A STUNNING optical illusion that tricks the mind and reveals a hidden secret about how our brains work has left TikTok users stunned.
Optical illusions often play with colors and shapes to confuse the human brain.
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A stunning mind-bending optical illusion has gone viral on TikTokCredit: TikTok
A TikTok user @TaylorNikolai illustrated how it works via an 8 second clip.
In the post, Taylor showed an image of an Oreo cake and later insisted to her users that it was “just an image.”
“It doesn’t move,” he added, before asking his users to move their phones.
“Look at the Oreos,” Taylor said. “Run!”
What do viewers see?
Since its release, the video has garnered nearly 500,000 likes and tens of thousands of comments from amazed users.
“OMG that’s amazing. It works for me. Even when you pause it, it still moves,” one user commented.
“GOOD WORKS,” another TikToker commented.
However, not all users could see the jitter.
“Ummm… I think it’s just a picture,” a third person replied.
“Am I the only person who doesn’t see it?” another person said. This comment received nearly 1,500 likes.
How does this illusion work?
Basically, the illusion works by using contrast and color to make people believe they are seeing movement in the photo.
Eye care company Clear Eyes explained this in a blog post: “While looking at the pattern, small, rapid movements of your eyes are responsible for making this optical illusion work.”
“The rapid movement of your eyes is involuntary, so you can’t really blame them. One theory is that this movement causes you to ‘see’ the afterimage stored on your retina along with the new image.”
“Think of it as a ghost image superimposed on a new image. This creates a ripple effect called the moiré effect.”
When similar patterns are repeated and linked together, your visual perception of the object changes, causing your brain to believe that the image is moving.
Categories: Optical Illusion
Source: HIS Education