Visual Illusions

By Xah Lee. Date: . Last updated: .
rotsnake
Rotating Snakes
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sakuras2b
“Primrose's field”. Wavy. The longer you look, the more wavy it gets.
rotrays
Rotating rays
SwampA2
The autumn color swamp
altantis
Atlantis
rollers
Rollers
donwave
down wave. source unknown.

Unless otherwise indicated, images on this page are from Akiyoshi's illusion pages (2002 to 2011) © by Akiyoshi Kitaoka. At http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/index-e.html. (used with permission)

Look at the + in the center for 30 seconds.

Hin­ton's “Lilac Chaser” By Jeremy L Hinton, Michael Bach. At http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/col_lilacChaser/index.html

This website is really trippy, at: Source www.neave.com. It demonstrates motion after effect, which is not entirely understood.

Math and Illustrations