These are four perfectly round, concentric circles. Wait no, they aren’t. Oh yes, they are. No, they are not. Are they? No. Yes. Would you please stop moving right now? Stupid circles made of stupid squares. More »
If you look intensely at these black bars, you will just see black bars. But if you shake your head, you will see an image. See? No. Shake it again. Yes? OK. Have fun until you get a headache. More »
Want to add more wrinkles to that ol’ brain of yours? Stare at the coloured dots on the girl’s nose in the photo above for 30 seconds. Then look at a white surface (blank browser, mayhaps) and start blinking. You should see a non-negative image of the girl. WHAT. BRAIN. MELTING. WHAT. OHMYGOD. More »
Have you ever wondered what the visuals look like on hallucinogens? This isn’t far off (um, I’ve read). This is not an animated gif, and nothing is actually moving. It’s all in your head. Your trippy, trippy head. More »
Take a good look at this image. In fact, stare at it, dead centre. There’s no trick to it; just look straight ahead, relax, and watch as something you know is there vanishes into nothingness. More »
You know that amazing Halloween costume you’ve been crafting for the past month? I’m sorry you wasted all that time because this Pure Smoke illusion — that magically conjures up puffs of vapour from your bare hands — has easily got you beat. More »
Two tiles, seemingly different colours from one angle are actually the same colour in different lighting. I don’t get it at all. What’s the trickery here? Is it the shadowplay? The lights? The tiles? I don’t know. More »
This optical illusion is one of the weirdest, freakiest brain phenomenon I’ve ever experienced. It’s called the flashed face distortion effect, but just follow the instructions in the video and experience it for yourself, then read the description: More »
