2D optical illusions are dim-a-dozen. However, have you seen a moving 3D one before? Here’s one as seen on Maniac World.
Is the woman in the picture spinning in a clockwise or anti-clockwise direction?
very ugly ballet dancing
Whichever direction you see it spinning, try looking at the picture a bit longer – moving your eyes from the shadow to the black woman, and then back to the shadow again, continuously repeating the process.
After a short while… the direction will change! (At least it did for me)
Amazing hor? Anyone knows the trick behind this optical illusion?
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Damn, I’m not even completely awake yet ask me to see ugly spinning ballerinas…
I don’t think it’s an optical illusion. The direction she is spinning in indeed changes after a while and you don’t even notice it ‘cos your eyes get bored and distracted and she changes direction just as you blink.
At least that’s what I think. Any scientist here care to clarify if there is some phenomenon at work here?
it just quickly changed when both legs form up into one patch of shadow.
i cannot see the change!!! i’ve been staring at it for 15min and she’s still spinning anti-clockwise. my sis saw the ballet dance change direction briefly but i still cannot see it.
and i’ve having a headache now… wahaha~
I agree with anti alvin that it does not change. But i think that it is oscillating back and forth so it can assume both directions.
Am not sure though. Anyone else cares to clarify?
OMG. i think i’m BLIND LA! i cant see it change!
It’s actually not fake. The key is: you do not know if she is facing towards you or away from you so when she’s moving from away to left she might as well has moved from towards to left, i.e. the illusion of change. The key is the lack of depth.
I figured this out after opening the gif in an edit program :).
Whoas I am impressed. But I actually still don’t quite get you… what’s the difference btw “moving from away to left” and “moved from towards to left”?
for those who cannot see , try to look at the line “After a short while… the direction will change! (At least it did for me)”…stare a bit longer and it will change directions.
I see it mostly spinning to the left, with the occasional sudden jerk back to the right ..
she spins on one leg, then she spins on the other. wake up, you dolts.
This is MY theory:
It’s just a shadow. You can’t really tell if the image is facing forward or backward, but since we are used to people looking at us, our first impression is that the dancer is looking at us. The dancer’s leg is moving left, stops, right, stops etc. If on the split-second your eyes saw the image, the dancer’s leg was moving left – you would think that she was spinning clockwise. If it was moving right – you would think that she was spinning counter-clockwise. From that point, your brain had already decided which direction the dancer was spinning and it would be very difficult to change your mind without looking away. It is about the exact split-second your eyes first saw the image.
How’s my theory?
as I watched it I noticed a subtle blur that happened just at the point when the direction changed. I hoped it up in Adobe and looked at the 34 layers of animated photos and indeed as foobar mentions and I also noticed it simply changed the picture to have the other foot down and the other arm raised, actually it looks like it does a mirror image switch. then with the opposite leg raised and it is a 2d picture rotating it appears to switch directions
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/7246/spinningredonery3.gif
Have a look at that and reconsider what you’re saying
The image itself has no depth or shading, so the brain is forced to complete the direction of its spin. If you stop it, you can see that the leg, just as it crosses over, can be percieved as infront or behind the balerina. This is the same with the upper body. Theres some speculation that the direction it is going is the side of the brain you most prefer using (right or left). Nevertheless, I doubt this is true, because if you were to close one eye, there should be a bias in how you see it rotate. The left eye sends info to the right brain, and therefore should have a bias towards spinning clockwise. Ive tried it, and it doesnt.
Wah, so many people are still discussing about this! 🙂
The rotating direction can be controlled. Check it out under my website.
http://www.wefooleffect.com/WFE%20on%20optical%20illusion%20with%20the%20truth.htm
I’d like to respond to the anonymous poster’s statement: “Theres some speculation that the direction it is going is the side of the brain you most prefer using (right or left). Nevertheless, I doubt this is true, because if you were to close one eye, there should be a bias in how you see it rotate. The left eye sends info to the right brain, and therefore should have a bias towards spinning clockwise.”
