Smart-Kit Puzzles and Games » Optical Illusions

Concentric Circles?

RK — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:04:27 +0000

True or False: The picture above shows 4 concentric circles.

Eye Quiz: Observe the triangle

RK — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:12:24 +0000

It’s amazing how these diagonal lines can canfound your brain. Is the right side of lever truly lower than the left?

The Spinning Girl

RK — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:28:39 +0000

Let’s see how flexible your brain is- Can you make the dancer spin both clockwise and counterclockwise?

[click on picture below to view animation]

Eight is Enough: Cool optical illusion

RK — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:27:30 +0000

Check out this new optical illusion! Wasn’t initially going to put it up because of its political nature, but it’s too neat to pass over:

Click here to view the embedded video.

3rd Place in the 2008 Best Illusion of the Year Contest

RK — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:43:03 +0000

Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Rutgers University Thomas Papathomas let me know of his really cool mask/face illusion.

Notice the moving nose ring as well as the rolling eyes. The effect gets even crazier when the mask is turned on its side 1 minute 30 seconds into the video.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Ripple Optical Illusion

RK — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:11:38 +0000

Thanks to krandolph for this cool optical illusion below. If you haven’t played Smartkit’s super high quality jigsaw puzzles yet, go try them now!

Optical Illusion Tables

RK — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:08:58 +0000

Is the length of the tabletop on the left any different than the width of the tabletop on the right?

In this optical illusion by Roger Shepard (“Turning the Tables”, the dimensions of the tabletops are amazingly the same!

Cafe Wall Illusion

RK — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 01:51:04 +0000

Dr. Richard Gregory first observed this illusion’s effects at a cafe wall in Bristol, where the tiles were arranged in a chessboard-like pattern.

Other cool optical illusions posted earlier on the site:

3d color optical illusion by MIT professor

RK — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 05:07:54 +0000

Wow, this optical illusion really messes with your brain.

Hard to believe, but the squares marked A and B are the same shade of gray.

For an explanation and proof, click here.

Spinning Pinwheels

RK — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 05:32:40 +0000

This neat little optical illusion comes courtesy of www.coolopticalillusions.com.

Probalby one of the cooler optical illusions I’ve seen in awhile.

Note that the picture below is not animated!

A crooked square?

RK — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 06:08:23 +0000

In this neat optical illusion, is the blue line in the middle a perfect square?

(Imagine looking at this thing while intoxicated?!?)