Directory of Optical Illusions Resources

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Contains sites with collections of optical illusions.

Resources in This Category

• Akiyoshi's Illusion Pages

  http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/index-e.html
  Many works of Akiyoshi Kitaoka. Designs around standard illusions crafted to maximise the illusory effect.

• Amos Storkey - Visual Illusion of the Month

  http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/amos/visualillusion.html
  Collection of illusions and images chosen for novelty and distinction from the usual set found in most collections.

• Braingle's Optical Illusions

  http://www.braingle.com/brainteasers/optical-illusions.php
  Dozens of optical illusions to tease your brain.

• Cool Optical Illusions

  http://www.coolopticalillusions.com/
  A growing collection of optical illusions and eye tricks, including original illusion pictures and a collection of optical illusion desktop wallpaper.

• Cut the Knot: Visual Illusions

  http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/index.shtml#illusions
  A collection of about 20 illusions, all accompanied by Java applets. Interactively changeable attributes help investigate which ones are in fact responsible for tricking the brain.

• Eye Magic: Optical Illusions

  http://www.harmsy.freeuk.com/eyemagic.html
  Offers a number of optical illusions for viewing, as well as explanations on how they work.

• Eyetricks.com

  http://www.eyetricks.com/
  Optical illusions, 3D stereograms and anaglyphs, fractals and brain teasers

• Eyetricks.dk

  http://www.eyetricks.dk/
  Gallery of pictures that will trick your eyes.

• IllusionWorks

  http://psylux.psych.tu-dresden.de/i1/kaw/diverses%20Material/www.illusionworks.com/
  A multimedia museum of optical and sensory illusions, with online demonstrations and explanations.

• Magic Eye Inc.

  http://www.magiceye.com/3dfun/stwkdisp.shtml
  Creators of the stereogram craze of the '90s. A new image is posted weekly, and includes the answer.

• Michael Bach: Optical Illusions & Visual Phenomena

  http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/
  The stress here is on relative novelty and interactivity, in combination with a scientific background. Regularly updated.

• Mindfake.com

  http://www.mindfake.com/
  A collection of optical illusions, online games, and other fun things.

• NBCreations illusions

  http://nbcillusions.100freemb.com/
  Illusions by Brincat Norbert for viewing and downloading.

• Optical Illusionist

  http://www.optical-illusionist.com/
  Optical illusions, eye tricks, mind teasers and other puzzles.

• Optical Illusions

  http://www.panoptikum.net/optischetaeuschungen/opticalillusions.htm
  Amazing Pictures and Effects

• Optical Illusions

  http://www.illusions.org/
  A collection of riddles and optical illusions of many different forms with thumbnail browsing.

• Optical Illusions Etc

  http://illusionsetc.blogspot.com/
  A collection of various forms of optical illusions with explanations, including illusions conveyed through fractals, architecture, art, advertising and real life encounters.

• Optical Magic Optical Illusions

  http://www.goodtricks.net/optical-illusions-optical-magic.html
  A selection of common images.

• Planet Perplex

  http://www.planetperplex.com/
  Selection of optical illusions, hidden images, impossible objects and upside down images.

• Skytopia - Dynamic Optical Illusions

  http://www.skytopia.com/project/illusion/illusion.html
  A selection of old, new and original optical illusions. Many pictures are enhanced via the use of 3D and animation.

• Subliminal Messages

  http://www.subliminalmessages.com/
  Impossible figures, optical illusions, multimedia and 3D puzzles.

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