# Cool optical illusions **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 27, 2004, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-optical-illusions/257074 "2004-07-27T11:09:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-optical-illusions/257074/1 "2004-07-27T11:09:57Z")
[http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/index-e.html](http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/index-e.html) …I feel sick… ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-optical-illusions/257074/2 "2004-07-27T13:56:41Z")
There was some there that I haven’t seen before. Very cool. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-optical-illusions/257074/3 "2004-07-27T16:27:32Z")
I love those things! Thanks for posting! ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/77aa72/32.png) [@Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_On_My_Sleeve)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-optical-illusions/257074/4 "2004-07-28T00:44:40Z")
Awesome! My eyes hurt. ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-optical-illusions/257074/5 "2004-07-28T00:47:47Z")
Why are the snakes moving? They can’t be moving! MAKE IT STOP! ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-optical-illusions/257074/6 "2004-07-28T00:49:55Z")
Swim head, swim. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-optical-illusions/257074/7 "2004-07-28T01:40:14Z")
Oh good, the same thing is happening to other people. I thought it was just a ‘bad reaction to one can of Bud Light’. Had to set the cursor and stare at it for awhile to make sure the monitor wasn’t moving. Too much. Is anyone else having a problem getting the explanation files to open? ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-optical-illusions/257074/8 "2004-07-28T03:56:59Z")
Whoa. Those are cool. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-optical-illusions/257074/9 "2004-07-28T07:29:10Z")
You think those’re cool? Have a few shots of Wild Turkey and then look at 'em again. ::bfuggha:: Cool stuff. Something to puke, er, post about on my livejournal, if nothing else… ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-optical-illusions/257074/10 "2004-07-28T13:43:42Z")
Whoa… Snakes makes for a bitchin desktop wallpaper. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-optical-illusions/257074/11 "2004-07-28T13:59:37Z")
> [@Heart On My Sleeve](#): > > Awesome! My eyes hurt. Same here. Youch. But cool! Anonymous Coward, you’re gonna make that your desktop?? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-optical-illusions/257074/12 "2004-07-28T14:19:20Z")
> [@Anonymous Coward](#): > > Whoa… Snakes makes for a bitchin desktop wallpaper. I did that when I first came across it. After a few days I realized that I was avoiding looking at my monitor head-on because of it, and had to change it to something else. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-optical-illusions/257074/13 "2004-07-28T14:56:13Z")
It stayed on mine for all of 30 seconds. However, Jason in the cubicle next to me is a little froggy today. And since I have the passwords to his computer… \ ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-optical-illusions/257074/14 "2004-07-28T18:15:13Z")
Going to the other links on that page makes Firefox crash immediately, and once I used IE to go there, AVG told me I had a trojan downloader. I would do a scan on your temp file immediately, everyone. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-optical-illusions/257074/15 "2004-07-28T18:21:24Z")
> [@Anonymous Coward](#): > > Whoa… Snakes makes for a bitchin desktop wallpaper. Ah!!! My eyes! My eyes! ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-optical-illusions/257074/16 "2004-07-28T22:57:20Z")
> [@Cardinal](#): > > Going to the other links on that page makes Firefox crash immediately, and once I used IE to go there, AVG told me I had a trojan downloader. I would do a scan on your temp file immediately, everyone. Hmmmm. I use both IE and AVG, and I got no such warning. Perhaps it was another window you had open causing the trojan alarm? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-optical-illusions/257074/17 "2004-07-28T23:31:25Z")
> [@Coldfire](#): > > Hmmmm. I use both IE and AVG, and I got no such warning. Perhaps it was another window you had open causing the trojan alarm? No problems here, either using IE 6.0 & Firefox 0.9.2. I’m also using Zone Alarm Pro and McAfee Security Center. ---
**Author:** ![LeeshaJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-optical-illusions/257074/18 "2004-07-29T01:06:54Z")
What amazes me is that somebody had to MAKE all of these things–first coming up with the idea, then spending hours in a paint program making it work. Or perhaps vice-versa. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-optical-illusions/257074/19 "2004-07-29T02:47:53Z")
There’s a great Audi ad that uses Escher-like impossible structures: [http://media.cgnetworks.com/cgfilms/ads/audi\_illusions\_framestore2.mov](http://media.cgnetworks.com/cgfilms/ads/audi_illusions_framestore2.mov) info here: [http://www.cgnetworks.com/cgfilms/cgfilm.php?story\_id=2165](http://www.cgnetworks.com/cgfilms/cgfilm.php?story_id=2165)