Stories tagged "illusion"

IT'S the Great Right Brain vs Left Brain Test ... do you see the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise?

Courage and intelligence can be critical tools for success. However, ironically, at midlife, they can also represent a recipe for disaster. It's all about your openness to spiritual principles.

Have you ever had a night where you've changed outfits ten times before heading out the door (and weren't even satisfied with the final choice)? Or worse, have you cancelled a date because you just didn't feel attractive in any way shape or form that day.

Animation is the optical illusion of motion created by the consecutive display of images of static elements

Most of you have looked and/or fretted over optical illusions at some point in your life. A select few have even had a sleepless night over particularly difficult ones. They come in all shapes and sizes and colors. Double meanings, motion induced blindnes

One of the cardinal rules of dressing: horizontal stripes make you look fat; vertical ones slim you down. But new research suggests that the nation’s women have been sorely misled and that the opposite is the case – vertical stripes are a no-no.

Sadly, we have been programmed to think that beauty is something that we have to travel far to see, or something that has a price tag attached. We rarely notice that some of the most beautiful things are free and abundant, if we are willing to see them

While working in 3d last year I discovered this optical illusion. A large grid seen rotating at a certain speed will appear to group itself into smaller grids, spinning independently. It appears the persistence of vision effect overrides our knowledge

Multicolored images which give the illusion of animation.

Stare at the X in the center of the models stomach. I promise this is not a scare video.