Top 10 Illusions of 2021 Announced
Miscellaneous / / December 24, 2021
Hand-slime, pictures of dots and objects that are visible only in the mirror.
Competition winners announced Best Illusion of the Year, on which the best illusions are awarded, are capable of deceiving our senses. Most of them are optical, but this year there is an exception in the form of one sensory - that is, deceiving tactile sensations.
First Place - Phantom Queen
A makeshift chess field on which black pieces stand - but if you look in the mirror, it becomes clear that there is also a white queen on the field, which is not visible to the naked eye. A secret is an obstacle disguised on both sides, which merges with the background both in front and behind (so that the reflection does not give out what is happening here).
Second place - changing room
At the beginning of the video, the authors ask you to pay attention to the objects that will change in the room. But due to the fact that the transition is slow, the phenomenon of blindness to gradual changes is triggered, and it seems like almost everything has remained the same - although the comparison at the end of the video shows that it is not.
Third place - the illusion with two rings
If we place two rotating rings at a short distance, we see that they rotate 360 °. And the rings that are closer to each other turn already 180 °. In fact, the animations are completely identical, and our brain interprets them differently, expecting that since the rings do not pass through each other, they should only rotate 180 °.
Other finalists
Crocs and socks
At first everything is simple: we are shown green and pink crocs, worn over white socks. But when photographed in green light, the pink crocs appear to be gray, although some people can see their real color by considering the lighting.
Frozen city and giant
We usually perceive objects based on their shape, but this is not always necessary, as this illusion demonstrates. We see the city at night and the head of a giant man - although in reality it is just a set of points, and our brain reads the shapes due to their displacement relative to each other. If paused, the effect will disappear immediately.
Surprise box
An object that looks like an empty box from a certain angle is actually a pair of sheets of cardboard.
Hand Slime
On opposite sides of the mirror are a volunteer and a slime. The illusion here is sensory: when the author simultaneously touches the hand and the slime, and the volunteer looks at the slime, he it seems that the same thing is happening to his hand (although in fact, of course, his skin is not stretched by 10 centimeters).
The illusion of a rising object
When two objects are placed in front of the mirror, one of them is reflected normally, and the second seems to be rotated 90 ° and stands on its other plane.
Cubic embarrassment
Thanks to the color and shape matching, flat plywood appears to be a complex three-dimensional object.
Phantom shimmer
In some scenarios, car headlights may appear dancing or moving. If you are in another car, it can be easily explained by stains on the glass, as in this video. But why a similar effect is observed when observed live without obstacles is unclear.
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