Actually, this is incorrect. I think this illustration will help clarify…
http://fourier.eng.hmc.edu/e180/handouts/eye/node4.html
The trick is to scroll your window down so that you can only see below her knees. When you do this, the perceived direction changes take place much easier. Everyone says to stare at the shadow and then back at the figure, but I find staring at the lower portion of her legs and feet work the best.
for me, she spins clockwise…but if I stare at her long enough, she starts spinning counter clockwise…it’s so wierd
It will be much easier to control rotation if move down the screen so the head is left alone, then you will see it turn right or left as you wish. The trick? just imagine is comming in the oposite direction and it will follow your imagination Why? because right or left shows the same kind of image, the rotation depends if you are in front or behind the figure so mentally change positions and it will be turning in the other direction.
wow, this thread is still drawing comments after so long! 🙂 Keep it up guys! Mystery will be solved eventually.
i agree with foobar..
shes on different legs at different times
i understand all that giberish about lack of depth blah blah blah, but im pretty sure that they are two seperate images that are changed subtley.
hey im not genius and i could be wrong thats just the way i see it
cleary no genius, i cant even spell!!
i can see it change really easily. i just focus on the shadow and just briefly look at the dancer out of the corner of my eye, then i can see it change. that site that Tokuwuwoh suggested is really interesting. too much to read though!! but yeah, i think that part of the illusion is to focus on whether her leg is going behind or in front of the other one. so recite “behind, in front, behind, infront” or “infront, behind, in front, behind” and sort of trace it with your finger. this used to work for me, until i realised the short cut of just looking at the shadow. but if u do look really hard, u can see it when she changes legs.
The direction that the ballarina is turning changes depending on which part of your brain is taking in the image. Different parts of your brain take in images differently so the directions changes everytime you switch parts.
It has to do with if you use the right or left side of your brain. people who are more artistic and use the right side of their brain more will see it moving clockwise. People who are more logical and use their left side of their brain more will see it moving counter-clockwise. People who use both sides in close to equal measure will see it move in both directions. It is possible to see it move in the opposite direction for a few moments if you are strongly one side of the brain or other, but only for brief moments. That is how the optical illusion works. It is also how most optical illusions work.
hehe! i can make the lady’s leg go in 1 direction, and the rest of her body go in the other! it’s an optical illusion because the silhouette has no lines 2 tell u which way the dancer is going. so your brain has 2 choose which way the dancer is going. most people should b able 2 control the direction of the dancer. i can! c if u can make her leg go in the opposite direction as the rest of her body too!
It has to do with the way your brain works, all of our opinions are biased just read them. people who see it going clockwise have a better understanding of the spacial. people who see it going counter-clockwise use the left side of their brain and cant see it. so don’t try, just read the comments.
lol really, do you believe that while your distracted it changes???
its just a shadow… your brain decides which way it is moving. if you could pause it which she is facing you, you wouldn’t be able to tell whether she is facing you or not.
its not a trick, its really an illusion. pretty awesome i think.
This isn’t an optical illusion because its not meant to deceive you. Its just that your brain like someone mentioned earlier is the key to this. It has to do with the left side and right side of the brain with the left side being associated with more mathematical and logical tasks while the right is more visualization and concept oriented. You can see this in savants and autistic people. Seriously if you have a relative like that (I hope their doing great) watch them. Some of them have amazing artistic and musical skills but no mathematical skills and others are great with numbers and logic but none of the right side of the brain task. And I say some I don’t know if its all. These tasks are associated with each side of the brain because studies have shown that neurons fire in certains parts of the brain with different activities. So like someone already mentioned if youre more “lefty” it will spin counter clockwise a lot if your more “righty” it will spin clockwise a lot. And you also have the amazing ability to switch it if you have patience. But do not believe me! Seriously never believe what you’re just told or what you’ve read in this case because I could be anyone with motives to lead you down the wrong path! Always learn for yourself! So read up, research and you can do this so easily nowadays because you’ve have this great tool that is the internet but never forget your library. I encourage you all to look it up you’ll all be amazed by what other things your mind can do. And again please, please, please don’t just believe what I’m telling you even if its more convenient! You’re only robbing yourself from knowledge in the end and remember live life people: love, laugh and be happy!
