How Do Optical Illusions Work?

These are two identical, straight lines. Kind of boring, right? But what happens when you change what’s going on around them? All of a sudden, the lines look like they’ve changed size in relation to each other; they could shrink and grow; they might change to different shades; they may stretch and compress; and they could bend, buckle, or even change directions. But even though it would seem like the lines themselves are changing, the only thing that’s actually bending or buckling is your mind -- the truly mesmerizing part of optical illusions.
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[@irasomers7954]

Informative, thanks.

[@rameni]

Hey can I use some of your information from your website from which you are talking about please

[@mullemeck5015]

U didnt explain how it is physically impossible for some optical illusions to work like the triangle

[@Kai_On_Paws_4298]

The shape cannot be shaped like that without a LOT of squashing and bending time and space

[@matthewnggametime2537]

Thx for thia video

[@richardsfamily326]

WOW!!!!!!!

[@ashaanand891]

Wow,really cool illusions

[@MarksCar-ds4qm]

1:50 does it Ascend to Jupiter?

[@khwagakhwaga2822]

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[@Soliloquy084]

Weird the snake illusion didn't work for me until you switch edit to grey scale.

[@goodshoes07]

It did

[@jeremykuo2713]

All the people are different.

[@saheemwarren1350]

I bet the average age of this group is around 13-15

[@FireballBen]

Hi

[@tutmontieth340]

Hi can we get the three little pigs

[@nolanperkins1997]

wot