It's cool how the three versions "switch places" when the paper is rotated. The Z-block is initially in the upper-left mirror. Then when the paper is rotated, the Z-block is in the upper-right mirror. Rotated again, the Z-block is now visible in the bottom-center image. This is what makes this illusion interesting to me. It doesn't just change in the reflections. The three variations switch places, or rotate their positions as the paper is rotated.
No it is not mirrored, if you need a little help... select the gear icon then,speed, set to slowest (.25). mute the audio . watch just one image at a time .
No one guessed the answer. The mirrors are not 90 degrees apart, but are cut to a weird shape to give that impression. (This was made by Sugihara, and if you look at his Ambiguous Objects, you will see how super deceptive shapes in a mirror can be.) Plus, nowhere does Sugihara ever claim the mirrors are 90 degrees apart. For example, at 0:59, the yellow flag in front and on the left are pointing at each other. That demonstrates the mirrors are not 90 degrees apart. Cool illusion that fooled EVERYONE here.
It's a flat object with lines and shading drawn on it, and a yellow flag pushed into it with a red pin. All the three-dimensionality of the monochrome shading and lines is illusory. Try pausing it partway through a rotation...
I came here to see an illusion. But it is more like an elusion. I don't understand. Looks like a 2D picture, with a 3d drawing on in, and pin with a flag on it, sticking up perpendicular to the 2D picture. It is rotated..... and it then looks like the same object but rotated. It looks a little squished because I am looking at the 2D thing at an angle but... like, thats not supposed to be the illusion is it? We do that with roads when we spray words on them like STOP or SCHOOL.
Well, the clever trick here is that the reflected objects appear as completely different morphologies, as shown by the flag. For instance, on the last setup (3 objects, after all rotations are done), you have a flag pole appearing to be planted on top of a Z block resting on its side (top left) ; but the other (middle low) appears to be planted on top of an upright Z bloc ; and the last seems planted on top of Z block laying on its back. Hence the "triple ambiguity". It's pretty damn clever IMHO ...
Sorry, I fail to see what's so special about this. It took me 5 Minutes to reconstruct and sketch the actual shape based on what I was seeing in the video, and another 10 to reproduce it cleanly. Here it is: beta-static.photobucket.com/images/k166/eLhabib/0/f20e522b-7cfb-4f57-88b4-a817330a04a3-original.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds - the red dot marks the spot for the flag. Have fun!
One small note: this trick only works because the brain tries to make a 3-dimensional shape of a flat object in a (2D) video. If you try this at home and don't see it, try closing one eye, or actually film it and you will see the effect in your video.
Wow, really? This is the best illusion of 2018? Maybe they should have tried to draw 3 rhombuses (put together so that their 120° corners touch) shaded differently and "voilà" you have at least three different views of a cube.
Wes Ellis you must have a extreme lack of creativity. This is stretching the definition of illusion. A child could come up with this. Draw a 3d box with an isometic viewpoint, shade the sides differently, rotate it 120degrees, oh wow a "new" box. Cmon dude this sucks
Because this has multiple interesting aspects. The different variations appear to be entirely different structures with the flag sitting in an entirely different place on each variation. In addition, the three variations switch places as the paper is rotated. I'm not saying this is the best illusion ever, but it was mildly interesting to watch, and maybe the other illusions in the competition were all rotating spirals and ripoffs from Brain Games.
@@aeloria Yeah, the "magic" of isometric projection. Pfff... If this is illusion, then I spent a big part of my teenage years juggling with illusion. Back then I thought it was only some nice game (Transport Tycoon, UFO series, etc.) but I never thought that I only should have flipped over my display 120° to experience the "illusion". :)))) Well you never know, "in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king"...
@@tyllatyllatylla It's not really illusion. It's just a perspective trick. But if you know of another entry into the 2018 Best Illusion of the Year Contest that you liked more, let us know!
