SPINNING BALLERINA ILLUSION

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  • Опубліковано 27 лют 2011
  • I'ts all written in the video;P
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  • @vjthehandsome5659
    @vjthehandsome5659 7 місяців тому +1697

    I remember being wierded out as a kid by this illusion. Seeing a static image change directions randomly without knowing how I did it just gave me the same feeling as watching liminal spaces as an adult.

    • @mapes2572
      @mapes2572 7 місяців тому +7

      numa liminal

    • @googlewolly
      @googlewolly 7 місяців тому +20

      It's not a static image, but I get what you mean.

    • @vjthehandsome5659
      @vjthehandsome5659 7 місяців тому +2

      @@googlewolly yeah you're right

    • @raspberry63088
      @raspberry63088 7 місяців тому +6

      This is a good parallel, it gives me the same kind of trippy anxiety

    • @vjthehandsome5659
      @vjthehandsome5659 7 місяців тому +5

      @raspberry63088 Yeah, anxiety is a good word. Combined with the awkward silence, it definitely can feel a little uncanny.

  • @jackalynglencross4008
    @jackalynglencross4008 6 років тому +5790

    I like it when you learn how to make her change and you kinda feel like you have mind powers😂

    • @CBAN_
      @CBAN_ 5 років тому +97

      Maybe practice for a few years and you will have some 😉

    • @ermawes
      @ermawes 4 роки тому +5

      @@CBAN_ kkjj

    • @FroggyFroggerAllesRoger
      @FroggyFroggerAllesRoger 4 роки тому +4

      IMAO! MEE TOO 😂😂😂

    • @Tmoney227
      @Tmoney227 3 роки тому +1

      Fr

    • @JayPixx
      @JayPixx 3 роки тому +38

      But you actually have mind powers

  • @ICFS_14
    @ICFS_14 7 місяців тому +422

    Bro, seeing this after so many years and realizing that I still don't know how to change the direction it turns is something that makes me very nostalgic

    • @doodoo2065
      @doodoo2065 6 місяців тому +38

      Look at the shadow and shell start going counter clockwise

    • @thelastgreyhawk2161
      @thelastgreyhawk2161 6 місяців тому +14

      Cover her body with your hand and look at her standing foot, there are two points where you can't tell which way her foot is pointing. After one of those points occurs she may finally go the other way for you

    • @mlbrooks4066
      @mlbrooks4066 6 місяців тому +4

      If I keep my eye on one spot on her body, like her butt, she doesn't change direction for me. I have to shift my focus for her to change direction and then I have to shift my focus again for it to change again.

    • @ICFS_14
      @ICFS_14 6 місяців тому

      @@doodoo2065 I could achieve it

    • @ICFS_14
      @ICFS_14 6 місяців тому

      @@thelastgreyhawk2161 thanks

  • @karambura
    @karambura 7 місяців тому +418

    Ok, wow. I remember this from over 10 years ago. It seems like back then it was easier for her to switch directions this or that way randomly. Now for me she spins almost exclusively clockwise and I need to really concentrate to see her spinning counter-clockwise even for a short time and the picture starts trembling when she does that.

    • @sodapopgamer
      @sodapopgamer 7 місяців тому +7

      Same

    • @N19htcat
      @N19htcat 7 місяців тому +13

      For real... Why is that? Have we became realists more?😂

    • @nachosconqueso6595
      @nachosconqueso6595 7 місяців тому +12

      ​@@N19htcatwho knows man
      maybe the 3rd eye or smthing 😂

    • @N19htcat
      @N19htcat 7 місяців тому

      @@nachosconqueso6595 i thought it would have a better use lmao

    • @seeharvester
      @seeharvester 7 місяців тому

      You need to focus more.

  • @edvin7
    @edvin7 5 років тому +688

    *_REALITY CAN BE WHATEVER I WANT._*

    • @LetsMars
      @LetsMars 3 роки тому +6

      Dankerino TM Nope, but your brain can convince you what you want is reality.

    • @johnwaynelizardo8435
      @johnwaynelizardo8435 3 роки тому +3

      Ye boi

    • @James-sr1pv
      @James-sr1pv 3 роки тому +1

      How do you chang it?

    • @James-sr1pv
      @James-sr1pv 3 роки тому +1

      @@MaynorMayHam thanks? 🧇

    • @iidxmongrapez3665
      @iidxmongrapez3665 3 роки тому +1

      @@James-sr1pv you concentrate on her shadow

  • @devilsadvocate6381
    @devilsadvocate6381 2 роки тому +1028

    Don't know if this will work for anybody else besides me but focusing on the area between the knee and foot of the middle leg helps so much in granting control over the illusion. It's like the limbo between the two states clockwise and anti-clockwise. At one point the two states switched between eachother so seemlessly that it seemed like she was just wagging her leg at me. Super trippy!