There is a lot of speculation here as to why a person can see the figure turn clockwise or counter clockwise. And though I am not in a position to agree or disagree or otherwise, I did notice that when I focused on any rotating part (arm, leg for example) which made a highly circular motion I could not get her to counter clockwise easily. However, when I concentrated on the calf portion of her leg (shadow part) which makes the least circular motion, I could get her to switch at will.
Anybody have the same experience?
I thought changed too but it’s most definitely not a prerendered… I can swith from counterclockwise to clockwise anytime… Its just a question of focusing on the foot and if you see it pass behind the standing leg then infront, try visualising it the other way around… i.e. instead of seeing it pass behind, imagine it passing in front… IF you do this, your brain will swith to adapt to the picture…
It’s not a scam, it’s a legit illusion – which is to say, it’s an example of your brain grasping at straws as it tries to process something it has not evolved to handle (in much the same way your brain interprets the 24 still frames in a second of American Idol as an actual moving picture, instead of interpreting them as 24 still images of someone who thinks they can sing).
I actually came to this site after Googling “Spinning Ballerina Illusion” while reading an article about symmetry in motion illusions on Scientific American:
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-power-of-symmetry
Since no one here seems to know how this actually works, have a read and be enlightened.
It took me some time but i can it’s direction at will now. it very cool. If you look at her back/chest it’s harder to change direction.
i can make it rotate on m will to
sincer e ushor sa o faci sa se invarta pe ambele sensuri, focus my little grasshoper 😀
For those having trouble (this took me ages),
Focus on the bottom left corner of the image. Superimpose your finger spinning in the direction you would like the dancer to spin, and don’t focus on the dancer.
After a short while she will spin in that direction.
Here is the explaination from a very good sight to find optical illusions on. This is a direct cut and paste of selected sections pertaining to the topic.
It was created by Nobuyuki Kayahara. Actually, the spinning dancer is an example of something called bistable perception. It’s purported to be a test that indicates which side of your brain is dominant. If she spins clockwise, you are left-brained, if she spins counter-clockwise you are right brained.
Your visual system has evolved to construct a reasonable mental image of the world with a limited amount of information, and it uses a dizzying array of assumptions to do so. In the natural world these assumptions are mostly valid, and there’s only one right way to interpret any given set of signals. Artists and sundry neuroscientists, however, can consciously exploit the assumptions your brain makes about the objects it’s looking at to produce images with two or more equally valid interpretations.
When presented with stimuli that have two valid, mutually contradictory interpretations, your brain just picks one. Then, sometimes, it picks the other. We still don’t understand why this happens, or what role conscious efforts might play in this shift in perception. Many people are able to make the dancer shift directions at will.
Am I the only one who sees nipples?
I can see it go in both directions
I think know the trick to this illusion. The leg that is not on the ground is spinning in one direction, but if you look closely the shadow of the feet is always going in one direction! Check it out. Pretty cool stuff.
I believe this is a trick illusion as well. If you actually look at it, the image does an inverted flip. Therefore, the image looks the same but goes the opposite direction.
I am sure that she is spinning in the CLOCKWISE direction. Take a good look at her movement, try visualizing in 3d in your mind, u’ll see..
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hey jj abrams i see nipples too. 🙂 perky ones. 🙂 i wish if she cud do lap dancing.
she changes which leg she spins on. you can see her stood on her left as she goes one way- then shes stood on her right leg going the other…
when her backs to you, you can clearly see her leg extension so its not a one or the other.. its clearly on side of her body. as it changes shes clearly on the other leg.
…maybe that just means i’m observant but i saw only one other comment here which also saw it.
its otherwise a pretty good mind play but i do believe its cheated. just depends on how much of the image you actually take on assumption to what you actually see. thats always a simple trick of the mind to overlook specific details.
