Professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka, Faculty of Comprehensive Psychology at Ritsumeikan University, creates some of the best motion illusions out there. As such, he has been featured on An Optical Illusio...
http://www.anopticalillusion.com/2021/03/moving-snakes-motion-illusion/
Here is the latest work from professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka, who is never one to disappoint when it comes to creating innovative relative motion illusions. The orange rings in this optical illusion a...
http://www.anopticalillusion.com/2019/04/black-hole-rings-by-akiyoshi-kitaoka/
Believe it or not, the Sparkle Illusion was inspired by an automobile. You might not see a car in this image, but the basis of the pattern started with a graphic of the front grill of a Lexus.�...
http://www.anopticalillusion.com/2017/08/sparkle-illusion-by-gene-levine/
Stereogram designer Gene Levine was playing around with some different pattern designs the other night and came up with this one. As he looked at the pattern on his monitor, he noticed that he ...
The two snakes appear to be in motion even though this image is completely static. This another terrific example of an anomalous motion illusion created by Professor Akiyosh Kitaoka. His illu...
The following video was recently awarded 1st prize for the 2016 Best Illusion of the Year Contest This video was created by Mathew T. Harrison and Gideon P. Caplovitz from the University of Nev...
http://www.anopticalillusion.com/2016/08/motion-integration-unleashed-optical-illusion/
This is an interesting motion illusion that Professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka created back in 2010. When you simply look at it, you’ll just notice a series of different-colored square outlines. Bu...
http://www.anopticalillusion.com/2016/08/tick-by-akiyoshi-kitaoka/
If you suffer from motion sickness, now might be a really good time to get out your Dramamine. As your eyes move across this series of nine distorted circular objects, you may notice that they ...
http://www.anopticalillusion.com/2016/03/frazzle-by-kaia-nao/
The blue and yellow circles made up of what look like bicycle chains appear to spontaneously rotate. Try focusing your attention on only one of the six circles at a time and you should find tha...
http://www.anopticalillusion.com/2016/01/rotating-chains-by-akiyoshi-kitaoka/
This purple circle created by Akiyoshi Kitaoka appears to wobble and pulsate as you look at it. Try focusing on the gray dot int he center of the image and then moving your head around. You w...
http://www.anopticalillusion.com/2015/11/water-cushion-by-akiyoshi-kitaoka/