    • @zah239
      @zah239 Рік тому +31

      YEAHH it worked for me! THANKS for the tip

    • @A._K.
      @A._K. Рік тому +12

      I read multiple comments and this is the one that the easiest for me

    • @Dragon-Slay3r
      @Dragon-Slay3r Рік тому +2

      You gonna give me a semi again? Lol

    • @realityobservationalist7290
      @realityobservationalist7290 Рік тому +12

      "Middle leg"... You've unlocked this illusion's real secret, the shadow peen.

    • @gshn9631
      @gshn9631 7 місяців тому +2

      For me focusing on head worked

  • @AAlrayes13
    @AAlrayes13 10 місяців тому +30

    It's crazy how many times you see it changing its direction and yet you still can't believe what's happening

  • @bloody4698
    @bloody4698 7 місяців тому +1407

    As a person with very clear 3D Imaginations, its literally impossible to see it spinning in any other way as I see the depth in this depthless image.
    Edit: I love all your responses bros, I am still unable to see it go another way but hey please do continue commenting some of these made me laugh in ways I never knew was possible.

    • @rogeliotadeoguarnerosmata5483
      @rogeliotadeoguarnerosmata5483 7 місяців тому +190

      I KNOW RIGHT I FEEL SHES SPINNING CLOCKWISE

    • @lawsonsantoro5361
      @lawsonsantoro5361 6 місяців тому +19

      Ya. That’s exactly

    • @SilverNara-eq9oz
      @SilverNara-eq9oz 6 місяців тому +43

      In her knee lies the glitch

    • @Dalton_Boardman2000
      @Dalton_Boardman2000 6 місяців тому +118

      Probably the issue I'm having. She only goes one way to me. I'm trying to trigger the optical illusion but I'm just seeing a darkened 3d model spinning.

    • @wojtekpolska1013
      @wojtekpolska1013 6 місяців тому +36

      @@Dalton_Boardman2000 try to scroll down so you only see the foot spinning, then you maybe get it to look as if it spins the other way, and then scroll back up

  • @Bedic-Mag
    @Bedic-Mag 3 роки тому +694

    Love the fact you can't change the way you look at this in free will. As soon as your eyes see it spinning in one direction, it doesn't change unless you think about some crazy thing to make it switch. Kinda weird how we can't control our bodies like this.

    • @MenacingMM
      @MenacingMM 2 роки тому +24

      you can if you go frame by frame and learn the image. still fun

    • @ibleedbleuibleedred2930
      @ibleedbleuibleedred2930 2 роки тому +40

      As I read this it changed and won’t go back

    • @anthonyrussell1129
      @anthonyrussell1129 2 роки тому +22

      If you look at the shadow of her foot as it goes up and down, you will be more easily able to switch.

    • @Shizuka136
      @Shizuka136 2 роки тому +1

      Is this real or scam?
      At First it was right only
      But then i switched direction at my will or made her feet stuck in middle
      Fast left right

    • @Hylfi
      @Hylfi Рік тому +2

      This is good for the brain

  • @lavenx8479
    @lavenx8479 4 роки тому +1501

    Lmao I focused so hard that the ballerina stopped moving it just went left right left right but never a full rotation

    • @unknown15yearsago47
      @unknown15yearsago47 3 роки тому +16

      Me too

    • @qualcunodietrounpcpc6201
      @qualcunodietrounpcpc6201 3 роки тому +59

      I have been able to make her arms and legs spin in opposite direction but only for a brief moment because then the illusion breaks.

    • @eugeniavang4706
      @eugeniavang4706 3 роки тому +8

      If you pick a side, left or right and follow her then that's how you learn to switch directions

    • @cakecrumb095
      @cakecrumb095 3 роки тому +9

      When I first saw this illusion I thought she was going side to side. Now I can’t get that back.

    • @arjunator2688
      @arjunator2688 3 роки тому +2

      @@qualcunodietrounpcpc6201 or just concentrate on her lower base foot

  • @singulant
    @singulant 6 місяців тому +23

    FOR THOSE HAVING TROUBLE:
    I found watching her knee closely was the key. Your mind will pickup the rythm of the feet spinning round and round and their distance from one another. Keep watching her knee and let yourself space while keeping the image in clear focus.
    In my peripheral vision i began to see an obvious disruption to the original "rythm" of her feet going round and around. This lead to my mind changing the direction in an effort to "resync" her feet to that original pattern. It took the entire video to see the swap. May have to redo it a time or two.

  • @imdaboy
    @imdaboy 6 місяців тому +8

    All optical illusions aside, she has some very good dance moves.

  • @Askie1234
    @Askie1234 5 років тому +1173

    No matter how much I concentrated, it is still clock wise :((
    Update: i have done all of the suggestions below but nothing changes. It seems my mind was too fixated on the fact that “she will only go clock wise”. Even if i use my mind “power” to try and imagine the other possibility, it still wont work. I guess my mind was already set from the beginning of her rotation.
    Edit 2: After receiving countless of comments, i decided to take several advice, i ended up managed to make her change direction by blinking for 1 minute, though the result is quite unsatisfied. She changed for a split second, then went back to my initial playout.

