brain interpreting the information it receives and is often not a true reflection of reality. We simply can't process all the incoming data in real time, so our minds take shortcuts and fill in the blanks. In certain situations it can result in seeing things that simply do not exist, prepare to enter a world where you will begin to question your own reality as we take a look at 15

optical

illusions

that you must try number 15, the ambiguous garage that covers our brain not only shows us the image that replicates exactly what our eyes perceive, but also uses contextual analysis and previously acquired knowledge to make adjustments.

This is normally very useful in our daily lives, but the true extent of the effect becomes clear when you look at certain objects in a mirror. In this illusion called the ambiguous garage roof, there is a car model placed under a roof that is made of a folded card. The actual ceiling appears to be inverted downwards, but in the reflection in the mirror. It seems to

have

a completely different angle. The fact that we know this is a replicated image of the exact same garage ceiling makes this even stranger. So how is it possible? The answer becomes clear when the roof of the garage is lifted and it is revealed that none of the versions we think we are seeing are actually true; is a cleverly folded card with lines that are not evenly spaced and, by rotating it and replacing it on top of the garage, it is possible to reverse the effect so that the real one now looks like a full roof and the reflected one looks like it is being folded by half on itself number 14 neon color diffusion the phenomenon called neon color diffusion is a type of

optical

illusion with transparency effect that causes our brains to fill in information that simply isn't there in the first place, there are several different ways in which This can be shown and one of the most effective is a series of black lines on a white background that crisscross over each other in the center of the image.

If you imagine a circle and change the color of all the lines that are within its perimeter, you will notice something peculiar happens. Instead of simply seeing the lines in different colors, it will appear as if there is now a circle that is slightly formed by the new color. Also when we know that in reality the background is still completely white, the effect can be taken several steps further, such as on a grid of black lines where only small segments where each line intersects are recolored and this will also create colored circles at each point and you can even create colored circles within empty space by manipulating the color of the lines within self-contained objects .

Researchers

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not fully explained why this happens, but the effect is most prominent when color is added to an otherwise black and white space. It is thought possible then that there is a natural misalignment between the way our eyes They perceive monochrome and color, but this has not yet been proven with certainty number 13 the Schroeder staircase the Schroeder staircase is a famous two-dimensional optical illusion that was first published in 1858 To begin with, you think you are seeing just a basic diagram of an avalanche of stairs, but if you look at it long enough its orientation can change, you can even flip the image completely upside down and it will suddenly go back to where it was. you see the same image that you saw before just like with other impossible drawings.

This was the furthest this illustration could be taken in over 150 years, but then a designer managed to create a 3D version also in the same way to start with you. You see a 3D staircase that is the lowest on the right and the highest on the left, nothing seems too out of the ordinary until it turns somehow, you still perceive the staircase in exactly the same way as before, even though you know that this should not be possible to test. There's no sleight of hand here, it's possible to add an object to the top rung and once it's rotated again, the object still remains on the bottom rung, almost as if the rules of physics have taken a temporary vacation.

The truth is finally revealed. although when the staircase is turned on its side it is actually a completely level structure and it is the way the steps and camera position have been printed that gives the illusion that there is a difference in the height of each 12th end Which way does it turn when our brains interpret what we see of a truly 3D object? It's usually pretty easy to understand precisely their orientation and the way they move, but things get much more complicated when you look at a 3D object. Object that has been drawn in 2D.

This is a similar effect to when you draw a cube on a piece of paper and you can see it in a few different ways, but things get a lot weirder if it's real movement. This is a recent illusion winner. of the year and is called dual axle. At first you see a series of moving lines and within moments your brain will have analyzed and interpreted this in a way that makes sense. However, the problem is that about half of the people who see this are left with the impression that it is spinning horizontally and everyone else sees it spinning vertically.

Often, with this illusion, it is only possible to see it in one way or another unless you are able to concentrate hard enough to convince your brain to reanalyze it. To make it easier, a color axis can be added to the animation to force you to see it rotating in any direction. Monk's Circle Illusion Number 11. The way we see color is one of the most researched concepts in the field of perception and the more

illusions

you see that have to do with it, the clearer it becomes why this is a version of the monks circle illusion and what you think you see is actually not in the image at all, it is made up of 12 circles spaced in the background with a series of colored lines above them alternating blue, orange, green and purple, the question then is what color are the circles in the background.

The strange thing about this is that all the circles appear to be different colors but they will also change when you focus on them, for example you can't look directly at any of the circles that are green because the moment you do they will change to a different shade. different, but in your peripheral vision you can clearly see that some of them are in fact green. Of course, the real illusion here is that all the circles are exactly the same color as each other and the differences you see are due to how the horizontal lines interfere with your brain's perception of them.

