Bored?
03-19-2008, 06:30 PM
#1
Contributors
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Orange County, CA
Posts: 1,030
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
The awareness test Ryan posted was neat so i found some optical illusions. Enjoy!
Challenge yourself to try and count the dots in the diagram below. Despite a static image, your eyes will make it dynamic attempting to "fill-in" the white circle intersections with the black of the background.
Instructions: Simply stare at the white circles and notice the intermittent blinking effect.
How objects and colors appear is highly dependent on their context. The structural and spatial variables of a scene can influence appearance and perception. The following optical illusion demonstrates how we are sometimes fooled by our eyes.
Instructions: The diagram below features two circles with different surroundings. Would you believe that the two circles are identical?
Can you find the face? (i cant
)
What words do you see? In black you can read the word GOOD; but the word EVIL also appears in white letters inside each black letter.
The following pics are not animated. Your eyes are making them move. To test this, stare at one spot in each picture for a few seconds and everything will stop moving; OR look at the black center of each circle in the first picture, and it will stop moving; but when you move your eyes to the next black center, the previous one will move after you take your eyes away from it.
Two elderly faces, or a larger scene?
This is called an "impossible object," which means that it's impossible to build. But drawing it is not impossible, as you see in the image.
Do you see the face? Can you see the word?
okay, im dizzy now
Challenge yourself to try and count the dots in the diagram below. Despite a static image, your eyes will make it dynamic attempting to "fill-in" the white circle intersections with the black of the background.
Instructions: Simply stare at the white circles and notice the intermittent blinking effect.
How objects and colors appear is highly dependent on their context. The structural and spatial variables of a scene can influence appearance and perception. The following optical illusion demonstrates how we are sometimes fooled by our eyes.
Instructions: The diagram below features two circles with different surroundings. Would you believe that the two circles are identical?
Can you find the face? (i cant
)What words do you see? In black you can read the word GOOD; but the word EVIL also appears in white letters inside each black letter.
The following pics are not animated. Your eyes are making them move. To test this, stare at one spot in each picture for a few seconds and everything will stop moving; OR look at the black center of each circle in the first picture, and it will stop moving; but when you move your eyes to the next black center, the previous one will move after you take your eyes away from it.
Two elderly faces, or a larger scene?
This is called an "impossible object," which means that it's impossible to build. But drawing it is not impossible, as you see in the image.
Do you see the face? Can you see the word?
okay, im dizzy now
03-19-2008, 07:12 PM
#5
Senior Members
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Baltimore, MD
Posts: 353
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
My Ride: 2006 550i, Alpine White, Beige Ltr, Sport Pkg, Cold Weather Pkg, Premium Sound, Active Steering, Comfort Access, Steptronic, Nav, Satellite Radio, Split Fold Rear Seats, V1
I'm crosseyed after this thread! Good posts.
03-19-2008, 07:14 PM
#6
Senior Members
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Baltimore, MD
Posts: 353
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
My Ride: 2006 550i, Alpine White, Beige Ltr, Sport Pkg, Cold Weather Pkg, Premium Sound, Active Steering, Comfort Access, Steptronic, Nav, Satellite Radio, Split Fold Rear Seats, V1
OK - I found the face in the coffee beans. It is within a single bean. From the bottom left corner count right about 6 beans and up two.
03-19-2008, 07:58 PM
#8
Super Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: So. Cal (SFV)
Posts: 17,508
Likes: 0
Received 3 Likes
on
3 Posts
My Ride: 2011.5 Alpine White E90 M3 | Black Novillo Leather | Carbon Fiber Leather Trim | ZCP | ZP2 | M-DCT | Navigation | Moonroof | 6FL Mods: TMS 12.5mm spacers all around l Hawk HPS Brake Pads l OEM M3 Edition Grills l Paint Matched Side Gills l Key Hole D
I think I am going to go watch fear and loathing in Las Vegas now...thanx...
03-19-2008, 08:42 PM
#9
Contributors
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Thousand Oaks, California
Posts: 11,084
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
My Ride: 2008 550i Jet Black on Black Leather, SAT with Paddles, Logic 7, Comfort Seats, NAV, Sport Package, PDC, Xenons, Sirius, Trinity 12W LED Angel Eyes, RPi GT Exhaust, M rear spoiler, ACS Roof Spoiler, Tinted Tail Lights, Bimmian Carbon Fiber Pillar Trim, Bimmian Shadow 550i emblem, RPi Scoop, E60 Forum Cling, Mtec bulbs in fog lights, Mtec 2W LED for License Plate Light Bulbs, K&N Filter, Bimmian LED Smoked Side Markers, Blackout roundels, Carbon Fiber Kidney Grills.
Retired Rides - 1989 325i convertible, 1995 M3, 2002 X5, 2005 545i, 2008 X5 (Lemon)
Boy, those were fairly fascinating!! Thanks! 
Thanks!
03-19-2008, 10:22 PM
#10
Former Vendor
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Anaheim, CA
Posts: 19,460
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
My Ride: F13 M6
good stuff kathy thanks for sharing.
i remember that one with the nuts if you could see the face. first time i saw that was last quarter in a bio seminar. while they showed the picture they told us how good our brain works according to how many seconds it took to actually see it. dont worry i never found the face until they pointed it out
i remember that one with the nuts if you could see the face. first time i saw that was last quarter in a bio seminar. while they showed the picture they told us how good our brain works according to how many seconds it took to actually see it. dont worry i never found the face until they pointed it out