Weird illusion causes faces to look very distorted

In artists Erwin Driessens and Maria Verstappen's installation "Pareidolia," a computer vision system uses facial recognition software to find faces in grains of sand. Of course, "pareidolia" is a trick… READ THE REST

it's a spaceship until you see the picture upside down. This is cool – someone took a photo of UFO hovering over the scene of an accident. If you rotate… READ THE REST

ついに立体的に動いて見える錯視が完成しました。キューブが回転して見えますね？止まっています pic.twitter.com/nyyWdr5O1E — じゃがりきん (@jagarikin) February 14, 2020 On Twitter, @jagarikin posted this fantastic example of the "reverse phi illusion." Press play above. The boxes aren't actually rotating. I promise.… READ THE REST

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Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post.  While mosquitoes have certainly earned their title as the deadliest animal on earth, their impact on… READ THE REST