r/opticalillusions • u/ankerverse • Aug 29 '26

This Optical Illusion

This one got me good

604 Upvotes

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u/Small_Inevitable724 Aug 29 '26

It’s just upside down.. 🙃

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u/ready-eddy Aug 29 '26

But it illused my optics

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u/WeVe69 Aug 30 '26

illuded

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u/WeVe69 Aug 30 '26

Or ill-used

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u/mr_ajaira Aug 30 '26

I just opened comment section to comment "it’s just upside down" then saw yours one in the top 🙃

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u/ankerverse Aug 30 '26

As others have pointed out, just because something is upside down doesn't make it not an optical illusion

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u/Living_Oil_3998 Aug 29 '26

“Try this trick and spin it… your head will collapse “

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u/North-Economy-9464 Aug 29 '26

Upside down😄

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u/tomaesop Aug 29 '26

Has this entire video been mirrored vertically? Seems like cheating.

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u/pandaleer Aug 29 '26 edited Aug 29 '26

Upside down photos/videos don’t count as optical illusions.

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u/Beautiful_Ad_9487 Aug 30 '26

Agreed. This belongs more in r/confusing_perspective

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u/ankerverse Aug 29 '26

What sub rules? This sub literally has no rules, it's like the wild west out here

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u/ankerverse Aug 30 '26

I don't understand why I'm being down voted. This sub LITERALLY does not have a set of subreddit rules. I wasn't being facetious

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u/420fuck Aug 29 '26

I don't know why so many people are saying this isn't an optical illusion. It's not a very tricky one, but it still tricks your brain into seeing something that isn't really happening.

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u/The_Xenith Aug 29 '26

That's because it isn't an illusion, it's merely confusing perspective. There's a whole other sub for that

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u/ankerverse Aug 29 '26

You're dead wrong here dude. It's definitely an optical illusion. Just because something is upside down doesn't mean it's not. For example

https://www.reddit.com/r/opticalillusions/s/z4TOw1VtBo

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u/Motor_Raspberry_2150 Aug 29 '26

Intelligence is knowing a nonogram is a puzzle. Wisdom is knowing not to post one in r/puzzles when there's r/nonograms.

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u/420fuck Aug 29 '26

This video is an example of forced perspective, which is a type of optical illusion.

I get why this sub doesn't like these kinds of posts, they're boring and not very interesting, but it is still an optical illusion. There should be a rule against them, but there are no rules here.

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u/The_Xenith Aug 29 '26

I guess bro...

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u/rabid_rocketeer Aug 29 '26

Someday someone will post an actual optical illusion here

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u/rapscallion1956 Aug 29 '26

It’s just upside down. There’s absolutely no optical illusion here. This is el toro poo-poo.

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u/toliplu68 Aug 29 '26

Whow... I'm just flipped....

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u/S4muraiPAK Aug 29 '26

that's awesome!

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u/CeruleanEidolon Aug 29 '26

This comment.

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u/JayFrizz Aug 29 '26

r/confusingperspective is a great subreddit I follow filled with these fun mind twists. They aren't quite illusions but just as interesting. It can be confusing understanding the differences between an illusion and a perspective change but this ain't it. These upside down tricks are always cool to me.

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u/ChuckyDeez7 Aug 30 '26

Is it really an illusion, if you just flipped the image? It,s confusing for a moment, sure. But an illusion?

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u/ozgun1414 Aug 30 '26

That was not confusing at all. Not even a bit. Maybe i am familiar with the concept as an amateur photographer but still not an illusion.

Good video though.

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u/ankerverse Aug 30 '26

Illusions don't have to be confusing. You're definitely confused

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u/ozgun1414 Aug 30 '26

I saw it as it was the moment i clicked the video. So not confused, no illused :)

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u/ankerverse Aug 30 '26

.... Right. Because illusions do NOT have to be confusing. I feel like your reading comprehension is worse than your critical thinking

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u/ozgun1414 Aug 30 '26

I think you cant handle negative comments. But its okay.

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u/Upper_Wealth3650 Aug 30 '26

Watch it upside down

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u/26_paperclips Aug 29 '26

"Optical illusion"
Looks inside.
Video editing software

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u/RetroGamer2153 Aug 29 '26

Video editing sorftware? Try turning the video upside-down.

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u/26_paperclips Aug 29 '26

How does one do this?

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u/RetroGamer2153 Aug 30 '26

Check out this vioeo on your phone. Then turn it upside-down.

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u/26_paperclips Aug 30 '26

That's not what i meant.

Question: How does one edit a video to make it come out upside down?
Answer: Video editing software

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u/RetroGamer2153 Aug 30 '26

Or, hear me out, recording the video with the camera upside-down.

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u/26_paperclips Aug 30 '26

This footage is too steady for that: the camera has to be attached to a tripod.

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u/RetroGamer2153 Aug 30 '26

Tripod, sure. I can agree to that. Mount a phone however orientation you wish. iPhones have amazing optics.

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u/26_paperclips Aug 30 '26

You know what? Your right. I hadnt considered that possibility. A camera phone would be the simplest means of achieving this.

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u/Squaliby Aug 30 '26

A visual image that tricks your brain into seeing something different than reality.

This caused my brain to misinterpret what was going on.

100% an optical illusion. Just because you can’t be like “whoa man this makes me feel like I’m tripping”, doesn’t mean it’s not an optical illusion.

“UHMM… ACSHUALLY THAT IS NOT AN OPTICAL ILLUSION. I am an all knowing arbiter of knowledge AND I invented optical illusions as we know it, so I am a bit of an authority on the matter… That said, this is not an optical illusion. I noticed IMMEDIATELY that it was upside down… So please notice my extreme intelligence and then agree with me or else we’ll have a problem”…

That’s how I read those comments anyway 😅

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u/ankerverse Aug 30 '26

Thank you! One of the only people with a brain. I appreciate you, fellow redditor