There is an easy way to control direction: squint your eyes and blink very fast.
previous poster is right, if you see her spin one way she is spinning on the right leg, the other way she has the left leg [on the floor]
blur your eyes till shes no longer spinning, then let her go in whatever diercetion you want. you can even keep her standing still and just kicking for a while. its fun
It’s an illusion FALSE INFORMATION. A series of images appear to be a body spinning FORWARD (or ‘to the right’), however it is the SHADOWS that trick the brain into thinking the object/person is rotating BACKWARDS.
The bottom shadow of the second foot is ASYMMETRICAL in the image, showing up more on the left side than on the right, but this information CONFLICTS with the way the body is leaning vs. the position of what appears to be a top-down shadow, and so your brain “corrects” the image that you interpret.
COVER UP THE SHADOWS IN THE IMAGE, LOOK AWAY, THEN LOOK BACK. Without the shadows, you see that she spins to the right.
NOW LOOK AT THE WHOLE IMAGE, FOCUS ON THE DIRECTION OF THE SHADOW AT THE BOTTOM: She appears to spin to the left.
Sorry, but anyone who claims that this is a fake illusion or otherwise, is a boldfaced LIAR. Good day.
I think it’s because you THINK she’s making a full rotation when she’s not. The shadow underneath would indicate if she truly goes in a complete 360. The ballerina is actually rotating 180 degrees from left to right and back again.
To destory the illusion, blink fast and you’ll see what i’m talking about.
for me, this is the easiest way to do it. don’t worry too much about the leg she’s spinning on. instead, look at the leg she is swinging around. concentrate on it, and when you think it’s passing BEHIND her, pretend it’s passing IN FRONT of her, and vice versa. and nice nipples.
Heres the trick, watch her foot and pretend it is a windshield wiper going back and forth, she will change direction at will.
i find that if i cover her feet with my thumb she switches direction. something about her foot and the reflection is making my brain see it ccw. if that is covered up, it doesnt really have a direction and i can see both.
I find I can easily change her direction after a little practice. But now that I know how to do that, my attention just goes to her breasts and the rest of her hot body. Now that I’ve spent so much time watching her to get her to spin whichever way I want, I think I want her to be my girlfriend.
So, best part about this trick is after seeing her spin to the left for about a minute. I realized shes not a a ballerina. She’s just a totally naked spinning woman with a pony tail. Kudos if you can spot her nipples. xD
Whatever I do; stare for ages, up down, left right, focus from one shape to another, alternate eyes closed; the ballerina spins anti-clockwise.
I don’t get it.
I stared at this for 10 minutes and couldn’t stop seeing the image spinning clockwise. I read all the comments. None of the suggestions worked. I resigned myself to appreciating the form (and two individual, visible nipples) of the image rotating in a clockwise direction.
Then I decided to look at it upside down. Just tilted my head. After a few moments, the image appeared to be rotating ccw. I would slowly shift into looking right-side up, and the image would continue ccw. A revelation. Hope this helps those who have as little control over their halves of brain as I do.
I think Wraith Paladin (21:45:34) has the best explaination.
As for my experience, I first saw her spinning CCW, but when I looked above the image to re-read the instructions, I noticed it change to CW, etc. After experimenting with moving my eyes up and back like that for a while I came up with a technique to see the half-shift (or mirror images) from my peripheral vision:
If you alternate glancing above the text (with the image in peripheral view) then back at the image, and ‘time’ it so that your eyes are moving at the SAME PACE as the toes reach either side of the frame, you can see both images “spin” just 180 degrees (not 360), first one way then the next.
I have higher scores in areas that are Spatial. I know I’m strictly out there! I
don’t have any problems seeing her spinning either clockwise or counter clockwise within seconds.
I determine for myself, as to what is to be construed as being Beautiful or Ugly! My brain also repells, seeds that, may change my perception such as my finding her Beautiful as opposed to seeing her Ugly, as it is also easier to think of her going Counter clockwise, rather than anti- clockwise!!!
Lobo
try this. close ur eyes and imagine in ur mind that she is spinning in the direction u want (ie clockwise) then open ur eyes. u will see her spinning clockwise. to change the direction close ur eyes again but this time imagine she is spinning in the opposite direction and then open ur eyes. she will spin in that direction. this trick works with me =).
