Optical Illusion: Growing and Shrinking Cigarettes

Watch what happens with the size of these cigarettes. The background drawing is what really tricks us here. The white wall with the grid lines plays a big part in causing us to subconsciously think that we are seeing a 3 dimensional scene instead of 2 dimensional. Our eyes and brains have naturally been trained to pick up visual cues and define dimensional planes of what we are viewing. The 2 "horizontal" lines in the middle of that white wall start to converge as they "go" from the left cigarette to the right cigarette. This tricks our visual systems and creates the optical illusion that the cigarette on the right is much bigger. So, the optical illusion is created by the way our visual systems interpret the surrounding drawing and not by the cigarettes themselves. Our sense of dimensions, depth, and actual sizes are easily fooled!
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[xXANiMeVioLinistXx]

do you think that the video amazing anamorphic illusions was real or just clever camera tricks? please respond, for I want a professional opinion

[greeenpro2009]

Of course it's real. Print out the pictures that he included for you in the description and try it for yourself. They're really strong illusions.

[skakdi1]

Come on brain, you can do it...

[Николай Смирнов]

It gave me brain cancer, thanks.......

[Smoove Johnson]

i feel like i just got brain raped and didnt even know it

[Gunawan Fnu]

hahaha im confuse

[WeirdStrange ER]

MY BRAIN HURTS

[TomiTom1234]

WTH??!! Why does the left cigarette look shorter than the right one? It looks really shorter, I can't believe my eyes any more.

[thenicolerockstar]

it's easy to figure out it's basicly tricking your brain because of the b a ck

[Jacques Afferent]

it,s a magnet!

[aswannth saravanan]

the background's 2d and that made the illusion.i get it .but it was good

[JeyOhKay]

I used snip tool and they are the same size.

[d3non]

DOH!)

[kalikonyat]

Squint your eyes guys to break the illusion! :D