optical illusion - two lines, one height

[JLeeMagnetic]

dang that is CRazyy!!!!!

[DaMrMatt808]

what sort of witchcraft is this??!! HES A WITCH!! BURN HIM AT THE STAKE!!

[GuitarMusicEddy]

MINDFUCK!!



[Zemarzo]

the closer bit is bigger than the further part so the line is smaller closer and bigger further

[takishan]

They're both 3 cm long

[shadowstalker9476]

@takishan thats what she said :(

[Masterblade90]

HUZZAAHHHWANNAWHHHAAAA!?!?!!? HOW CAN THIS BE!? I DON'T...... ZOMG OMGNOWAI............ ok I'm done over reacting

[Dxthegod]

...WHAT IS THIS, I DON'T EVEN...

[robodevil11]

what the how the omg wtf !!??

[masterjamie9]

wow nice, the right one looks much bigger O.o

[Dioguito33]

the black bars are the same size. Can u also ''see'' white points in the lines on the center wall? ^^

[LPSland4444]

@Dioguito33 yup

[StylezContagious]

Its an art concept. "drawing to a vanishing point" so that the bg looks like its further away and all the vertical lines should be the same lengths

[cyberh0g]

i had to measure it to make sure they were the same size, maybe im retarded but even when the extra lines go away the one on the right still looks taller.

[HockeyDiane]

@cyberh0g that's because the line is thinner.

[Kmg135]

@cyberh0g i agree i still think the one on the right is taller maybe i should go get a ruler

[chikman94]

woah

[xZibeGx]

I dont really get this :OO

[Digiscat]

i made myself use to it xP

i have a trick to avoid being mistaken lol

[Llarky]

LMAO @ theory of relativity...

This is a clear case of perspective and It's the size constancy(relative size)/the experience/shadowing that are affecting one's visual interpretation of this particular image.

[Kossrifle]

LOL 3d

[houseg6]

dis is mesin id my mind

[mardi8000]

theory of relativity.

[murloc14]

This is why paintings present things in the "Distant" and the "close." Its just depth preception

[check86]

It's called perspective.

[murloc14]

The two aren't that different, no need to jump on my ass about it

[check86]

I'm not jumping your ass. I'm just writing what it's called. Relax, dude.

[murloc14]

Oh... I thought that was targeted to insult me.. like most people would. You seem pretty cool.

[blehhh13]

haha, cool

[Kossrifle]

lol 3d ftw

[Warkillerxxx]

FUCK THAT !

[miniplus]

Another way of seeing this, other than the dramatic reduction to both lines alone:

Look at the distant vertical line, notice that the top segment looks about 1/3 the forward line's length. Hence, the three segments must add to the forward line's length.

[AntaurisProtector]

o_____o

Wow.

[bstperryman]

THats coo

[imray93]

wow thts mad :D

[Itachi926]

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­ooo

i get it

144 post

:P

[AlmightyMatthew]

Hah oO that just aint right ....

[AshHutson]

don't get it

[shine206]

this illusion is simple, it's part of the art basic that an artist gets to know. it has to do with perspective, things that look far appear small and things that are close appear big.

the illusion is that the two straight lines are at a different distance yet they were drawn with the same height

[Cefiay]

crazy cool man! how you maked?

[PrinceOfFunky1994]

OMG .__.

[TheSoyPro]

i don t understand. where is the illusion

[superfriel]

the 2 thick lines dont look the same height but..

[rameyy]

its not and olusion its called perspective....

[nigrke]

ow; that one hirts

[cyrus614]

it has to do with depth preseption and drawing,paper has no depth so the lines on the top and bottom make it seem like theirs depth

[Random3ness3crew]

OMG, my head hurts, lol good one, thats confusing

[Castorios]

that briefly hurt my brain lol, good one !

[PrincesTomboy]

omg how?!

