There are different types of optical illusions (some are even three-dimensional!), but they all basically challenge the idea that you are seeing what you think you are seeing.
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What is an optical illusion?
(according to Wikipedia)
:This article is about visual perception. See Optical Illusion (album) for information about the Time Requiem album.
An optical illusion (also called a visual illusion) is characterized by visually perceived images that differ from objective reality. The information gathered by the eye is processed in the brain to give a percept that does not tally with a physical measurement of the stimulus source. There are three main types: literal optical illusions that create images that are different from the objects that make them, physiological ones that are the effects on the eyes and brain of excessive stimulation of a specific type (brightness, tilt, color, movement), and cognitive illusions where the eye and brain make unconscious inferences.
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M. C. Escher: Impossible pictures
(from Wikipedia)
Maurits Cornelis Escher (17 June 1898 ? 27 March 1972), usually referred to as M.C. Escher (, ), was a Dutch graphic artist. He is known for his often mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints. These feature impossible constructions, explorations of infinity, architecture, and tessellations.
Optical illusions on Flickr
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