Comments on: Spinning Silhouette Optical Illusion

By: Balancing Act(ivities) « Winging with Whitehawk

Balancing Act(ivities) « Winging with Whitehawk — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:05:02 +0000

[...] the famed Monroe Institute (and similar subsequent efforts by other parties); the ever-intriguing spinning woman optical illusion video (DO check this out, it continues to fascinate me!); the Dance of Shiva (below, demo’d by [...]

By: Jaymi

Jaymi — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:40:48 +0000

You see it spinning clock wise or counter-clock wise depending on wich half of your brain is working =) i happen to see it go both ways, but other people only see it go one. it all depends on wich side of your brain is stronger

By: ann

ann — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:36:23 +0000

Most of the time she just pivots back and forth and doesn’t go all the way around. When she does, though, she is normally going clockwise. Does anyone have a clue what not making the full circle means???

By: John Neyedli

John Neyedli — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 06:07:32 +0000

I’m left with the impression that this does change direction randomly so you think it is an optical illusion of change of rotation because you were looking for it. I’ve seen it rotate both ways. I think this is not an optical illusion but a test to see how many would believe it to be an illusion.

By: josh

josh — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 05:09:19 +0000

Unreal I see it now!!

By: LaWanda Cook

LaWanda Cook — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:01:19 +0000

I am usually very good with optical illusions, however, I must admit that this one took me a minute to get. Awesome.

By: Basso

Basso — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:33:14 +0000

EASY SOLUTION HOW TO MAKE THE GIRL CHANGE DIRECTIONS!

First, forget about the girl and concentrate on the shadows. Picture the outward leg is doing a complete circle, and the part that is showing depends on which way the girl is turnig. If she’s going clockwise you see the front of the circle, and vice versa. The other hals is always off screen.

So put you hand over the girl and look at the shadows. Picture the shadow circle and think at which side youre looking. Remove your hand and the girl turns!

Elementary my dear Watsons

By: mak

mak — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 10:19:00 +0000

when i first saw this on TV i saw it first clock-wise (which seems to be the most popular), then counter. but now i can only ever see it clock-wise.
it has something to do with which side of your brain is more contolling. logical or creative.

By: RGS

RGS — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:34:36 +0000

Dr. G .. I don’t get it .. there must be something wrong with my eyes

By: Dr. Grumpus

Dr. Grumpus — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:58:08 +0000

Funny, I’ve gotten to the point where I can change direction back and forth before it makes an entire rotation (so it goes back and forth and never has its “back” to me). The key for me seems to be to focus on the extended foot also.