[Infection62]

Its not really like that what its suppose to be is its like when your outside and you stick up your index finger and see a far person and your like my finger is bigger then a person then they come closer and bigger well yeah

[alphaomegac7]

the line on the left starts the same height but then it starts going in a less then 90 degree angle it closes in this is my opinion

[50cent9034]

aye kill the witch lol

[njunit19]

the one on the left is bigger, if you hold a pen up to it they don't line up

[Turquoise66]

it does

[XxXxkeybladematerxXx]

how the....what the.........are you a wizard lol

[Execu]

@XxXxkeybladematerxXx no, it's because our brain thinks in 3d even though what we see is 2d, your brain thinks that the line is closer and the other one farther so in all logic the one that's farther is longer even if in 2d it's the same size. Actually your brain is playing tricks on you.

[Exiled12345]

What if you move back the wall,then the left line decreases and so the right one is longer...

[lizzyhayes2011]

xDD I got out a measuring tape

[janski95]

amazing

[Nyy002jeter]

o.O perspective.. but still really cool

[greentg10]

but.. wha-..? um... bu-... huh??

[PuksisKissa]

That is called: perspective

[ladiestreat27]

this thing makes me freeze im so dumb i get retarded wen i try to believe

[moomen2009]

nice

[IcyGamer597]

omg im dumb im not smart no more

[cricketbodyboard]

Yeah, thats pretty cool,

But,

Because the one thats closer is closer (obviously) you see less of it, and the one at the back you see more because its further away, but not to far,

Pick something up, and move it really close to your eyes, then move it back, and you see a wider aspect.

[maxmusavi]

holy moly cool!!!!

[RobandBig245]

that pretty cool but kinda dumb too

[PivotJelco]

Wow, cool.

[combatwombatjake123]

man thats weird even near the end they looked different it was only until it was just the two lines left that you see it

[OneBodyToMany]

hahahaha fuckin SWEET!

[daxuttaja]

Didnt see that coming

[metroidroxs01]

holy shit

[matic277]

lolol

[trackstar1054]

HOLY SHIT O_O

[jimmybob116]

wow

[tikitrend]

thats so cool!!!!!!!

[aletoxics]

there's nothing weird in it... i don't wanna ruin it... but... the longer line is furher and the shorter one is closer .. that's what makes them the same size... i mean... u can see this everyday

[FuzzySoxx]

Weird... haha

[bassist6870590]

god damn thats really amazing

[SoulDesecrator]

damn thats freaking cool

[sayalainen]

they were not the same size!! it cant be!!! YEARGH!

[kirkmeister555]

i guess no one saw that coming

[Rachel7as]

haha

[darkdonkey147]

very weird and cool! ^^

[ashameddavids1001]

trippy

[GarnetPrincess177]

omfg!!!!! O__O really amazing!!

[locoDtA]

amazing

[BBC33333]

in pixel terms they are the same height, picture it being in real life now, the 3 block line in far away and the 1 block line is close.

[Nebraskahusker23]

you can measure the lines at the beginning of the video, they are the same length.

[Yakeyglee]

I think it would've been better played backwards.

[deernardz]

@_@ whaaat

[macgasuki]

なるほど(*^_^*)

[Tsutomo392]

Wow that was cool!

[komatsu1111]

意味不明

[McKack]

Yeah right the over 100 year old Ponzo Illusion is a complete fake. Kids nowadays, you're f***ing unbeliavable...

[Lorhkan]

it was not fake.

[bigglezuk]

私のチャネルのmatch-stick の死のマッチからの点検

[vmred]

nice

[lilletone]

wierd

[Jazzyvx8100]

O DAM...crap i paused it and which is higher which is lower? this is sik

[asmb1992]

i dont get this...

[inasia89]

maybe because it's 1:3? The closer line comes from the side of 1 box while the farther one comes from 3?

[TDGsuperfan]

holy crap that was cool

[JFoun321]

they are different sizes u fucking assholes!!

[diaukeharada]

go get a ruler and check and then youll find out whos the fucking asshole

[modianos]

nope theyre exactly the same size

[Sanoz0r]

nice one

[cetreriaparatodos]

sucks

[slim5700]

it's amazing ....

[onnoman]

it aint that cool.. distance makes everything smaller

[orlyyarly1953]

Uh...The more distant one looks larger

[qrilla]

that's koool

[ChoomchoomBAMBAMwizz]

HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?!

[yohrdzayr]

wow dude!...wooooow

[HHUCaptainPat]

i watched it like 5 times and the one on the right still looks bigger. and then when they show its the same i'm like woah. wait!