OMG!! I broke my brain! She won’t do a full turn now!! She just keeps doing half a spin then going the other way with her back to me!!!! O_O
I see the same thing anon sees… She doesn’t make any full turns. She keeps changing the way she’s turning and keeps her back to me.
hey if you guys cant figure out why the ballerina changes directions is because the black colour of the women makes an illusion that you think the front leg is the back and the back leg is the front so it goes in one direction. The trick is to imagine the back leg as the front and the front leg at the back so it will change. i thought they change the direction of the ballerina over time too but i proved myself and all of u guys that ur wrong. it took me 10 seconds to figure out this trick and im only 12 lol i must be smart
She, she changes the directions she spins in, but the illusion is in the solid blackness, she never swaps legs, you just can’t see which is which because it’s a silhouette.
here’s what ive noticed. once you get the trick down to switch which way she’s rotating with your mind, like, your perception, and get her to spin halfway to the right… halfway to the left… all in row…. you can tell shes not spinning at all! shes moving one leg (her left, to be exact) from right to left, right to left, pivoting on her foot. maybe that’s not what the computer animation is actually doing, but it’s the simplest way. try this at home, set yourself in front of a light so theres a shadow, stand on one leg, and slowly move it side to side. if your doing it right, it can look like youre spinning around.
it also makes sense cuz if you see it as she never stops facing you, just moving her leg, her face also looks like its facing you the whole time. PROBLEM SOLVED!
yes, it switches directions. lol
Some are set up after a few minutes, this one is set up after a few seconds.
When she switches direction, you’ll notice the bottom foot on the floor doesn’t circulate fully.
The shadow and the dancer’s foot rotate in contradictory directions.
Opening this image in any animator or gif animator will show you the image flips randomly, creating the ILLUSION-that you think you’re accomplishing something with your brain.
It truly does nothing than switch frames.
I actually looked up some information on this “ballerina” because I thought that it was impossible (and a “ploy”) to suggest that she could turn any direction but clockwise. After reading this thread and trying really really hard I still could not get her to turn any way but clockwise. Finally I found that if I scrolled down so that only her legs were showing and I tried very hard to visualize how her spinning leg might be going behind (instead of infront of) her standing leg I was finally able to see her change of direction but only when her extended foot was on the left hand side of the image. As soon as it crossed over the shadow of the standing leg the direction would change back. Only a few times (and only when not looking directly at it) was I able to see her foot go all the way around counter clockwise. If even the smallest part of her hand was showing, let alone any of her upper body I would be totally unable to see the direction change.
I still dont see how it is possible to see the upper body go counter-clockwise but I guess I’ll have to admit it is possible.
Just a point of interest… I am a professional artist and horrible at math.
If you look at the moving leg as a pendulum behind the immoble leg, she will switch every time. If that doesn’t work try covering everything but her legs……awesome….i know.
if you stare at her leg movement (the extended leg ) and you follow its direction and you close your eyes and focus and picture it going in the opposite direction when you open your eyes she’ll be going in the direction you pictured.
Hey! This is totally real..
My boyfriend and I were both sitting here having a debate on if it was going clockwise or counter-clockwise. =)
Yes. this is amazing. now lets move on with our lives.
I havent had a chance to read ALL the comment, but it appears to me that if you look only at the leg that the dancer is proped on and consciously tell your brain that the leg is the left or right leg (inside or outside) then it is very easy to cause your brain to perceive a change in direction.
I can see her change direction in as little as a half rotation, when adjusting my “view” this way.
i think she has a nice rack.
it has something to do with being left side or right side brained. i’m ambidextrous, so the silhouette’s spinning direction changes every 5-7 seconds.. that’s what i found out, compared to my sister who’s a leftie, sees the image spin clockwise.. lefties are left side brained.
