Jake   
Oct 15, 2005
| Our first optical illusion |
keiaj
Oct 15, 2005
| It seems like the dots move from the actual intersection that I look at. Pretty cool!  |
smarty_blondy
Oct 15, 2005
| Awsome! Thanks for bring this category in, i love these!  |
redraptor50
Oct 15, 2005
| These are great!!! Keep bringing them |
Question_Mark
Oct 15, 2005
| I love optical illusions thanx for introducing this section and braingle's new design is cool. |
i_am_hated
Oct 15, 2005
| This praticular optical illusion has been known to cause seizures. As you dart you rvision from each dot, it flashes, causing many flashes in an attempt to catch the dot you're trying to find. Since I'm Epileptic, could this be removed? Or at least have a warning on it? |
hamburger
Oct 15, 2005
| I agree. |
dutchymonster
Oct 16, 2005
| I love optical illusions - Thanks for these Jake they are great |
chidam11
Oct 16, 2005
| Yes it is a wonderful addition to this site |
zigthepig
Oct 16, 2005
| Yes i love these things!!!! But i agree with hated also. |
tjm531
Oct 16, 2005
| I found this one hilarious when it showed up in my inbox one day posed as a joke on the ballots in Florida during the whole Bush demanding a recount fiasco back in the day. |
Celanba
Oct 16, 2005
| Whoa! how do they do that?  |
Hermionegirl
Oct 16, 2005
| AND?  |
shabz4lyf
Oct 17, 2005
| I like this one i wanted to submit it i guess you beat me to it. hee hee hee |
shabz4lyf
Oct 17, 2005
| I like this one i wanted to submit it i guess you beat me to it. hee hee hee |
signmeup74
Oct 17, 2005
| WHOA!!
I think I've got a headache. |
Kalliann
Oct 17, 2005
| I have never seen that one before. It definitly made my eyes a bit tired.  |
Kalliann
Oct 17, 2005
| I have never seen that one before. It definitly made my eyes a bit tired. |
smilingpatience
Oct 17, 2005
| Man, I hate having spotted vision, freaks me out. Cool that you could create thta sensation this way though . |
schatzy228
Oct 17, 2005
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sweetmama
Oct 18, 2005
| How the heck does that work??? Although I thought it was cool it made me feel like throwing up |
LiaHarley
Oct 19, 2005
| That's so cool!!! It's amazing! I LOVED IT!! |
laya
Oct 19, 2005
| thats coool  |
mejoza
Oct 19, 2005
| Cool, but several optical illusions do cause seizures (spinning and flashing ones) - perhaps a warning to the epileptics is needed? (not necessarily removed... a child old enough to participate on braingle should be aware of their own tendency to seizures) |
Laffinoutloud
Oct 20, 2005
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maximo3491
Oct 20, 2005
| very cool! my fav |
kidlet
Oct 22, 2005
| This goes on the same principle as staring at a jet flying across the sky. When there is a white trail behind a jet, some times your mind will want to create a line in front of the jet to form a whole line accross the sky. Don't think so? Try it out next time you see a jet!! |
BrownEyes
Oct 23, 2005
| This is me after looking at that.
---> |
nuccha
Oct 27, 2005
| Classic... I've always loved this one. |
runscapekiller
Nov 02, 2005
| too meny little black dots too little time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
runscapekiller
Nov 02, 2005
| too meny little black dots too little time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
elu93
Nov 04, 2005
| No matter how many times I've seen this, it never ceases to amaze me...  |
mi2mo2tx
Nov 08, 2005
| I'd really like to know HOW this works!! Can an explaination be included? Good one! |
lycanthrope
Nov 08, 2005
| I've seen most of the illusions in other venues, but not this one. Keep them coming! |
hockeygirl
Nov 09, 2005
| holy batman that was funkilishes!!!
loved it much pleez give more!!! |
BOOKLOVER1
Nov 10, 2005
| BORING |
lovefrenzy
Nov 13, 2005
| why do u have to b so inappreciative bookworm1. i like this one |
Rowsdower
Nov 16, 2005
| WOW!! Trippy... |
FerretGirl
Nov 18, 2005
| It was AWESOME!!!!! |
IMPAUDITOR2
Nov 20, 2005
| SO...WHEN DOES THE BLINKING STOP??? |
Mora
Nov 20, 2005
| Who we talking about again? |
drussel3
Nov 21, 2005
| Farrrrrr Outttt!!!!! |
jinxman
Dec 01, 2005
| it is pretty cool but yeah been there done that.oh hi everyone im jinxman-new here ha ha! hey how do you get points i want to submit a teaser! |
iluvrockstarsz
Dec 18, 2005
| wow.....trippy |
celtic_knot
Dec 20, 2005
| Cool! |
sudokulvr
Dec 21, 2005
| SWEET! this is like that grey squares one! i love these things!!! |
TheEarthling
Dec 26, 2005
| My eyes! |
jlvsbeks
Jan 01, 2006
| seen it many times, but oh well |
mistressgia
Jan 10, 2006
| whoa! My eyes are till getting over that one LOVED IT !! |
IMCUL4E
Jan 15, 2006
| THE DOTS OF DOOM!!! |
flamingsword
Jan 18, 2006
| Hey, if u cross you'r ieys, a circle will apear in the midle of the pictur. |
TJrzk
Jan 27, 2006
| I'm no opthamologist so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it's similar to the US Flag illusion. If you stare at a color for too long, the cones in your retina or the nerves from them get 'tired' of sending that color; they run out of chemicals or neurotransmitters or whatever. When you then look at white, the complementary colors wake up rested and refreshed and transmit their part of the white light (which contains the entire visible spectrum). So, your brain sees the blue part of the white light but those poor orange (red and green?) cones are still too tired to transmit. So your brain only senses the blue behind the stars.