There are several ways this illusion can be shown with different shapes and objects, which raises the question of how true any color is that we ever see number 10 a fata morgana a phata morgana is a very specific type of optical illusion that is seen in the sea in frozen regions or in deserts and it is very strange that it is named in Italian after the evil sorceress Morgana Leffey from the Arthurian legend, visible to the naked eye and also possible to capture with the camera, at first you might think that what you are looking at has been manipulated in some way as a result of the effect. is that objects you would normally expect to see on the surface of water, ice or sand appear to be suspended in mid-air, which must surely imply that some form of witchcraft is taking place.

Reality, of course, is much less mystical but arguably just as magical. This happens because the way light bends when it passes through layers of air that have different temperatures and, in particular, in the ocean during calm weather, it is quite normal for there to be a layer of colder air at the surface with warmer air over any object inside. Cold air from a distance will appear to be higher, but that's just the beginning of how strange this phenomenon can be. In addition to apparently raising the height of something, a feta morgana can also reflect objects, invert them, and on extremely rare occasions , rotate them.

You can see why in historical times people were convinced that there were strange powers at work when this was seen and only in the last few decades has number nine, the pulsating star, been fully understood, Mueller's liar's illusion is famous and most from people I have seen two straight lines drawn that are the same length as each other and then arrows are added to the ends facing opposite directions and this gives the illusion that one line is somehow noticeably longer than the other . This effect can be taken. However, taking it a step further to create something called a pulsating star is done by arranging 10 lines of equal length around a half circle at regular intervals and then dividing the lines perfectly in half and coloring one side blue and the other black, then add arrowheads to the end of each line as well as the intersections between the blue and black segments, and then animate these arrowheads so that they go from pointing inward to pointing outward despite fully knowing that the only real movement What is taking place is happening at the arrowheads that our brain decides to interpret things in a completely different way, instead the lines start to move, the black and blue segments get shorter and longer and they also seem alternating between moving closer and further away from the center the number eight, the girl in a field, the old saying goes that A picture may be worth a thousand words, but there are some that are so confusing that many more are written about them when they are shared online .

One of the strangest of recent times is this image of a girl standing in a field and immediately notice that her legs appear to be unusually long and thin, of course there is no problem with this, but what if you heard that Are you actually not seeing her legs correctly? Take a moment to look closer and see if you can. looks at what's really going on with a grimace on her face she appears to be standing on scorched grass in a field and holds her hands nervously some people can see the illusion here right away and it reportedly took some 10 or 20 minutes to solve it.

So to help you, if you are still struggling, try to focus on the girl's hands. You'll notice that she is holding a piece of white plastic which, if you follow it, is actually the top of a huge bag of popcorn. be almost the same color as the grass on the ground once you see it it's impossible to unsee and it's amazing that our brains make it so hard to become aware of it to begin with, especially since popcorn pieces are obviously not blades of grass, how long did it take you to see the truth? And be sure to let us know in comments section number seven.

The peanut stick illusion, depending on the perspective you're looking at, something in your brain interprets the image to show you the truth. The representation that makes the most sense adds to this the fact that we have evolved in a world that is full of 3D objects and things can get strange when you look at a 2D image that your brain is trying to see in 3D, that's exactly it. What is happening in this image known as the braille pineapple stick illusion made up of concentric rings of parallelograms? If you keep your head still, you will see this as a stationary image.

Try to bring your eyes closer to the screen and vice versa. We will immediately begin to see movement in the rings, even though you know for sure that there is none. This effect has long puzzled researchers and has only recently been finally understood to be the result of a delay in communication between specific parties. of your brain that are responsible for processing visual information and has even been shown to occur in certain animal species. Studies have shown that there is a delay of about 15 milliseconds between neurons in the brain responsible for global motion, which is the way the lines appear to be moving, and those responsible for local motion, which is the actual way they are not. move at all, the orientation of the shapes on the rings further tricks the brain into thinking it is looking at a 3D image and the result is a temporary sensation of movement number six name the animal how good do you think you are at recognizing animals there are some optical illusion images that have been intentionally designed to be confusing in a way that they can be seen as one object or another, but it is rare to see a real video where a similar confusion occurs, that is why this video that was released in 2019 is went viral at the moment when people still disagree with what they are looking at, someone's hand caresses the creature, but can you be sure what species it is?