    • @salvadorzuniga7232
      @salvadorzuniga7232 4 роки тому +60

      Think counterclockwise so front is back and back is front

    • @kabirsingh3959
      @kabirsingh3959 4 роки тому +30

      That means you are a left brainer

    • @paul4381
      @paul4381 4 роки тому +90

      @@kabirsingh3959 Bs

    • @butteryquasont1550
      @butteryquasont1550 4 роки тому +6

      Same

    • @floyd1300
      @floyd1300 4 роки тому +49

      Kabir Singh there is literally no such thing but ok

  • @dinoxman8584
    @dinoxman8584 4 роки тому +1853

    Fun fact: You can control the direction she moves in by looking at her shadow then squinting your eyes.

    • @acrsenior5466
      @acrsenior5466 4 роки тому +88

      This is actually true

    • @MrConsto
      @MrConsto 3 роки тому +13

      You were more independent in your thinking back then. And right brain

    • @t1_dripzyt
      @t1_dripzyt 3 роки тому +23

      It worked!

    • @AurelioGraphics
      @AurelioGraphics 3 роки тому +18

      WOA YOU'RE RIGHT LOL

    • @alis_the_kiwi
      @alis_the_kiwi 3 роки тому +51

      Now I can't change it back, help

  • @DarthShpan
    @DarthShpan 7 місяців тому +132

    There is absolutely no chance she is spinning counterclockwise

    • @antyprotogen
      @antyprotogen 7 місяців тому +35

      yes she’s only spinning clockwise for me

    • @microvvaveoven
      @microvvaveoven 7 місяців тому +16

      Loot at her shadow, it worked for me. The instruction's misleading, dont concentrate on balerina and she will change direction randomly.

    • @librawood10107
      @librawood10107 7 місяців тому +1

      I thought the illusion is that her legs moves faster and wider. Lol

    • @DarthShpan
      @DarthShpan 7 місяців тому +1

      @@microvvaveoven no it is not shadow, nor legs. The illusion i caused by her face. I couldn't see her rotating in other direction, because face didn't match. I saw her face rotating clockwise, and even if i saw body doing conterclockwise rotation, the face still kept me seeing otherwise.
      Now, once i realised that, i can switch it with no problem. Just have to "see" face rotating other direction.
      All this type of illusions work like that. There is a second one with the horse. The illusion is made by the face.
      I saw face pointed right, then pointed in my direction, then pointed left, then pointed away from me. This is caused in this video by her ponytail. In my case, to "switch" you have to start seeing ponytail instead of face when she is pointed into your direction, to switch rotation.

    • @microvvaveoven
      @microvvaveoven 7 місяців тому +2

      @@DarthShpan Nah, shadow of a leg works better for me. It is the most "flat" part of a figure, easier to make it change direction

  • @madeline5138
    @madeline5138 6 місяців тому +10

    For those who are curious (from my understanding), this is because things that are depicted as 3d but drawn in 2d can be perceived differently. Artists use this when trying to draw figures from the back even if they do not have much experience drawing from the front. You mark out how the body would be resting, and then instead of drawing frontal features like the face that would normally be facing towards the viewer, you draw the back features such as the hair facing towards the viewer. It sounds odd, but it really helps train the mind's eye when making art in 2d.

    • @faizyusuf2470
      @faizyusuf2470 6 місяців тому +2

      I love your explanations, hope more people see it.

    • @rrrr3666
      @rrrr3666 3 місяці тому +1

      No, they are different video clips stitched to gether so good that the transition looks smooth.

  • @nyaizhaw3745
    @nyaizhaw3745 5 років тому +43

    If i close my eyes for a couple of seconds and imagine her spinning the other way, then she will spin the other way

  • @blueheartice
    @blueheartice 2 роки тому +43

    I found this the best way to make her spin in the opposite direction to what she appears to be spinning at first.
    Put your finger in front of the picture and spin your finger round focus almost entirely on your finger then spin your finger in the opposite direction. Just keep doing that and the illusion can almost change direction at will.

  • @lf3965
    @lf3965 7 місяців тому +5

    she is turning right. Period

  • @MJ-hs2rn
    @MJ-hs2rn 6 місяців тому +2

    when you see it, you cant unsee it

  • @Slimmy7
    @Slimmy7 2 роки тому +21

    I was too down bad to ever focus on which way she was spinning 😳

    • @nachosconqueso6595
      @nachosconqueso6595 7 місяців тому +4

      oh god hahahhah

    • @Jxshua19
      @Jxshua19 7 місяців тому

      You’re sick Asf 💀

    • @AltName7
      @AltName7 6 місяців тому +5

      Game & Watch got you acting up?

  • @sisigpapi
    @sisigpapi 4 роки тому +15

    This is the best illusion I’ve ever seen. I can not wrap my head around this shit

  • @Coleecool
    @Coleecool 7 місяців тому +3

    The moment somebody said it's how the animation works, I instantly realized she's only moving left and right. She's not even making full rotations.

