Back in the 1960s, scientists found an illusion that only seemed to work on affluent westerners, but new research is calling ...

A sneaker box optical illusion uses perspective, shading, and carefully placed details to create a convincing three dimensional effect on a flat surface. This creative art technique demonstrates how ...

Viral Optical Illusion: Recently, we have come across several mind-boggling optical illusions that leave netizens scratching their heads. Whether it’s a picture puzzle or something hidden inside a ...

Optical illusions are older than you think. The first optical illusions date back to 20,000 BC and were seen in caves. Nowadays they are found all over the place – on screens, in books and even in ...

If you’ve looked up at the night sky in the last week or so, you may have noticed two bright objects moving steadily closer together. The objects you’re seeing aren’t stray high-altitude balloons or ...

The Best Illusion of the Year contest offers researchers, and participants, an opportunity to explore the gaps and limits of human perception. By Katrina Miller Take a look at this video of a waiting ...

Which way is the dancer spinning? Clockwise? Counterclockwise? You can choose which direction you want her to spin by simply wishing it! (Hint: if the foot touching the ground is perceived to be her ...

A couple of years ago an optical illusion came along and almost broke our site. Over three million people read an article about the most dizzying illusion ever to grace our screens – the rotating ...

In the must-see video above, clever optical illusion bird sculptures created by artist Thomas Deininger were displayed at Florida’s Art Miami contemporary art fair this December, footage filmed at the ...

If you have never seen an optical illusion, it is an image that makes you see things differently than they actually are. Optical illusions trick your eyes into believing you see something that is not ...

There are lots of visual illusions: an old woman who turns into a young girl, a drawing that’s either a duck or a rabbit depending on how you look at it, and, need I mention the blue and black, or ...