In this illusion, the white fatigues all of your cones so the complement is black. This illusion is designed so that as you move one intersection left, for instance, the intersection you left mostly fills in where the one on the right used to be, increasing its saturation time.
It seems, too, that the fact that you have many fewer cones outside your focal point makes it easier to fatigue the ones farther from where you're looking; maybe there's some load sharing among the cones in the focal point to keep the problem to a minimum where you're looking.
You will notice, if you can keep your gaze perfectly still on one intersection, nothing moves. But when you finally do move, the effect is stronger. |
mitzimesser
Feb 06, 2006
| Freaky cool |
MattNate
Feb 06, 2006
| it makes my eys feel cross eyed but its amazing how they pop out of nowhere |
ragethe3rd
Feb 14, 2006
| It makes me dizzy, fun fun. |
PineappleMama
Feb 26, 2006
| whoa...where's the floor... |
baby4034
Feb 28, 2006
| DIZZY |
Prodigy
Mar 01, 2006
| follow the black spots!
one of my favourites |
Methlos
Mar 12, 2006
| this is the second 1 of these i've seen today |
charles445
Mar 12, 2006
| Best representation of the dots illusion I've ever seen!! Even though it makes my eyes buggy , it's still great!!! |
riddlelover
Mar 17, 2006
| Very cool!!!! |
lukeschett
Mar 21, 2006
| Sweet. |
jj_is_cool
Mar 26, 2006
|  cool |
brainjuice
Mar 29, 2006
| wow.. why it happens like that? Sumbody kno? |
YnG18
Apr 12, 2006
| ::YAWN:: thats been outdated!!! |
Psychic_Master
May 11, 2006
| Whoa...making me dizzy...nice one! |
rednek
May 16, 2006
| I like this one, even though i see these ofton there always cool |
Jimbo
May 25, 2006
| Hey you can only see the black spots when you don't look at them...Eh? |
MichelleDestein
Jun 02, 2006
| pretty cool, i guess |
danielzerman
Jun 19, 2006
| for the first one on the website it is ok |
brits1994
Jun 22, 2006
| BRAINJUICE THE ANSWER TO UR Q IS YOUR BRAIN CAN NOT TAKE TO TO MANY LIGHT COLOURS AND DARK COLOURS AT THE SAME TIME SO YOUR BRAIN NEEDS TO TRANSMIT DARK COLOURS IN LIGHT COLOURS. DOSE THAT ANSWER YOURE Q? IF NOT PRIVET MESSAGE . GOOD ONE!!! |
surfxlikexaxgrl
Jun 26, 2006
| WOAH!! I THINK I NEED A TYLENOL OR SOMETHING! KOOL!!! |
jollylolly
Jul 11, 2006
| its OK not the best though!   |
gemini2006
Jul 14, 2006
| That is cool but I have seen that many times before. |
junebug22
Jul 24, 2006
| This one was my favorite! You saved the best for last! |
fleur_delacour_
Aug 24, 2006
| kewl. |
GebbieRose
Sep 07, 2006
| My fave, too! |
grungy49
Sep 25, 2006
| Try crossing your eyes - I found I could see two squares and they were blue and yellow. But the actual effect was really cool. |
i_luv_2_read
Jan 11, 2007
| SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!!!! I love that!!! |
Infinitoid
Jan 14, 2007
| itd be funny if that was programmed to do that.
fun though |
bgil7604
Jan 24, 2007
| I've seen stuff like this before, but I always enjoy it when I can't figure it out. Why is this happening???? |
Madelulabelle
Mar 08, 2007
| WIERD AND COOL AND FREAKY!
