The Dual Axis Illusion appears to defy logic. It was created by Frank Force and beat out many great optical illusions to claim first place at the 2019 Best Illusion of the Year Contest. The spinn...
http://www.anopticalillusion.com/2021/02/dual-axis-illusion/
Charlie Chaplin made his name as a comic actor in silent films During his illustrious career, he directed eleven films including hits such as City Lights, The Gold Rush, Modern Times, The Great D...
http://www.anopticalillusion.com/2021/02/charlie-chaplin-optical-illusion/
This video optical illusion was another finalist for the 2017 Best Illusion of the Year Contest. It was created by Kokichi Sugihara from Meiji University in Japan. Three objects that appear to ...
http://www.anopticalillusion.com/2018/01/partial-disappearance-illusion/
Joel Ydring, from Sweden, had a little fun with his daughter Tilla on a sunny day at the beach. Using his mobile phone camera and the space available on the beach, he created this fun video fea...
http://www.anopticalillusion.com/2017/10/tilla-at-the-beach/
We previously featured another piece created by Andrew Myers called An Artist’s Winter. He has traditionally used an very unlikely medium for his artwork – painted screws. That makes this...
http://www.anopticalillusion.com/2017/05/love-you-to-pieces-by-andrew-myers/
The Youtube artist known as Brusspup has come up with some really good anamorphic optical illusion videos in the past. Here are some additional anamorphic illusions that he created which will s...
http://www.anopticalillusion.com/2017/03/more-amazing-anamorphic-illusions/
This video, created by Christine Veras of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, pays homage to the early zoetropes from the 19th century. The zoetrope consists of a cylinder with slits...
http://www.anopticalillusion.com/2016/10/silhouette-zoetrope/
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/
Kokichi Sugihara of Meiji University in Japan created this very intriguing video featuring a series of ambiguous cylinders. If you look at the objects placed in front of the mirror and then loo...
http://www.anopticalillusion.com/2016/07/ambiguous-cylinder-illusion/
In this video, you will see grey circles turn into circles of different colors (green, yellow, red, and purple) before your very eyes. The bubbles are absolutely colorless (the same color as th...
http://www.anopticalillusion.com/2016/07/caught-inside-a-bubble-optical-illusion/