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Optical Illusion Pool

April 17, 2014, 9:47 pm
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what's that ... just a 3D swimming pool?
Optical Illusion Pool

The photo you're watching above, look like a deep swimming pool.

But in reality no pool is there, what gives the impression of a pool is actually a painting. The 50-foot long 3D pool is actually 2D painting on a flat carpet, which makes only sense if one watch it from certain point if view.

Optical Illusion Swimming Pool

The 'hypnotic pool' named 'POOL, loss of color' is an awesome art installation by Jeroen Bisscheroux created this year in Osaka, Japan.
Also watch:
Perspective cycle illusion 

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Optical Illusion Lamp

April 18, 2014, 10:17 pm
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is that a normal glowing bulb?
optical illusion lamp
bulbing, an optical illusion LED lamp | designed by nir chehanoswki of studio cheha

Though it appears as a 3D lightbulb, but in reality it's actually a completely flat 2D LED lamp.
BULBING, an Optical Illusion versatile flat LED lamp:
~ The frame, made of thin sheet of acrylic glass, is inserted into a wooden base.
~ It uses energy-efficient LED light with a lifespan of 50,000 hour.
optical illusion LED lamp

You can visit kickstarter, if you wanna know more about it.
Also watch:
Flat candle holder, another great innovation by Studio Cheha.
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Optical Illusion Curtains

April 22, 2014, 1:49 am
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is that a transparent curtain?
Optical Illusion Curtains

At first glance it really look as-though the curtain is transparent which gives the glimpse of a drawing room. But, in reality there is nothing behind the curtain and nor the curtain is see-through at-all.

It's the cleverly applied photographic paint on curtains that makes us fool.

BTW, this 3D room pattern curtain is a perfect fit for small space .. it has that capability to make your small living space look larger.
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Optical Illusion Car Wrap

April 23, 2014, 11:35 pm
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how many vehicles are there?
optical illusion car wrap
Van Wrap of Fake Car

It gives the impression as-though a car is parked next to a van. But, truly speaking there is a single vehicle and that is the big van. The car is actually a creative 'vehicle wrap.'

No doubt, anyone can fall on the trap of the illusion created by the realistic vehicle wraps. It required a second look to realize what you're seeing.
Vehicle Wrap:
It's a the term used in marketing of completely or partially covering (wrapping) a vehicle in an advertisement. [wikipedia]
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The Ames Window Optical Illusion

April 26, 2014, 11:28 pm
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this bizarre optical illusion will blow your mind
'The Ames Window' is actually a trapezoidal window with a stick running through it. When the window is rotated slowly, our mind gets confused by its shape and rotation style.

trapezoidal window illusion
  • Though the window is trapezoid-shaped, yet it appears to be a rectangle-shaped &
  • Though it is rotating continuously in one direction, yet it appears to be oscillating .. means, rotate through 180 degrees and then seems to stop for a moment and reverse its direction of rotation.
Adelbert Ames, Jr., an American scientist who created famous 'Ames Room illusion' is the man behind this mind-bending visual tricks.
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Diagonal Lines Optical Illusion

April 27, 2014, 9:41 pm
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Going Up Or Down The Stairs Optical Illusion

April 28, 2014, 9:26 pm
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Going Upstairs Or Downstairs Illusion

April 28, 2014, 10:04 pm
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an ambiguous sculpture, that represent two meaning, depending where you stand 
going upstairs or downstairs illusion
sculpture by Istvan Orosz [via ~ utisz]

This sculpture changes appearance depending on your view-point ..
  • From left side, it represent a black and white line drawings of a man walking down the stairs and
  • From right side, the colored area forms the legs of a man walking up the stairs
Also watch:
Going Up or Down the Stairs optical illusion
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Talking Faces Optical Illusion

May 2, 2014, 7:57 pm
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Electric Motor Optical Illusion

May 3, 2014, 7:07 pm
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is really the Electric Motor moving?
Electric Motor Optical Illusion
Electric Motor | created by Herman J. Verwaal 

It seems as-though the middle circle portion really in motion. But, as you can see the whole image is just a static image.