    • @davec3651
      @davec3651 7 місяців тому

      There are 4 interpretations and none of them is the absolute correct one.
      Spinning clockwise, spinning counterclockwise, swiveling side to side facing you, and swiveling side to side facing away.

  • @molly.dog8brooke792
    @molly.dog8brooke792 6 місяців тому

    I was reminded of this earlier this evening. Been staring at it for longer than I care to admit. I’ve well and truly broken the illusion for myself and I’m very happy cause I can now switch her direction on command! My childhood goal finally achieved!

  • @hossxox7388
    @hossxox7388 5 років тому +382

    i was able to switch direction in the past like 2 or 3 years when i first heard about it. now when i try it i just cant wut

    • @shxify
      @shxify 4 роки тому +8

      SAME

    • @sabrex5134
      @sabrex5134 4 роки тому +4

      try to fucos and you can do it agaib

    • @thedeakins1704
      @thedeakins1704 4 роки тому +6

      Same no matter how hard I try lol. Guess we just grew out of it

    • @morinette8162
      @morinette8162 4 роки тому +3

      @@thedeakins1704 focus on her foot

    • @juandelacruz9732
      @juandelacruz9732 4 роки тому +11

      Focus on the shadow on her lower foot

  • @margaret3316
    @margaret3316 2 роки тому +231

    I struggled with it quite a lot but what I found helping was, if you want her to spin clockwise look right (so you see her in the corner of your eye and if she starts spinning that way try slowly moving your eyes to the center again). If you want her to spin other way look left.

    • @anonymouspeep
      @anonymouspeep 2 роки тому +8

      This is amazing. I moved my eyes to the right so I could see her in my peripheral, and slowly panned my eyes back to her while telling my brain I see her front leg spinning counter-clockwise. She then was spinning counter-clockwise. And then at random intervals it would just switch. These illusions are insane!

    • @RandyAndyShow
      @RandyAndyShow 2 роки тому +2

      Damn finally it worked for me but now i can't get it to work again

    • @tommmyhilz2524
      @tommmyhilz2524 2 роки тому +3

      Corner of the eye trick worked for me too

    • @RustyNips
      @RustyNips 7 місяців тому +4

      Rotating my phone counterclockwise onto it's side so the picture is crooked is the only thing that would make her go counterclockwise and if I went back it would go back to clockwise. So maybe if you see it the other way do the reverse?

    • @sebastianaliandkulche
      @sebastianaliandkulche 7 місяців тому +2

      Thanks to you i discover the trick. Now i have fully control over her 😂

  • @ItsShatter
    @ItsShatter Рік тому +1

    To get it to switch I just get it in my peripheral vision (so look at a point to the left side of the screen instead of directly at the screen) then look at points around the screen (starting left, then above, then to the right, then below) it usually reverses direction at some point in that process.

  • @primesuspect8567
    @primesuspect8567 6 місяців тому +1

    She syncs up perfectly with the ticking of a clock, which accurately reminds you how much time you're burning while watching this

  • @carphi_piano
    @carphi_piano 2 роки тому +6

    I tried all the tricks and now I think that everyone saying counter-clockwise is part of a massive conspiracy

    • @floseatyard8063
      @floseatyard8063 Рік тому

      Try imagining the foot on the ground as the right foot when her actual right foot is pointing to the left making it look like a black 2d figure. Imagine it turning in another direction and focus hard, will snap in a few seconds

    • @cvlbukater1248
      @cvlbukater1248 Рік тому

      @@floseatyard8063 u mean the shadow??

    • @floseatyard8063
      @floseatyard8063 Рік тому

      @@cvlbukater1248 ye

  • @v0780
    @v0780 3 роки тому +72

    Imagine the ballerina stops moving and just stare you at your eyes.

  • @EM-mw2qr
    @EM-mw2qr 7 місяців тому +1

    This did nothing but bring on my vertigo.

  • @brunoaloprando
    @brunoaloprando Рік тому +1

    After 10 years I can only see her spinning counterclock, I fail

  • @anng5513
    @anng5513 2 роки тому +116

    For anyone that can't see it both ways: imagine that when she is spinning in one direction the foot that is on the ground is her left foot. Now imagine if that foot was the right foot.

    • @takigan
      @takigan 2 роки тому +10

      This worked for me but only after I paused the video first. I had to pause the video on a frame where it made sense in my head that the planted leg was her right leg, then I'd hit play and she changed to counter-clockwise.

    • @kingofnewmombasa5736
      @kingofnewmombasa5736 2 роки тому +2

      @@takigan same here

    • @brianconnery2801
      @brianconnery2801 2 роки тому

      @@takigan what worked for me is I looked away from the video and imagined which way she spinning. Then look at the video and she will be spinning that exact way.

    • @efa2909
      @efa2909 2 роки тому

      Oh, it worked!

