http://www.optical-illusionist.com Optical illusions, eye tricks and mind puzzles. en-us webmaster@optical-illusionist.com webmaster@optical-illusionist.com http://feedvalidator.org/docs/ Here\'s an illusion that\'s sure to give you a headache. Try staring at the vertical lines while shaking your head from side to side - you should see something interesting....http://www.optical-illusionist.com/illusions/shake-your-head-illusionTue, 31 Jan 2012 13:05:55 -0600 Naile sent us this drawing of a rather unusual temple, while at a glance it may seem that there\'s nothing particularly unusual about it if you look closer you will find that the number of columns are...http://www.optical-illusionist.com/illusions/temple-of-many-columnsSat, 28 May 2011 10:35:46 -0500 While not quite an optical illusion this image does help to represent the paradox of duality. One of these glasses is half empty and one of them is half full, but which is which ? Is there even an ans...http://www.optical-illusionist.com/illusions/glass-half-empty-or-half-full-?Fri, 13 May 2011 05:56:01 -0500 Rachel Howell sent this impressive afterimage of a butterfly in to us via email, to see the effect try staring at the white cross in the center for 35 seconds and then looking away at a blank surface....http://www.optical-illusionist.com/illusions/butterfly-afterimageMon, 02 May 2011 13:36:53 -0500 This is an alternative version of an impossible object made out of lego, the straight beam across the top appears to connect to the front and back columns without bending even though they are some dis...http://www.optical-illusionist.com/illusions/lego-impossible-objectMon, 11 Apr 2011 05:48:22 -0500 This picture shows two spheres in a brick cul-de-sac, but how large is the sphere in the foreground compared to the sphere in the background ? Another example of the Ebbinghaus illusion these two sphe...http://www.optical-illusionist.com/illusions/sphere-sizesSat, 09 Apr 2011 06:32:26 -0500 The Simpsons have done a lot of unusual things over the years during the famous introduction sequence in which Homer and family rush in to their living room and sit down on the couch in front of the t...http://www.optical-illusionist.com/illusions/simpsons-escherFri, 08 Apr 2011 06:56:59 -0500 This well circulated picture of a vintage car might seem like nothing unusual at a glance but look a bit closer and you'll notice that the direction its facing isn't quite as obvious as it first appea...http://www.optical-illusionist.com/illusions/sideways-car-illusionThu, 07 Apr 2011 12:51:22 -0500 Here's a truly impressive advertisement for Carlsberg using 3D projection mapping on England's White Cliffs of Dover. Moving images are projected on to the cliff face creating a realistic three-dimens...http://www.optical-illusionist.com/illusions/carlsberg-3d-white-cliffs-of-doverThu, 07 Apr 2011 09:26:54 -0500 Here is an unusual spectacle that can be found at a water park called Aqualand in Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain. Visitors to the park are treated to a view of this faucet that appears to be floating in...http://www.optical-illusionist.com/illusions/floating-tap-illusionThu, 07 Apr 2011 06:38:02 -0500