Anomalous motion illusions

Part of a figure appears to move in the direction different from the rest.

Caution: This page just contains works of "anomalous motion illusion", which might make sensitive observers dizzy or sick. Should you feel dizzy, you had better leave this page immediately.


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"Animals"

Rows of ellipses appear to move horizontally.


"Eggs"

Rows of eggs appear to move horizontally.


"Wanage"*

*A game for children to throw rings to bars

The outer ring appears to expand while the inner ring appears to contract. Moreover, the rings appear to rotate when observers approach or move away from the figure while fixating at the center. Furthermore, the color of the outer ring appears to be different when appoaching and when moving away.


"The expanding pupil"

The black circle appears to expand while the outer gray circle appears to contract.


"Cubism"

The inset appears to move.


"Tomatos"

The inset appears to hop.


"Cherries"

The inset appears to move.


"Matsubokkuri"*

*Fruits of pine trees

The inset appears to move.


"Apples"

The inset appears to move. The diamond-like appearance of the inset is also (geometrical) illusion .

Moving to and fro


"Watashi"*

*Ferry boat

The inset appears to move in the horizontal direction.


"Makudonarudo"*

*Japanese pronunciation of McDonald's

Each row appears to move in the horizontal direction.


"Joro-gumo"*

*a kind of spider

The inset appears to move.


"UFO in mesh"

The inset appears to hop slightly.


"Shrimps in sushi"

Each row appears to move in the horizontal direction.


"Mantis prawns"

Each row appears to move in the horizontal direction.


"Magnets"

Each pair of rows appears to wriggle.


"Lines"

Horizontal lines appear to move.

The parallel horizontal lines do not appear to be parallel due to the Zollner illusion.


"Out of focus"

The inset appears to fluctuate.


"Earthquake"

The center block and the flanking blocks appear to move relative to each other.


"Wave"

Each vertical row appears to move in the vertical direction.


"Shonan densha"*

*A railway line in Japan with trains colored with green and orange.

The green-and-orange gratings appears to move horizontally.


"Flow"

Line segments appears to move (caused by vertical retinal slips).

Jump


"The hula"

Curves might appear to move (caused by vertical retinal slips).

Jump


"Tablecloth"

The checkered pattern appears to move.

A page with background motion


"Goban"*

(*The board for the "Go" game)

The inset appears to wander.


"Waterfall illusion 2"

White gratings appear to fall.


"A transparent grid"

Thick stripes or the fine grating of the inset appear to move horizontally.


"A log house"

The window appears to move vertically.


"An earthworm"

The figure sometimes appears to move.


"An earthworm"

The figure appears to move when a vertical retinal slip is given.


"Ropes"

The 3rd, 4th, 7th and 8th ropes appear to move.

The parallel oblique lines do not appear to be parallel due to the Zollner illusion.


"My Windows 98"*

The inset appears to move.


"Trampoline"

The inset appears to move. This figure consists of squares.


"Old uchikake"*

*Uchikake means a kind of kimono for women (kimono is a Japanese cloth)

Part of this figure appears to move.


"Bottomless swamp"

The inset appears to move.


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