[xXkoolpersonXx]

its because the 1 further is around smaller squares wich makes it look bigger and the other 1 is around bigger squares and it looks smaller

[dominic508]

cool

[S8KLOVE]

wow

[smallstrangegod]

pretty nifty

[Phir]

The name calling, quite necessary? Internet rules I guess. I just wonder which points of those black lines you're measuring from.. you should really observe what that blue line cuts out. For real. No harm done. Friend.

[CoolMapleStore]

IMPOSSIBLE !!! WOW !!!

[cutslut]

Heh... incredible.

[Moviebun]

awesome

[mrvetle]

Look at the two lines showed at the end from the very start, first it looks like they're completely difrent.

[znk0r]

heh...not...just mesure them on your screen. The 2 lines are exactly the same.

[guardian86]

yeah...

[youbox]

damit im blind ...GREAT!

[mikenco]

With a bit of gradient fades, this could also make the lines look like they are different colours!

Cool!

[Phir]

The Blue bars to try and prove that the black lines are the same size are just thick enough to even them out and cut out some of the right-line's edges.. pause it in the beginning and observe the cut.. they aren't the same size.

[theroyalpriest]

i paused it at the begining and measured the lines w/a ruler and they are the same size

[znk0r]

How about you pull out a ruller and measure the lines on your screen. They are exactly the same size.

[Th3Consp1racy]

lol

[wolfad]

nice

[peppergorn]

WTF?

[EldaChii]

I don't get it

[amigoeva]

the 2 lines are of same length but because of the way the picture is drawn, our brains think that they're of different length

[duleekim]

the bigger line, and the smaller line, are acualy the same size

[kryion]

thats cool

[Orikunie]

I'm stupid,yes,but I don't get it at all...

[Apocalypse1987]

wow

[nodnalandon]

i was fooled as well..

[boldia]

Note that our eyes reads 2D images and the brain does a dam good job of mapping them to 3D, anyone who saw the two lines were the same length before, would have problems in real life :-P

so it's normal

[azmir2]

one funny shit

[Phir]

The Blue bars to try and prove that the black lines are the same size are just thick enough to even them out and cut out some of the right-line's edges.. pause it in the beginning and observe the cut.. they aren't the same size.

[rey619yomama]

boring

[Krankey]

too bad they arent the same length...when the blue lines are placed, it covers up part of the right line and when the blue line goes away the line gets shorter

[barbieduh]

what the fuck is this shit?!?

(awesome)

[Deadpool013]

nice, i was fooled

[illkeane]

zekice

[grungepunk1]

hmm i saw this in a book of optical illusions, its a lot better seeing it animated this way cause the lines dont look at all the same size in the book and youve just to take their word for it that theyre different sizes...unless youve got a ruler handy.

[Michiel89]

wtf?

[Zeldafanhere]

Wow, thats just weird

[Pucothemage007]

that is the most retard leme dumb ass well i dont get the ilusion well i should think it is very stupid

[6sammy9]

I love the irony: A retard who can't talk, calling something stupid.

[QuintusFlavius]

Right segment looks much longer than lef one. The video shows they are right the same lenght, but they don't look.

[LoverlyLovingFool]

i dont get it

[glassprisioner]

the tho segments look different sizes when the complete image appears, but when then you see theyre the same size

[DaDaDaBeep]

cool.

[mamasung]

hahaahahahahahahah dallain rofl what a dumb-ass hahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaha­hahaahahahahahahahahhahahahaha­hahaha

your so lame :D

[Dallian]

it's so cool i even stopped wanking!

[beatlegirl99]

what was that....

[Natikle]

huh?

[Lastofadieingbred]

man thats werid

[Gregredrag0n]

Dude why don't you make one then instead of complaining you retards.

[dominizy]

MY MONKEY CAN DO BETTER THEN THIS...

[Ganton2]

holy fuck, thats cool!

5 outta 5

thank god you dont scare people with that illusion

Thx! i am sensitive

[Nueros]

Oldest trick in the book. I've been seeing this over and over again for the past 15 years

[giordun]

Not amazingly cool. There are plenty of optical illusions that show the the lines are the same size.

[ojk007]

awesome

[Cmighty]

wow