This makes it no less fantastic. I find radio story-telling way more engaging than anything with moving pictures. Sometimes images can distract from a story...
But other times images are needed! Like when the Neural Correlate Society announce their top ten optical illusions of 2014.
But other times images are needed! Like when the Neural Correlate Society announce their top ten optical illusions of 2014.
How would an optical illusion work without some images? I thought I could use this blog to show off a couple of these illusions because they are eye-strainingly, confusingly, mind-blowingly awesome!
The winner was an animation based on the well-known Ebbinghaus Illusion – you've probably seen this one before, but if not have a look at the image below.
Amazingly, the two orange circles are the same size. It turns out, we perceive an object's size as relative to the objects next to it. Well, things get even crazier if this illusion is animated.
Amazingly, the two orange circles are the same size. It turns out, we perceive an object's size as relative to the objects next to it. Well, things get even crazier if this illusion is animated.
Pretty impressive – but my favourite illusion has to be The McThatcher Illusion. This is a combination of the Thatcher Illusion and – my personal favourite – the McGurk Effect, in which we literally hear what our eyes are seeing.
Now, I've tried to figure out what is going on in this video. I think that the person is always saying "ba", but if you look at the central dot as the head spins around to nearly upright, an optical illusion make your ears 'think' he's saying "va".
I could be completely wrong about this, but one thing for certain is that it's the most surreal-ly disturbing optical illusion I have ever seen.
Check out some of the other Top Ten Optical Illusions of 2014.
Have you seen any weird optical illusions? Please share them below if you have.
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