I am sure there is some logical explanation for it, its just that no one knows it. |
cooltigerr1
Mar 31, 2007
| aaaahhhhhh this one is cool! |
ABisme
Apr 26, 2007
| Yikes. All I can say is MY HEAD HURTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
msgirl
May 27, 2007
| wow! |
lilrena4ever
May 31, 2007
| Lol u did one more like dis 2.But I have this in my book 2. but its still kool. ;) |
nerdyiscool
Jun 02, 2007
| Scintillating! Thank you! |
i_lov_jordan07
Jun 10, 2007
| omg THAT WAS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..... k~ORAL |
auntiesis
Jun 12, 2007
| Man, I just love optical illusions. I don't know how this one works, but it does.. Now I have to close my eyes for 5 minutes or I'll get dizzy. |
FutureMD
Jun 18, 2007
| This is another "classic" optical illusion-but it's classic for a reason. |
ringpop_rara
Jun 23, 2007
| great work |
saltydavid
Jun 28, 2007
| great |
Fhempen
Jul 06, 2007
| choose a spot ( a corner white dot thingy works best) and stare at it for 30 sec. then look at something white or close your eyes. its okay to blink. if you have trouble looking at one spot for very long, imagine disecting molecule after molecule of the white dot and that should help. i love this one! |
ihateclowns109
Jul 28, 2007
| it makes my brain hurt! |
happyhak
Aug 01, 2007
| OMG!!! How does he do that?! Its like it just does it!!! |
hipeople
Aug 16, 2007
| that was so cool i luv these tytpe of things! |
swirlingmist
Aug 17, 2007
| Like some are asking, how does that work? I thought it was very cool... yet freaky! LOL. |
chiliwormeater4
Aug 24, 2007
| Cool. This hurts my eyes just looking at it. |
rosy32888
Nov 11, 2007
| Superb nice! |
gamer1234
Dec 06, 2007
| I liked it,it seems like black spots were flashing alltogether at the intersection.
My eyes were going woowooo from all the flashing.
+ |
pinkpanther17
Dec 28, 2007
| i luv doing these!! there so cool !lol |
Deedee123
Dec 29, 2007
| My second favourite! (My fave is the old and young woman one.) I love these! |
rush2
Jan 21, 2008
| My head hurts :roll |
kb014
Feb 23, 2008
| haha I hate thisone! its so tricky to try to keep up with the black dots moving around |
huntchasedown
Apr 27, 2008
| I love this optical illusion actual i like them all |
divy
May 10, 2008
| cool one waiting for more |
kelperliam
Jun 07, 2008
| classic illusion. just love em' |
kunju
Jun 18, 2008
| great magic |
sourdough
Jun 23, 2008
| $ourDough liked this one!
$D |
StreetsDisciple
Jul 01, 2008
| one of my favs - this one is great |
Sand_Kirton
Jul 20, 2008
| Endlessly playful.
When my eyes lose focus, some of the grey gridlines drop out, creating new, larger black spaces; or many of the dots (white or black) disappear, creating new constellations,
With my eyes crossed, the whole thing goes 3D, really!
Also challenging (but less fun) is holding your gaze on one intersection long enough to keep the black phantoms from flashing -- ever. |
ICUB42
Sep 16, 2008
| Reminds me of the old days. Groooovy! |
arm1806
Oct 09, 2008
| I only see it when I close and open my eyes. |
HawkGarcia
Oct 25, 2008
| That one was cool. |
Elios
Oct 28, 2008
| The Blinking!! |
tetris4t 
Nov 16, 2008
| Great, I love optical illusions! |
(user deleted)
Dec 11, 2008
| to cool like whoa |
here2
Jan 14, 2009
| This one is pretty cool. |
(user deleted)
May 03, 2009
| yea!LOL! |
longhorn
Sep 10, 2009
| i'm dizzy......... |
(user deleted)
Oct 30, 2009
| wat the hell jake. you keep on making these freakin crazy illusions for people who need to get a life and get off their fat azz and exercise. im leaving this website to trick or treat as you could see on the date. mmmmmmmmm..... more LARD in my tummy. |
(user deleted)
Oct 30, 2009
| buttonpusher445 is SOOO BAD..........oh ya that's me. burn. ps i just like to go on websites and talk .bubye FOREVER. ASTA LA VISTA BAYBAH. *machine gun GUNSHOTS* |
CCcook
Dec 22, 2009
| coolio!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
sashomarine
Mar 10, 2010
| I've got the dizzies, |
kristieshonk
Apr 12, 2010
| wow. That amazed me :] It hurt my eyes, yet it was cool at the same time. |
gathena
May 26, 2010
| wow! that is awsome. Thease Optical illusions are great! |
mathgirl
Jun 12, 2010
| I SWEARE MAN THIS IS THE BESTTTTTTTTTTTTT ILLUSION I HAV EVER SEEN. THAT IS TIGHTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT |
Illusionist
Feb 14, 2011
| I love Jake's quizzes! They are all challenging, yet fun. Another one I recommend is Man Or Woman. It's challenging. |
jellybeans7645
Jun 07, 2011
| It hurts my eyes. |
spud
Jul 09, 2011
| I think that it was pretty cool, but some how a little bit of a waste of time though.
Anyway it was really good Jake.
Could anyone explain how that works? |
Mandy7
Jul 27, 2011
| ya could anyone explain watz with these optical illusionz and how they trick u
but i think that stuff is so cool! |
BrainyMaddie
Apr 28, 2012
| Nice one! I didn't see cuz I have bad eye sight. |
hasunemiku
Jun 13, 2012
| i saw black then i saw red and in the end i saw pirple |
BreezyGarden
Jan 18, 2013
| Lol good illusion |
