Search Results for Illusion of the Year

Peter Veto explained "The Phantom Wiggle", a visual anomaly that makes it look like car lights are moving separately from the car itself.

Matt Pritchard created the illusion of "The Phantom Queen" appearing only in a mirror facing the chessboard but not on the board itself.

Dr. Kokichi Sugihara of Japan created a 3D model of a Schröder Staircase that brings the famous optical illusion to life.

Game developer Frank Force created a brilliantly confounding optical illusion of a spinning shape that appears to be simultaneously rotating around both the horizontal and…

Japanese professor Kenri Kodaka of Nagoya City University has created “Bodiject Fingers”, a rather disconcerting optical illusion in which disembodied human fingers appear out of…

Researchers Dr. Michael Pickard and Gurpreet Singh of the University of Sunderland submitted to 2017 Best Illusion of the Year Contest a simple but brilliant…

Dr. Kokichi Sugihara, an engineering professor at Meji University in Japan has created an absolutely astonishing optical illusion in which white cylinders appear to change…

Illusion d’Optique is a marvelous set of playing cards that feature incredible optical illusions and hypnotic holographic designs that change color with movement. These cards…

The Pinetti is a beautifully finished red oak wine rack by Harlequin Illusions that has been cleverly designed, using an optical illusion to hide the…

“Dust and Illusions” is a documentary by Olivier Bonin on the history of Burning Man that reaches all the way back to the legendary San…