Pool Illusion

An illusionist drains his pool and creates an illusion in the process (using blue tape).

Celebrity Illusion

Things like this make me a bit crazy. I keep wanting to look right or left...which, of course, spoils the illusion.

National Smoke and Mirrors Day

Today is National Smoke and Mirrors Days (who makes these things up, anyway?), so here are some static images that appear to be moving.

Optical Illusion

This video shows the following process in reverse order. The person who made the video spent hours placing tiny white squares at specific points on the checkered pattern. The spots cause viewers to see the the pattern as being warped, because the brain and eyes pick them up as visual cues, and we can't help but connect the dots, which lead inward toward the center. So, our perception is skewed. At the end, he blew the dots off the pattern to show that the pattern was actually parallel. Watching it slowly in reverse shows the effect of the illusion as it skews the viewer's perception.

Okay, I've Been Avoiding This, But...

This optical illusion has been everywhere lately (the reason I wasn't going to post it), but since it's short, they have music I like and it actually is an interesting illusion (the equivalent of "it's got a nice beat and you can dance to it"?), I broke down and threw it up here (I know. I know. Peer pressure isn't a good thing. And yes, I do feel like a bit of a wimp for giving in and jumping on the bandwagon). LOL