Optical Illusion of The Day: Double Sided Checkerboard Illusion

Posted: 25 Jul 2016 09:41 AM PDT

Anyone here play checkers? I, myself, am pretty terrible at checkers, but my 10-year-old son is pretty good at it. As I sat here this morning, watching him play his sister in checkers, it occurred to me that I haven’t put up a good checkerboard illusion in a while.

So, here you are!

double sided checkerboard illusion

It’s easy to get confused when looking at this checkerboard illusion. When we look at the white pieces, it appears as if the board is lying flat, such as on a surface. But, look up in the opposite corner, and it looks like we’re viewing the bottom of the board, which is floating in mid-air. So, it seems to have two sides, defying all laws of gravity.

It’s definitely a little mind-blowing, and pretty cool! If you liked this illusion, don’t forget to rate it with the stars below!

If you liked this double sided checkerboard illusion, you might want to head over and check out this real life checkers illusion!

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Hidden Mythical Creature Stereogram

Posted: 24 Jul 2016 12:40 PM PDT

Sundays are a pretty lazy day around here. It’s the last day of the weekend, and the last day off before I have to head back into the office on Monday morning. I gotta tell ya – not really looking forward to it! Oh, well, though. I guess no one really looks forward to going to work, right? But, on the last day before we all have to go slave away for the boss man for yet another week, I have a fun mythical creature stereogram for you!

Can you see which mythical creature is hiding in this image?

hidden mythical creature

Can’t see the hidden images in stereograms? Try these tips and tricks:

Hold your face close to the image and slowly back away or move the image away. Keep focusing on the stereogram until a 3D image pops into view.
Unfocus or relax your eyes while staring at the stereogram. Do it until the image doubles then becomes very blurry. This is actually the method that works best for me, and I can see some stereogram illusions within seconds with this method.
Look through the image. If it helps, you can focus on an image a few feet away from you then slowly move the stereogram in front of the object while still focusing on the spot a few feet away.

If you liked this hidden mythical creature stereogram, check out this Super Bowl stereogram!

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