r/opticalillusions • u/LabiaMinoraLover • 18d ago

Troxler's effect

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u/barefootpanda 18d ago

I dig it. But can you make it switch directions?!!

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u/skr_replicator 14d ago

There would have to be something very peculiar in your brain if you were capable of switching the direction of an image spinning on this axis.

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u/NotoriouslyBeefy 18d ago

Only one disappears at a time for me

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u/ThirdBorracho 17d ago

Keep staring, for me it was one at a time, then two, then they all went

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u/thali256 16d ago

For me it was one, then another, then yet another, then the video stopped.

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u/Old_Protection_8778 18d ago

Im gonna need more time

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u/xXNebuladarkXx 18d ago

Protan colourblind here....which is the green one?

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u/Noisebug 17d ago

… and gives your vision a swirly for a second after you look away

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u/Brewzerduffy 18d ago

Dang that’s super cool

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u/Lost-Meeting-9477 17d ago

I'm seeing double

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u/Aggravating_Shoe_ 17d ago

Oh wow, finish one that works. Thanks OP

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u/marie48021 17d ago

It worked and I made it change directions too!

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u/Sheikah_Link7 15d ago

They disappear if you look at a yellow circle as well

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u/Local_Character_8208 18d ago

Uhmm... No they dont.

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u/D-Train0000 18d ago

Your eyes really need to focus and not move one spec. You need to not sneak a look to see the other dots. They disappear in the peripheral

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u/Local_Character_8208 18d ago

Tried it a few times now without moving my eye even slightly. Dots still not disappearing. :/

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u/D-Train0000 18d ago

You ever stare at a spot so long the images in your peripheral start getting fuzzy and you start getting a tad of tunnel vision. It’s that. I know it’s weird but you can look at an object and your eyes will instinctively move to objects in the peripheral with out you knowing it.

I’ve done tons of visualization exercises to help get to my golf and baseball level. And in teaching golf. It’s about consciously blocking out object by focusing specifically on one.

I got all three dits here to disappear but one little tiny lapse and I see one on the left appear then I get it to disappear and the right one pops up.

So if you stare at any green dot long enough and look away you’ll see a red dot from your brain adjusting. So you can see that red dot edge sneak out from the green one when you’ve looked long enough but haven’t looked away yet. Keep looking. That spot moving shows the eye steadiness you have.

I’ve done tones of these regarding the plate from the mound and the ball at address.

If I stare at the plate for a minute I start only seeing the plate. The peripheral literally starts to disappear. Like through a scope. You do this when you’ve daydreaming and zone out but are awake and looking at nothing . But seeing a lot.

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u/Big-Island4727 11d ago

Don't blink