i mean lefties are right side brained…
Here’s another way of describing this illusion effect (I can see it spin in either direction, although I find it difficult to switch perspectives). The image itself is a two-dimensional shadow of a three-dimensional event (rotation) and the two-dimensional shadow for a ballerina rotating in one direction is identical to what it would be for a ballerina rotating in the opposite direction. The brain immediately applies a three-dimensional interpretation (e.g. rotating to the left) and having done so the brain will then tend to lock into and reinforce that singular interpretation as the “reality”, particularly since the available information reinforces and does not contradict such an interpretation. One of the main reasons why the brain is prepared to consider a different interpretation is because of information from others who have seen the same image and come to a different conclusion of “reality”. One conclusion of the perceived underlying reality does not preclude other, seemingly contradictory conclusions, since the available infomation does not contradict any of those possible interpretations (including the top half of the body rotating in a different direction than the bottom half). It is interesting to extend this sort of analogy to other issues (e.g. religious and/or political issues) where individuals embrace their own presumptive conclusions of “reality” to the exclusion of realities as percevied by others (although not to presume all presumptive conclusions are always equally rational, acceptable or valid).
The earlier comments by Wraith Paladin (August 13, 2009 at 9:45 pm; referencing the originator of the illusion Nobuyuki Kayahara) express this same sort of understanding: “When presented with stimuli that have two valid, mutually contradictory interpretations, your brain just picks one. Then, sometimes, it picks the other. We still don’t understand why this happens, or what role conscious efforts might play in this shift in perception. Many people are able to make the dancer shift directions at will.”
Its actually reversing directions it self. It goes left a few times then right a few more, on a loop. If you just watch the foot on the floor, youll see it change directions.
If you look at the image as a whole, she is spinning towards the right. What gives it away is the shadow or reflection under her. The shadow/reflection would only appear for the leg in the air when that leg is behind her, not in front of her. When you perceive her spinning towards the right, the shadow/reflection appears when that leg is behind her. When you perceive her spinning towards the left, the shadow/reflection appears when that leg is in front of her, which would not happen in the natural world. If that shadow or reflection were not there, then she could be spinning in either direction.
I see it both ways. Usually anti-clockwise and then I can get it to change to clockwise.
I was pretty stunned but then I realized SHE SWITCHES LEGS
I found the way to controll it. Don’t let your eyes follow her spinning foot, force your eyes to follow to way you want her to spinn, and you can change the direction as often as you want. I was able to get her to spinn from side to side, changing her direction for every half spinncircle… Fun!
Focus on her foot which is in the air.
Focus your visions to capture the whole figure, but not to focus/follow a certain area.
In your mind imagine a dot, make that dot spin in a big counter clock wise or clockwise, you will be able to “control” which direction the figure spins.
It does rely on which side of the brain is trying to focus the most.
I would suspect that this image would spin one way for males and the opposite for females at first glance (in general).
or even focus this dot on one side of your brain more and then switching to the other side, you can change the direction at will in an instant
I dont care, she’s fit!
IT works because you are only given 2d information. Your brain interpolates the third
COMON PEOPLE!!! WAKE UP!!!! ITS RANDOMLY CHANGING ANIMATION!!!!
Are you all seriously sitting here trying to determine how you brain works???? If that the case its proves just how susceptible we are to whats presented on a screen… All this speculating just proves to advertisers how STUPID the average person is.
I know this because I WORK IN MARKETING!. The image does indeed spin in ONE direction, for a time. It RANDOMLY changes so as to confuse you. There are actual optical illusions and this is one thats baffled you all. The change can come in a split second OR after a long time. But its a gag.
Let this be a lesson. Dont believe everything the media… INCLUDING THE INTERNET, shows you!
well i guess i use both the sides of my brain
The best way to see to see change direction is to stare at it for a while and then closing your eyes for a second , imagine it changing direction, careful timing is the key.
for those of you who think it changes legs, and its just a cheat: try looking at it with several friends of yours! some of you will see it moving cw, some will see it moving ccw at the same time! surely this is impossible by changing legs! try it, and you”ll be convinced
Just found this website – love it.
Okay let me get this straight.
This is an optical illusion to prove whether you’re right-brained or left-brained.
C’mon people. Google is your best friend.
Clockwise = Left brained = Calculating, Languages, Skills, Speech, etc.