    • @SuperLocrian
      @SuperLocrian Рік тому +1

      Thanks! That and focusing on "grounded" foot. Now I can get it flip back and forth at will - weird.

  • @JPQFilms
    @JPQFilms 7 років тому +79

    I imagine the extended leg as a metronome and then it turns to the right.

  • @green.s124_
    @green.s124_ Рік тому

    God i love this girl alot. She's so kind that it will resume on the same rotation you left it at!

  • @jmag579
    @jmag579 7 місяців тому +4

    Imagine painting a real ballerina in Vanta black and doing this illusion in real life 🤯🤯

  • @livschuster507
    @livschuster507 4 роки тому +59

    I literally said in my head “Go left” or “Go right” and it did💀

    • @Lumarc
      @Lumarc 4 роки тому +1

      Ikrr

    • @spinoz2319
      @spinoz2319 3 роки тому +7

      I said "Stop" and "Now, undress." And she did.

    • @gordonf5553
      @gordonf5553 3 роки тому +2

      And everyone clapped

    • @blueenderman3322
      @blueenderman3322 3 роки тому +1

      I tried it but there's a bit of a delay

    • @kopi5806
      @kopi5806 2 роки тому +2

      @@spinoz2319 Sir.

  • @galuxistar1615
    @galuxistar1615 3 роки тому +38

    OMG FINALLY AFTER SO MANY YEARS I MADE HER SPIN THE OTHER WAY AAAAAA

    • @andrejagoerge7989
      @andrejagoerge7989 Рік тому +1

      I am watching her now for more than one year I can't see both directions. I heard at some point it will happen. I can't believe it it will, but I still hope. It has something to do with your left and right brain.

  • @newyorkpotioncastle
    @newyorkpotioncastle 10 місяців тому

    If you swing your phone from left to right, to where your phone is almost vertical on either side, and you continue to stare at her you can see the change in spin right before your eyes. Amazing.

  • @sneerypigeon9563
    @sneerypigeon9563 7 місяців тому

    I've looked at this on and off for the past few years and it still only goes one direction for me lol.

  • @BlongTreyLo
    @BlongTreyLo 2 роки тому +198

    For those who struggle, I have finally found a way:
    Basically just cover the silhouette until you can't see everything above the thighs, including the hands.
    Now cover the bottom feet.
    It should now look as if 1 leg "sweeping" & her back is turned against you.
    Release your cover on whichever direction you want it to spin towards to.
    Work smarter not harder.

    • @totallynotafanficreader7850
      @totallynotafanficreader7850 2 роки тому +20

      You saved me! I was seriously getting frustrated at not being able to turn her BUT IT WORKED!

    • @tobeymcwire9048
      @tobeymcwire9048 2 роки тому +14

      Its easier if you skip foward and backward at random times

    • @AzNightmare
      @AzNightmare 2 роки тому +7

      *LOL, can't believe that actually works.*

    • @omagos3275
      @omagos3275 2 роки тому +1

      Wow it worked,ty bro

    • @carmendevich6766
      @carmendevich6766 2 роки тому +2

      Oh my god it worked

  • @subject_changed4690
    @subject_changed4690 3 роки тому +105

    Idk why it was so easy for me as a child to to see it change directions. Took me a few minutes to really get the hang of it. If you figure out how the animation works. You can see through it and actually use those small moments to trick your mind into believing it's reversing.
    I did this by focusing on the legs and arms. The body and head animations are too smooth for my brain to decide just on that

    • @hongthainguyen5334
      @hongthainguyen5334 7 місяців тому +3

      As an adult, it’s how you put sense into the way her leg and arm is pointing… you don’t point forward in a spin like that

    • @MusicbyYoungLorenzo
      @MusicbyYoungLorenzo 7 місяців тому +1

      @subject_changed4690 It's just how your brain is wired. For example I'm a massive creative genius and it's hard form me to make it go left.

    • @littlemulberryleaf1983
      @littlemulberryleaf1983 7 місяців тому

      You can try focussing on the shadow of her leg. It is easier to imagine rotating in the anti clockwise dirn

  • @michaeleverett2597
    @michaeleverett2597 7 місяців тому

    Turning my head slowly to the left and then to the right while continuing to look at her made it work. It's a trip!!!

  • @bongcloud2386
    @bongcloud2386 Рік тому +15

    Turn the speed in to 0.25, you can control the direction
    Thank me later

  • @lakshmifull
    @lakshmifull 3 роки тому +33

    For those who are trying,the trick is to blink your eyes fast, while seeing and you can see her change directions. It's just when the hands disappear and when you catch them appear again with open eyes.

  • @Jd-rs7ew
    @Jd-rs7ew 4 роки тому +86

    Turn your phone flat and look at it from your port charger then focus on what way you want it to spin

    • @bxbisbxb6963
      @bxbisbxb6963 4 роки тому +5

      Ok this one works on first try 😂👌

    • @alanabean4887
      @alanabean4887 4 роки тому +2

      Omg this actually worked!!!!

