10 Of The Coolest Optical Illusions Of 2017-18

When it comes to the optical illusion even the saying - ‘seeing is believing ’ distracts you from this thought. In reality, the world is full of illusions and things you see aren’t always the same as they appear. Though your mind tries to create the sense of the world, sometimes it also goes out of control and makes you believe the things which are not true.

Let’s take a case of optical illusions. It is defined as the illusion caused by the system and distinguished by images that differ from reality. The data accepts by the eye is processed in the brain to give an action that does not match with the actual source. You might have seen some optical illusion examples, some are unclear while some literally complex your mind. So here we have compiled the best and the coolest optical illusions of 2017-2018

1) Troxler Effect

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Continuously stare at the center of this blurry image, after a few seconds what do you see? Is the image start fading away? Yes? This phenomenon is called as Troxler effect. The effect was first acknowledged by Swiss physician Ignaz Paul Vital Troxler in 1804. The fading of the image reveals how our visual system adjusts with the sensory stimuli. (5.1)

2) Rotating Rings

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Stare the dot and move your head from the screen; you will note that the rings have started rotating. Get closer again….what they have change direction??

3) Triangle – Though None Exist

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This Kanizsa Triangle was discovered by psychologist Gaetano Kanizsa. Simply look at the image and your brain will create an image of a triangle, though it doesn’t exist, it is just an illusion created by the angles and the wedges.

4) Still, Image or Floating Stars

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You also believe that these beautiful stars are floating in the background? If yes, then you are wrong. The image is completely still, and it’s just an illusion created in your brain.

5) The Contrasting Checker Shadow Optical Illusion

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What you note is both A and B have different shades of grey? But what if we say that both have the same background color? Don’t believe us! Open the picture into the photoshop and check the color value, you will get both the boxes have same color value i.e #787878. Seriously this optical illusion is unbelievable.

6) Creepy Goofy Monster Illusion

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Stare at the center of the image and watch your favorite celebs turning into goofy monsters.(5.2)

7) Crazy it is!

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What do you notice the front of the chair or back? OMG! Seriously crazy….

8) You will Not Believe These Cigarettes are of the Same Size

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9) Color Dots

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Initially what you see is pink dots are rotating? Now stare at the cross in the center you will see either the green dot rotating around or green dot running around the circle. This lilac chaser is also known as the Pac-man – it is the effect of negative retinal afterimage which occurs when our system adjusts to fill in the gap left by the afterimage of colors on a neutral background. (5.4)

10) The dark shades between the square are just created by your brains. They are not there!

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