Anti-Clockwise = Right brained = Arts, Visual stuff, Music, PE
If you see both = Congratulations, you can switch brains ! 🙂
Woah… If I look at it too long it looks like the lady is just turning from side to side, changing directions every time she turns about 90 degrees and never actually completing a full spin. Does this mean I use both sides of my brain at once?
I’ve not read *all* the comments above. I’ve found if you look at either hand, it (she) will spin that way. Quite creepy!
IT IS FAKE!!!
NOTICE HOW THE LEG SWITCHES WHEN SHE TURNS CLOCKWISE OR ANTI-CLOCKWISE! IT SWITCHES TO RIGHT THEN TO LEFT AGAIN!!!
this is real.. its right mind vs left mind..try following her legs movement.. if she goes left she’ll go counterclockwise if she goes right she’ll go clockwise. 😀 its an optical illusion 🙂
I feel I have personally conquered this illusion. I (watching it long enough) was able to visualize just her head shaking from left to right by covering her body. Then, I could make her go from counter to clockwise by covering everything but her shins…but this felt like cheating. I then began saying to myself “her left leg is raised and swinging in front” then “her right leg is raised and swinging in front.” In doing this, I can instantaneously switch from clockwise to counter in the same motion, she now appears to be swaying only left and right and not a full circle…but her legs magically switch places….takes a lot of brain energy to do though, and it helped me to sway left and right with her. Try that, imagining first her right leg is up and swinging in front (clockwise) then her left leg is up swinging in front (counter clockwise) CRAZY!
it is quite simple to see the direction change, watch the dancers foot not the whole spin you will notice that when she spins she follows her foot. after realising this you will always see the direction change
It is not a fake, because my sister and I were watching it and for me she was turning clockwise and for her she was turning counter clockwise…
I can make it turn instantly from left to right but it takes a little while to turn it into left from right. Is it that im a right sided man? I believe im not because I suck at drawing and I excel in subjects with more memorization… Whats wrong with me .wahaha
it’s fake. I can’t believe I wasted 5 mins figuring it out. try to look at it’s one arm (one that’s slightly flexed at the elbows with the palms higher than the hips) it changes side relative to the direction it’s spinning. in short it’s on loop one gif image spinning to the left and the other to the right. lame!
You can also try placing a mirror next to the screen and looking at both images at once. For me, initially the image in the mirror moved identically with the one on the screen; however, this is clearly illogical (normally you’d see the mirror image spinning the other way around). Once I realized the incongruence, I only had to watch both images for a few seconds more and they started spinning in opposite directions (like they were “supposed” to). After that, I could choose what spin to see by choosing to look more carefully at one or the other of the two.
look slightly above the ballerina and you can see a change it freaked me out whe i kept looking straight at it then looked to the top. i seemed like it knew where i was looking.
ha ha
its most definitely an optical illusion. the picture changes when you change the point of view. when you see the legs cross, you don’t know whether the leg spinning is at the back or the front of the leg. people also say that one side of your brain is working. i can change point of views in one try, but it is very hard, once you believe that its going one way. it’s not because you’re left or right handed, though.
It depends on what hemisphere of your brain is more prominent at the time of viewing. If you see it going clockwise your left hemisphere is more prominent and your right if it’s anti-clockwise. The different hemispheres send different signals to your eyes, therefore you see a change in the direction she spins. The best way to make it spin is to look at the heal of her foot; the one that isn’t spinning.
i can control both spinning directions. u just gotta know how to do it. but at first when i stare at it its clockwise. but when i look at the shadow and up it spins anticlockwise. after that i can make myself see it spinning left and right side. or maybe thats just me
the image changes first right arm up and head tilts to the right side, then it swaps left arm up and head tilts to the left side giving the impression of spinning to to different directions.
Look at her arms while spinning when she is looking straight. When she is spinning clockwise her right arm is bent. Then after a when she is on her side, it switches to her left arm being slightly bent making her spin anti-clockwise….
For those of you who say its fake, you’re just trolling because you can’t make the dancer change directions. I have changed her direction so many times I can force my brain to percieve her as spinning in the other direction at will. It doesn’t change periodically because I’ve had multiple people watching it and one saying it changed while the other said it was still the same.