Amazing illusion

[LoveToStack]

k you might have seen this cause it's quite famous, basically you can see the silhouette of the woman spinng in one direction initially - for me it was clockwise, for you it could be counter. This is object of the illusion, whichever way you see her spin initially can be CHANGED by your mind. So you can see her spinning in the other direction. The way I noticed the change was to watch her foot come close to her shadow. It can be irritating not getting it to change direction, but keep trying, its amazing when it does switch;



http://www.moillusions.com/2007/06/s...-illusion.html

[mangle]

Well, it switched when I wasn't looking so I have a feeling it's been programmed to do it!

But if not, it's awesome.

[Kardan]

It's not an illusion, it switches.

[Stefy]

lol anyone who believes it are gullable like hell, you cant just completely make that change direction lol

[LoveToStack]

it doesnt switch, it's the same all the way through. I recorded it on my phone when I saw it spinning clockwise then watched it in this thread switch, went back to my phone and it had changed direction on there too. It's to do with how you look at it.

edit; its one of the most famous illusions...don't be so quick to dismiss it just because you can't see it happen, if you keep looking and concentrate hard around the area where shadow meets foot it DOES switch. I found it hard to get it to go back to clockwise though.

[Kardan]

It's not, watch the waist and you'll see how the legs and that kind of 'twist' to swap.

[buttons]

Well, it switched when I wasn't looking so I have a feeling it's been programmed to do it!

But if not, it's awesome.

yeh same i was looking at the shadow and looked like to the right of the picture and noticed in corner of my eye it'd changed :S

[Plank]

it doesnt switch, it's the same all the way through. I recorded it on my phone when I saw it spinning clockwise then watched it in this thread switch, went back to my phone and it had changed direction on there too. It's to do with how you look at it.

edit; its one of the most famous illusions...don't be so quick to dismiss it just because you can't see it happen, if you keep looking and concentrate hard around the area where shadow meets foot it DOES switch. I found it hard to get it to go back to clockwise though.

that's weird.. I tried recording it on my phone and it didn't switch, but it did switch when I was watching it on my laptop.

unless im just goin mad

[cocaine]

lol when shes spinning counter clockwise her left arm is bent, yet when shes spinning clockwise its her right arm.

[PaulMacC]

Awesome I got it to work twice.