People will say they are looking at a crow or a rabbit, but they may even see something completely different, like a penguin. This is a result of our brains filling in missing information and, in many ways, there is not enough data present to differentiate between the two. two, it could beEasily a crow looking up to the right with its beak half open or a rabbit with its nose hidden under its fur and its ears pointing to the top right the more you look at it, however, the clearer the truth becomes. in fact it's a crow birds love having their heads rubbed so it's absolutely feasible that one would stay still long enough to film this and a rabbit would probably have behaved very differently number five the board Bulky chess board We have all seen chess boards in real life where they are made up of a series of squares of identical shapes that alternate between black and white.

However, this chess board is very different because it has been designed to stand out in the center or you may have noticed. Smaller squares of opposite colors were added to the squares in the middle of the image and it is actually these that give the illusion of the bulk as the chessboard itself is as regular as any other; The exact process behind how this works is not yet fully understood, but it has to do with the way the orientation of the smaller squares has been arranged in such a way that it guides the brain to think that something is happening that is not happening again. , it is suspected to be related to the way our brains try to interpret 2D images in a 3D space and the smaller squares are all we need to perceive additional depth number 4, the Ebbinghaus illusion, how much do you think?

I think size matters and there is some way to make something look bigger than it really is. The image below is called the Ebbinghaus illusion and demonstrates that our concept of size is in many ways more dependent on context than reality. made up of two orange circles that are surrounded by a ring of circles of another color, the image on the left has larger circles on the outer ring and the image on the right has smaller circles on the outer ring so which of the orange circles is the largest? Of course, both orange circles are exactly the same size and this illusion is one of the main pieces of evidence that has led researchers to believe that we have two main neural image processing pathways, one that handles perception and another that deals with motion.

In three-dimensional versions of this illusion, for example, participants can reach forward and effectively grab the central circle, regardless of whether it appears to be larger or smaller, but it absolutely affects the perceptual element. There are many real-world examples of This effect also forces you to question how much you can really trust what you are seeing. Number three, the impossible waterfall. We know from our experiences in the world that there are certain principles that cannot be overcome and that is why certain images of The Impossible Shapes are so popular You have definitely seen representations of impossible stairs or shapes that are possible on 2D surfaces because they are not subject to the rules of the 3D world, but things get really strange when one of them can be replicated in real life.

This video shows the impossible waterfall in action after an engineer managed to build one in his workshop. You'll see the water pour into the structure next to the waterwheel at the base and flow down the ramps to the top, where it spills out. the edge and makes the wheel spin, it seems completely impossible and your brain will struggle to understand how this has been done, at a point where you will decide that there is no way what you are seeing can be true and you are right. Unfortunately, this is an optical illusion that is very common in the modern world and was done through clever video editing.

The clip is actually a combination of three images that together make it look as if basic principles like the law of gravity have stopped working. When shown alongside other illusions, however, your brain is more likely to take it in context and believe the deception at first before figuring out what is actually happening number two, the watercolor illusion, this image is known as The illusion of watercolor and is another example of how the brain can literally fill in blank spaces with something that is not there, is made up of a series of squares that are filled with parallel vertical or horizontal lines that alternate in color between white and black.

If you look closely you will see that the black lines have a thin border of color that is green or red and this is all it takes to confuse your brain instead of seeing the image as it was created, the vast majority of people They will experience color leaks whereby the white lines appear to have been painted with watercolors. The effect can also be replicated with complicated patterns, such as in this image which shows the red outline of the Mediterranean Sea on a background that makes the inside of the shape appear slightly red, which is also eye-catching, sometimes referred to this illusion. like the eye bender and not only shows you how your eyes and brain adapt to visual information, but also how they take a while to return to normal afterwards.

The video begins with a series of colored images of eyes and what you will have to do. He focuses intensely on the center and concentrates on the letters that begin to show. You don't need to focus on what letters they are or try to make words from them. Its purpose is to keep your eyes focused on the center of the screen as the wavy lines swirl and move, you may experience some color latency where you see a color in your peripheral vision that isn't actually there, at the same time. time, you may feel a little dizzy as the lines continue to move, but you should keep looking directly at the center for as long as you can now prepare for the image to change and you will now be shown a full screen of text.

Can you read it clearly or is something strange happening to your perception? Most people have done this. They will correctly see the letters moving and undulating mainly in their peripheral vision and this is an example of the opposite movement of our brain to try to make sense of what is seen in the animation. These lines move in patterns that would normally be too distracting. able to focus on the central letter so your brain takes steps to try to stabilize the peripheral image when you are shown the image of the writing your brain is still applying this effect to the image which in this case causes the letters to start to move, luckily this doesn't last too long and your vision should return to normal fairly quickly.

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