Just what the headline says. Word of warning... these are optical illusions! View at your own risk. picked by walksfarwolf 12 months ago

Humans can see into the future, says a cognitive scientist. It's nothing like the alleged predictive powers of Nostradamus, but we do get a glimpse of events one-tenth of a second before they occur.

And the mechanism behind that can also explain why we are tricked by optical illusions. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

Your eyes can play tricks on you. Optical Illusions Pictures that confuse your eyes and brain, tricking them into seeing something differently, are called optical illusions. See if you can figure out these optical illusions. picked by feroz557 11 months ago

A truncated offshoot of the genre of optical illusions, these all involve words, typography or reading tricks. Some you will have seen before, but some I'm sure will be new. picked by pocksucket 9 months ago

With short explanations of why they work, and if you're really interested in perception read this. picked by thenegativeone 7 months ago

I know a lot of this kind of stuff gets posted on Plime but these are really really cool. I had never seen most of them before. picked by mahler87 7 months ago

Woooaahhh!! picked by wildminou 11 months ago

My eyes are still wrecked! (Click on "tour" top left) picked by ogri2003 1 year ago

Some pretty interesting interior painting designs that give a 3D optical illusion when you stand in the right place. Photos show the illusion and the same paint design from an alternate angle. picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago

A great collection of optical illusions. The colour ones are guaranteed to mess with your mellon. picked by Boomshank 2 years ago

This is the first time I have come across an optical illusion page that carries its own health warning. I really enjoyed this site. picked by scraddict 2 years ago

Optical computers, computers that use light instead of electricity will revolutionize life. Researchers have not been able to create the ideal crystal to manipulate light properly. However a beetle seems to have done it, its back has the crystal structure we have been looking for. picked by 2manyusernames 3 months ago

Gigantic compilation of optical illusions picked by hypersapien 9 months ago

So, are those M. C. Escher buildings such as "Belvedere" with it's weird pillars and the "Waterfall" with it's uphill flow, possible to build in reality? Here are some models:
(Escher work appears at the bottom of the page).
*NOTE: There are great links off of this page to similar stuff also. picked by ogri2003 1 year ago

Optical phenomena, atmospheric phenomena, electrical phenomena and natural optical illusions and they’re all incredible for one reason or another. picked by maxriter 1 year ago

the best optical illusion ever picked by justelite 2 years ago

From the people that brought you ,"Unlocks Your Car Using A Tennis Ball". picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

The Parallax Effect and how it can make things seem to look different than they really are! very educational. picked by iguanna 10 months ago

This will make your head hurt picked by fogowar 10 months ago

Did we really dress like that? Ah well, it's a cool illusion anyway.. picked by power832 1 year ago