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Optical illusions.

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None of those worked for me. I think my glasses tend to eliminate the effects of optical illusions. I'm sure it's my prescription (which is incredibly high) more than anything.
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I love the 'tessellated tiles'. That reminds me of the 'tumbling elves?' that Escher did...
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DeadPoolX wrote:None of those worked for me. I think my glasses tend to eliminate the effects of optical illusions. I'm sure it's my prescription (which is incredibly high) more than anything.
Okay, I can get the staring ones... but what about the pencils?
Count the tips of the pencil, then count the erasers.
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Tawmis wrote:Okay, I can get the staring ones... but what about the pencils?
Count the tips of the pencil, then count the erasers.
That is just a variation of this old one:
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Tawmis wrote:
DeadPoolX wrote:None of those worked for me. I think my glasses tend to eliminate the effects of optical illusions. I'm sure it's my prescription (which is incredibly high) more than anything.
Okay, I can get the staring ones... but what about the pencils?
Count the tips of the pencil, then count the erasers.
Yeah, I got that one. I guess I shouldn't have said "none." :P
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Collector wrote:
Tawmis wrote:Okay, I can get the staring ones... but what about the pencils?
Count the tips of the pencil, then count the erasers.
That is just a variation of this old one:
That is the first one that got me started on Escher. I drew variations on this over and over...
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gumby wrote:
Collector wrote:
Tawmis wrote:Okay, I can get the staring ones... but what about the pencils?
Count the tips of the pencil, then count the erasers.
That is just a variation of this old one:
That is the first one that got me started on Escher. I drew variations on this over and over...
Me too. :lol:
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I'll be very old before I tire of this optical illusion:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7knnO4vKgXg
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I made only one star (top left) disappear ;)
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BBP wrote:I'll be very old before I tire of this optical illusion:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7knnO4vKgXg
That one is great. I even found myself questioning if it was a fake, but was able to get the photo to switch back to black-and-white and again to 'full' color. Nice.
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Is the Cowboy riding TOWARDS or AWAY?
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Note to self: visit Paris!
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Actually, that's a hoarding used to cover the construction site below it. I've seen it when I visited Paris four years ago so I guess it's pretty safe to believe that it is gone now and that the real palce can be seen again ;)
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