    • @kimmperr
      @kimmperr 4 роки тому +1

      OMG I WAS SO SHOCKED BC I MADE HER KEEP GOIN BACK AND FOURTH

    • @hafeez2163
      @hafeez2163 3 роки тому

      thx dude

    • @ultraviolet16
      @ultraviolet16 3 роки тому

      omg this worked! thank you

  • @fxturist8534
    @fxturist8534 6 місяців тому +2

    first i saw it counter-clockwise, and when i saw it spinning clockwise i couldn't unsee it again lol

  • @propov1802
    @propov1802 6 місяців тому +1

    For me I just mashed my left and right arrow keys while thinking where she'd spin to and so far I got a 95% success rate of making her spin that way

    • @zao9256
      @zao9256 6 місяців тому

      This worked for me. This is so weird. It changed direction and now I cant see it go clockwise anymore.

  • @austinberryman5265
    @austinberryman5265 4 роки тому +7

    The way the made each frame is really smart actually where it could be argued that she is facing either forward or back based on the silhouette

    • @izzayfalls2168
      @izzayfalls2168 4 роки тому +1

      Austin Berryman well there are a couple things about humans that can stand out ya know... particularly women

  • @smdclassic
    @smdclassic 4 роки тому +20

    Wanna learn how to switch the girl spinning. Pause the picture, it’s really hard to make the switch while she is spinning. Also if you see one leg in the front try and switch it to the back. That’s the easy part. Once you can do that the image should switch and once you unpause the motion should switch aswell.

    • @jimmy_os
      @jimmy_os 3 роки тому

      I did it for 5 seconds

  • @theone2be33
    @theone2be33 7 місяців тому +1

    I got so crossed-eyed at this that she actually stopped spinning

  • @fightersfan5363
    @fightersfan5363 Рік тому +1

    I blinked, and it started spinning the other way.

  • @mr.eskolus2032
    @mr.eskolus2032 4 роки тому +13

    When i shake my head while thinking of the direction it happens.

  • @drgreenthumb7111
    @drgreenthumb7111 8 років тому +107

    Ok, here's how to get the ballerina to change directions (in your mind). For me, when I first watched it, she was going counter clockwise and I couldn't understand how people thought she was going clockwise until now. If you want to see her go clockwise, pause the video and convince yourself she is standing on her right leg. If you want to see her go counterclockwise, pause the video and convince yourself that she is standing on her left leg.

    • @teaganj7932
      @teaganj7932 6 років тому +4

      This works omg

    • @dahliaganz5026
      @dahliaganz5026 6 років тому +2

      I didn't have to do that

    • @wepozamer
      @wepozamer 6 років тому +1

      OMG THENK YEH

    • @josephrayborn251
      @josephrayborn251 6 років тому

      I can't do it

    • @rross6508
      @rross6508 5 років тому +1

      It’s weird because I just have to think of the word switch and it works most of the time

  • @arandomworm8713
    @arandomworm8713 6 місяців тому

    I remember seeing this as an ad whenever I play at a flash game website

  • @thmm6758
    @thmm6758 4 роки тому +35

    Plot twist: You think you're the one that made the direction change in your mind but actually the video changes

    • @angeloyungjit9700
      @angeloyungjit9700 3 роки тому

      Fr

    • @tacohorse3341
      @tacohorse3341 3 роки тому +1

      You can go back and it's the way it switches to

    • @stylishsnek3950
      @stylishsnek3950 3 роки тому +2

      I’ve Tried it, the video does not change, it’s just our mind that is weird XD

    • @imwinningthisone7613
      @imwinningthisone7613 2 роки тому

      Nah i can testify that that isnt the case considering ive been trying this for 10 minutes and still cant see it

    • @GamingMaster43210
      @GamingMaster43210 8 місяців тому

      Yep, she switches at 0:21

  • @Catrinarisa1
    @Catrinarisa1 4 роки тому +10

    Just spin your hand in a certain direction (clock wise or anti clock wise) and the ballerina will follow. Try it yourselves.

  • @mr.t114
    @mr.t114 7 місяців тому +2

    I just see her turn clockwise

  • @Y-LAT
    @Y-LAT 7 місяців тому +1

    My space perspective is too good. I can't see it other than clockwise

  • @derekplus
    @derekplus 5 років тому +8

    It spins different directions for me, depending when the animation starts. If it starts with the extended hand on the right side, she spins clockwise. If I start the animation with the extended arm on the left side I see her spinning counter-clockwise. Very fun image...

  • @MultiDansk8
    @MultiDansk8 2 роки тому +14

    I usually see it clockwise by default. The way I change it is I look away from the screen and try to watch the spinning from my periphery and concentrate on the counterclockwise spinning, you will eventually see it spinning that way in your peripheral sight in a few seconds and then just watch it directly and there you have it spinning the other way.

  • @e2b265
    @e2b265 7 місяців тому +4

    You fools! You all fell for it. It subtly changes 2/3 of the way in.

