Optical illusion(s)

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[quote=“Camp Anawanna”"]
Easily wasted an hour just staring at this figuring out how the hell it works:
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s193/jjlax328/spinningdancer.gif
Which way do you see the girl spinning…clockwise or counterclockwise?
Apparently…it’s BOTH
“If you think she’s going clockwise, you’re apparently right-brain dominant (imaginative, philosophical, touchy-feely, impetuous); if you see her going counter-clockwise, you’re left-brain dominant (logical, practical, detail-oriented, safe).”

  • Personally…i look at it one minute and I think its going one way…i turn away and look again and its going the opposite way! I was reading some people can voluntarily make it go whatever they want, just by how the look at it and perceive it…unbelievable. I wont stop until I can do that
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When I FIRST saw it, it was rotating CC. Now all I see is clockwise. Jekyll & hyde?

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Same thing but opposite, thats weird

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Goddamnit it keeps switching on me, this is fucked up man

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It does go both ways.

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it’s predominantly going Clockwise, but once in a while she’ll start spinning the other way.

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[quote=“Shrives,post:3,topic:37839"”]

Goddamnit it keeps switching on me, this is fucked up man

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IM FREAKIN OUT MANNNNNNNNN

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[quote=“RuBiCaNT,post:4,topic:37839"”]

It does go both ways.

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too easy

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[quote=“Toda Party,post:6,topic:37839"”]

IM FREAKIN OUT MANNNNNNNNN

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snozzberries!!

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here’s another one

[quote=“youngGZ”"]
try this one on for size:

First, follow the rotating pink dot with your eyes

The only color you see is pink.

But then focus on the black + in the center. You should see green.

Then stare at it even longer. Everything should go away.
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[quote=“Zong,post:7,topic:37839"”]

too easy

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I left you a fucking meatball and you let it go.

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please send me this link so i have something to do next time i smoke…

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I’m one of those people that can alter how I percieve it and “force” myself to see it to either way on demand.

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I cannot get it to spin CC again for the life of me

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[quote=“Toda Party,post:13,topic:37839"”]

I cannot get it to spin CC again for the life of me

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try scrolling the screen so you only see her foot.

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[quote=“Toda Party,post:13,topic:37839"”]

I cannot get it to spin CC again for the life of me

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it’s switching from cc to cw. just keep staring at it.

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dude i wasted my last 3 hrs at work trying to get her to spin CC again haha.

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haha, she’s spinning cc for me. maybe she’s racist??

edit- i clicked on new posts, then back to the thread and she was spinning cc for just a second, then went back to cw.

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[quote=“Silver,post:12,topic:37839"”]

I’m one of those people that can alter how I perceive it and “force” myself to see it to either way on demand.

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Me too. I have to blink at the point where the extended leg is obscured, pointing into the screen, and then I can change directions. Thinking about which way I ‘want’ it to turn seems to help.

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this things total bullshit!!! i was watching it for like 5 minutes straight n it just switched direction. it was not me…it was the screen… you can clearly watch it change on you!

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I love these things, this one is really cool.

I’m sure everyone who can see it switch noticed this, but I’ll point it out anyway and it might make it easier for people who can’t get it to switch:

When she is spinning clockwise its her left foot that is touching the ground, and her right arm is outstretched.

When she is spinning counterclockwise her right foot is touching the ground, and her left arm is outstretched.