Optical Illusions Books and Websites

EluZions.com Illusions : Ambiguous, Art, Chimera, Distortion, Dynamic, Impossible, Magic, Moire, Motion, Unstable • Books, Posters, UK Posters

Covers a tremendous variety of effects, and the over 150 different illusions are so powerful and delightful, that the book should keep you, your family, and friends delighted for hours and hours.

An obsessive collection of 1,000 challenges, puzzles, riddles, illusions-both original as well as must-do classics. Jam-packed on the page and illustrated throughout in full-color, with a visual for each entry, the book, opened anywhere, is like a call to action.

Akiyoshi's illusion pages

Caution: This page contains some works of "anomalous motion illusion", which might make sensitive observers dizzy or sick. Should you feel dizzy, you had better leave this page immediately.

Project LITE -- Geometry

Shape and appearance of geometrical objects. A very nicely done collection of major illusions.

SandlotScience.com

SandlotScience is not just another site with a few illusions. SandlotScience takes you beyond 2D with real-time, interactive 3D demonstrations. It's an amusement park for the mind. Over 100 original exhibits. SandlotScience is rich in ideas for book reports, extra credit and science projects.

Planet Perplex (formerly Amazing Art)

Planet Perplex is a comprehensive collection of optical illusions, impossible objects, hidden images, puzzles and related images, ambiguous art, and everything that fools the eye.

61 Optical Illusions & Visual Phenomena

(Visual Illusions · Optische Täuschungen) by Michael Bach, University of Freiburg, Germany. These pages demonstrate visual phenomena and »optical illusions« or »visual illusions«. The latter is more appropriate, because most effects have their basis in the visual pathway, not in the optics of the eye. I selected these based on relative novelty and interactivity.

Grand Illusions

Welcome to Grand Illusions... the site for the enquiring mind. And welcome also to the brand new look for the web site. Some sections are completely new, like the Toy Collection for instance, which has lots of video clips. We have also tried to make the navigation easier. Please let us know what you think of the new site.