    • @wafaaabahrih573
      @wafaaabahrih573 7 місяців тому +3

      It changes first at 0:30 and a second time at 0:49, he got them well lol.

    • @azlgp6333
      @azlgp6333 7 місяців тому

      You talking like a Disney villain

    • @kistelkistel
      @kistelkistel Місяць тому

      She never ever changes for me at all

  • @that_mc_player.official
    @that_mc_player.official 7 місяців тому +8

    0:48 edited she literally switches the direction

  • @DarthAssViolater
    @DarthAssViolater 3 роки тому +3

    I can literally feel the left and right hemisphere of my brain when she spins 1 way or the other hahahaha

  • @GdaTyler
    @GdaTyler 8 років тому +102

    She's not even turning. She's making 90 degree rotations to either side. We only see her back. It's so trippy that it works.

    • @nothing1222
      @nothing1222 4 роки тому +1

      GdaTyler I made her spin faster with my mind somehow :/

    • @ironmandave3000
      @ironmandave3000 4 роки тому +10

      Her back? I clearly see her tits.

    • @morinette8162
      @morinette8162 4 роки тому +5

      @@ironmandave3000 you can see her sides. Click on pause when you think she's from the front and focus, you'll see she's also from the back but in an other direction

    • @ironmandave3000
      @ironmandave3000 4 роки тому

      @@morinette8162
      What's your point?
      Get 10 people together and watch it at the same time. Some will see clockwise some will seek counterclockwise some will watch it change both directions. Have a nice day.

    • @morinette8162
      @morinette8162 4 роки тому +2

      @@ironmandave3000 i'm not talking about clockwise or counterclockwise read the main comment of the other guy again.

  • @beatz050
    @beatz050 Рік тому +36

    I've managed to get it spinning in reverse, but now I can't get it back to the original spinning direction lol 😂

    • @bruhtnt4258
      @bruhtnt4258 7 місяців тому +1

      Me who just paused and stared at her.😏

  • @stargazer-elite
    @stargazer-elite 7 місяців тому +1

    When I first heard about this illusion, I never thought it actually worked because it never worked for me but when it’s in a higher resolution like this, it does and it’s so trippy 😵‍💫
    I am very impressed like when it changed I skipped back to the beginning and it was the way it was after it changed

  • @allien.777
    @allien.777 3 роки тому +4

    Best tip, focus on her leg if you wanna see the other direction

  • @ekuqei4667
    @ekuqei4667 7 років тому +10

    OMG I SAW IT SPIN BOTH WAYS tip just look at the hands

  • @cristian.n_38
    @cristian.n_38 7 місяців тому +1

    Yes! Looking at her shadow helps me really change her spinning direction 👍🏼

  • @everettgoree
    @everettgoree 7 місяців тому +2

    I see this everyday on the energy sword skins in the MCC shop

  • @yuno6464
    @yuno6464 4 роки тому +11

    Whenever I blink it switches lmao

  • @filippocontiberas
    @filippocontiberas Рік тому +5

    UPDATES: I learned to see her rotating in both directions... and it's simple! I just need to click in the video timelapse at another moment and if she starts with the leg in the right i can see her rotating clockwise and viceversa. 🤩

  • @Onpointarchery
    @Onpointarchery Рік тому +1

    There's flickering moments where it's like I can almost see *through* the illusion - like there's a glitch just before it goes in either direction

  • @dameonm2157
    @dameonm2157 6 місяців тому +1

    when I was younger, I use to be able to see these spinning both ways. But now when I look, I can only see it spinning to the left.

  • @mgrena
    @mgrena 10 років тому +6

    This is driving me crazy

  • @jurajchobot
    @jurajchobot 7 місяців тому +3

    Are you sure it can be viewed both ways? No matter what I do she always spins clockwise.

  • @DeezVideoPictures
    @DeezVideoPictures 7 місяців тому +1

    She was going clockwise the whole time

  • @mission2858
    @mission2858 6 місяців тому

    There is just enough depth that I can’t willingly change the direction

  • @holycrapitsachicken
    @holycrapitsachicken 2 роки тому +4

    So the way I like to think of how she spins one way or the other is determining which foot is on the ground, her left foot or her right foot 🦶. Since she is leaning backwards, her spin would naturally fall toward the leg that's sticking out.
    If her left foot is on the ground, then her right leg is sticking out. Thus, she naturally falls clockwise, using her right arm to maintain her balance.
    If her right foot is on the ground, then her left leg is sticking out. Thus, she naturally falls counterclockwise, using her left arm to keep her balance.
    This all comes into place due to the way she is leaning. It would be practically impossible to turn clockwise if her right foot was the one on the ground.
    When I insist that a certain foot is on the ground, my brain takes a bit to realize the orientation of the other parts of the body. Once, I subconsciously determine it's impossible to turn the way I saw she was turning before, it switches directions.

  • @eliseopuno7045
    @eliseopuno7045 3 роки тому +7

    I don't know why but this scares me it gave me chills for some reason

  • @marcuscarana9240
    @marcuscarana9240 7 місяців тому +1

    Overtime, you learn how to manipulate the illusion and can even make it go back and forth at will.

