Color theory, peripheral vision illusions
These are just fun to look at (although it hurts your eyes after a while). Keep in mind that these are NOT animated. The movement that you see is simply your peripheral vision playing tricks on you.

Rotating snakes

Rollers

Rotations

Vibrations

Checkered heat waves
ok…. now that is strange… but very cool!
As soon as I found these images I loaded them into Photoshop to see if they were animated gifs. About 10 minutes later I had a HUGE headache.
ouch, thanks for the headache ryan
Wow….. i could have sworn they were moving, but if you look closely they are not. This isvery cool, but my eyes are still rolling. By the way, if anyone out there is a Chelsea fan, then ARSENAL are gonna win the league ya hear! From Bob in Kentucky.
Wow very cool! I thought the same thing:Maybe he did something on the computer to make it move but if you look closely its moving by itself. Very interesting!
Oh by the way bob. Chelsea is so much better than Arsenal!!
Ryan, Are you doing any other research into visual stimuli? i am looking for some work related to peripheral vision illusions, particularly for signage.
Found discussion of images visible in pv, but when viewed directly image disappears. This is my real interest.
I thought the security question for posting was theoretical and got bounced out. What color is an orange? I answered black, until white light shines on it. Over complicating things as usual.
Ryan, Where did you find these images? Would you post a link?
There has to be a practical use for an illusion like this. If its possible to create such an illusion with such a relatively simple picture, then what can be done when someone is actively trying to decieve, teach, or illustrate something much more important and compelling? If a national flag were designed in such fashion, then it would quickly become the most fascinating flag on Earth. And how about sound and smell? What grand illusions are we being subjected to without our consent and knowledge? Makes you think, huh?
Oh gosh, its “deja view” all over again! I HATE these repetitive redundincies!
That would be “REDUNDUNCIES” folks, sorry about that. I feel like such a redundunce! (again).
Now that was cool! very coooool!