The fake motion, also known as illusory motion or anomalous motion, is achieved by cleverly applied black and white color on different-colored dots.
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Dancing Robots Illusion
Rotating Butterflies Illusion
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Video Game Illusion

May 3, 2014, 7:45 pm
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is that really an intricate classic video game level?

What you see is not a video game level nor the biker a video game character. Rather, it's a real 'freestyle bike course' and the rider is a real human being, fixed gear biker Josh Boothby.

Red Bull's "Fixed Perspective 3D Bike Course" combines optical illusion floor painting along-with biker's skill to make us fool into thinking we're actually watching a video game level.

Watch the video below to understand how the artists transform a bike course into a video game level by expertly painting it in red and gray.



BTW, this is a great example of forced perspective optical illusion, means.. this illusion only works from certain point of view, from any other direction it will loose it's illusion ability.
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Floating Boxes Optical Illusion

May 5, 2014, 8:36 am
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which pink box is hovering higher? 
Floating Boxes Optical Illusion

Comparing the shadows, anyone can come to the conclusion .. all of these three pink cubes are at different height. Far right cube being hovering even higher above the surface than the other two.

But, it isn't TRUE. All of these cubes are calmly placed on the checkered-pattern surface.

It's the placement of square shadows that makes us fool. The lower the shadow (beneath cubes), the higher the cube seems hovering.
Also watch:
Floating Carpet Illusion
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Ten Africans Optical Illusion

May 5, 2014, 9:48 pm
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where is the tenth African?
Ten Africans Optical Illusion
Ten Africans | created by Donald Rust

It don't matter how hard you try, you'll finish counting 9 Africans all the time.

Because the tenth African is not in the form of human beings. Rather, it's a Zebra, which is hidden in their clothes.
Also watch:
Sixth traveller optical illusion, another cool optical illusion puzzle.
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3D Sand Art Optical Illusion

May 5, 2014, 11:16 pm
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3D Sand Art Optical Illusion
3D sand drawings at Mount Maunganui beach in New Zealand | created by Jamie Harkins, David Rendu, and Constanza Nightingale

What you see isn't a 3D sand sculpture rather a simple line drawing on sand.

Inspired by 3D chalk drawings on sidewalks, an imaginative team from New Zealand led by Jamie Harkins transform beach sand into 3D optical illusions.

While viewed from certain angle, these 2D sand artwork pop out of the surface of the beach and appear as 3D sand drawings.

BTW, they exist till the tide hit the beach.

3D sand art3D sand sculpture3D sand drawings

Here are 3 more cool sand sculpture -- see more photos on their Facebook page.

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Tower Or Street Optical Illusion

May 7, 2014, 8:16 am
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how many Towers are there in this photo?
Tower Or Street Optical Illusion
Les Promenades d'Euclide  | created by Rene Magritte in 1955

There are only one tower in this image and that is at left side .. it's a street at right side.

BTW, there is another surprises in this image .. You're not looking out of a window, rather it's a surrealist painting which blends perfectly with the town outside.
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    Impossible Bottles Optical Illusion

    May 10, 2014, 9:26 pm
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    how that bottle can hold the Rubik's cube inside in it which is much larger in size than the neck of the bottle?
    Impossible Bottles Optical Illusion
    Impossible Bottles | created Merlin Dunlop of the Impossibottle.co.uk

    The bottle has not been altered (not heated, cooled or cut) in nay way and the object is inserted in it through the neck.

    This types of illusory bottles, which was made popular by magician Herry Eng, are known as Impossible Bottles. 
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    Chair Or Block Optical Illusion

    May 12, 2014, 8:14 pm
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    what do you see .. chair-like figure or block?
    Chair or Block optical illusion

    Depending on which portion of this ambiguous figure you're focusing on, you'll either perceive a chair-like figure or floating block
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    Flower Face Optical Illusion

    May 12, 2014, 8:43 pm
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    Mistletoe Optical Illusion

    May 19, 2014, 9:16 pm
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    Under The Mistletoe

    May 19, 2014, 9:27 pm
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