  • @itsmer_b
    @itsmer_b Рік тому

    This is reallyyy cool !

  • @meroporohallejulah1426
    @meroporohallejulah1426 7 років тому +79

    I Control Her!!! LOL!

    • @8ballGAWD
      @8ballGAWD 6 років тому +9

      Just like all women

    • @Baldoxxx4000
      @Baldoxxx4000 6 років тому +2

      no she control you and your marriage ;)

    • @rohungupta8435
      @rohungupta8435 4 роки тому +2

      Baldoxxx4000 simp

    • @gordonf5553
      @gordonf5553 3 роки тому +1

      @@rohungupta8435 youre all degenerates

  • @angeloishere4006
    @angeloishere4006 7 місяців тому +5

    It’s cap the video shows reversed in certain time stamps

  • @jewzor8137
    @jewzor8137 22 дні тому

    OFF THE AIR! BROUGHT ME HERE!

  • @geraldbostock9858
    @geraldbostock9858 6 місяців тому

    I was able to see her spinning the other way by occasionally rapidly blinking my eyes, then looking again. Cool illusion.

  • @BlueBeck
    @BlueBeck 2 роки тому +5

    For me the easiest way to get the dancer to change directions was to hit the back or forward 10 seconds button. Some times I would have to hit it twice to make the switch for the dancer to be in the proper position for my brain to switch it.

  • @notavailable6460
    @notavailable6460 7 місяців тому +8

    0:20 so u can restart without stupid text

  • @davidtomlinson6138
    @davidtomlinson6138 7 місяців тому

    That's amazing

  • @natalya_volochay
    @natalya_volochay 6 місяців тому +1

    I have mastered this one, and now I can spin her in any side I want

    • @wilbur7096
      @wilbur7096 6 місяців тому

      Smoke some weed first! She actually flips and spins on her head!

    • @natalya_volochay
      @natalya_volochay 6 місяців тому +2

      @@wilbur7096 Not the best idea, during the war, I guess

  • @ericers4369
    @ericers4369 5 років тому +16

    SHE CAN ONLY BE GOING COUNTER CLOCK-WISE!!! Look at her foot's shadow.
    Thank you, you heard it here FIRST

    • @laurengrant8028
      @laurengrant8028 4 роки тому +3

      The shadow changes

    • @maryam-bz2rz
      @maryam-bz2rz 4 роки тому

      Ericers omg thank you

    • @ironmandave3000
      @ironmandave3000 4 роки тому

      You are mistaken. Perhaps your thought process luxury primarily in one hemisphere of your brain but if you expand your thought process you can access both left and right Hemisphere and see your spinning both ways. Are you familiar with Jill bolte Taylor my stroke of insight?

  • @archer8096
    @archer8096 2 роки тому +8

    Whichever way she’s spinning, it must be damn cold in that room…

  • @nysteelhorse
    @nysteelhorse 7 місяців тому +1

    For years I've been able to change the direction at will and fairly easily. Now I'm 62 and find it much harder to do and harder to hold on to.

    • @mausgrau
      @mausgrau 7 місяців тому

      we are getting slower! train!

  • @efrenalcuizar3550
    @efrenalcuizar3550 6 місяців тому +1

    bro is spinning like they in a gta game as a collectible

  • @bettymeireles86
    @bettymeireles86 2 роки тому +3

    You can actually make it rotate the opposite way using a mirror. When I put it in front of the mirror I noticed that it wasn't mirrored. I was able to change the rotation by looking at the phone and it changed.

  • @bodrayan
    @bodrayan 4 роки тому +3

    I can switch direction by moving my eyes form Side to Side 👀
    If you want her Clockwise - move eyes to the Right, pointing them on the edge of the picture, and vice versa 😉
    It's much easier when you use your PERIPHERAL VISION.
    Another hint - you can start blinking A LOT until you see her moving opposite way.

  • @xNathan2439x
    @xNathan2439x 3 місяці тому

    I love this illusion so much. I was worried for about 2 minutes as i was unable to accomplish it.. then it happened. And then it happened again. Fascinating.

  • @mrprongles9510
    @mrprongles9510 7 місяців тому +2

    Guide to switch the rotation on command:
    1. Switch of auto rotate
    2. Put the video on Fullscreen
    3. Look at the ballerina
    4. Turn your phone to the right
    Now the ballerina should switch rotation every time you rotate your back and forth. (Landscape and upright...)

    • @DariusDRB
      @DariusDRB 6 місяців тому

      I tried so many things but only this one worked for me. I ve got frustrated that im the only one who cant control her untill now. Thank you

  • @theindiegamedude
    @theindiegamedude 2 роки тому +3

    She spins clockwise for me. If I focus on the shadow below her foot, I can make that go counterclockwise, and the whole image follows suit. Until I lose my concentration, and then she is clockwise again.