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Wild Spinning Dots Optical Illusion ????

In this illusion, the black circles appear to change direction. Check it out! #shorts Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► Listen to the Get WIRED podcast ►► Want more WIRED? Get the magazine ►► Follow WIRED: Instagram ►► Twitter ►► Facebook ►► Also, check out the free WIRED channel on Roku, Apple TV,…

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December 13, 2021

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In this illusion, the black circles appear to change direction. Check it out!

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44 Comments

terry1919

December 13, 2021 at 1:14 pm

Strobe light effect

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h7opolo

December 13, 2021 at 1:33 pm

it changes direction AND speed

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Project Whiskey

December 13, 2021 at 2:08 pm

I saw a space shuttle

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Sett

December 13, 2021 at 2:32 pm

Focus your eyes on the white dot…..

Well now I can’t read it.

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Coral

December 13, 2021 at 2:34 pm

Very cool

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David Dodson

December 13, 2021 at 3:05 pm

What?

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PINK- ???????????? ???????? ???????? ???????????????????????????? [????!????????]

December 13, 2021 at 3:18 pm

I don’t get it. They’re spinning in one direction and I don’t see them spinning in any other direction.

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adamf663

December 13, 2021 at 3:41 pm

How does it look without shutter strobing?

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Tia Williams

December 13, 2021 at 3:48 pm

This reminds me of those optical illusion posters that used to be everywhere. Never saw anything in those either.

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Susie Henderson

December 13, 2021 at 3:48 pm

Am now hypnotized ????️????????️

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meu02136

December 13, 2021 at 4:15 pm

Nah shite

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Scott Terry

December 13, 2021 at 4:17 pm

Sorry. Didn’t happen for me no matter what I tried.

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Andrew

December 13, 2021 at 4:41 pm

I could see it for a moment but then it would immediately shift back into the true spin direction

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iilikecereal

December 13, 2021 at 5:39 pm

Worked for me 🙂

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Pinky Lieder

December 13, 2021 at 5:46 pm

fail

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Flat U. Lance

December 13, 2021 at 6:19 pm

Meh

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David Crafton

December 13, 2021 at 6:38 pm

It worked, I just threw up.

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Johnny Q

December 13, 2021 at 7:53 pm

yup works.

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oldcowbb

December 13, 2021 at 9:52 pm

it’s called aliasing if anyone wonders

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Richard Hobbins

December 13, 2021 at 10:00 pm

If you turn your head left and right you can control the dots

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Pessoa Aleatória

December 13, 2021 at 10:15 pm

Can’t see it. It’s making me sleepy though

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Brass Stacks

December 13, 2021 at 11:11 pm

I can switch them back and forth when I want.

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Meh

December 13, 2021 at 11:40 pm

I dont see any ilusion.

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scott hulme

December 14, 2021 at 2:15 am

Strange I can almost make the dots stop rotating by thinking of them slowing down. Anyone else tried that?

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selbarton

December 14, 2021 at 4:25 am

Never changed direction, but boy did it make the warped vinyl more and more obvious.

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romulusnr

December 14, 2021 at 5:26 am

this is because the speed of the dots is at a certain proportion to the frame rate of the camera

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ENetArch

December 14, 2021 at 7:24 am

For me, I could watch the dots flowing in 1 direction or the other, and change their direction at will.

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84homey

December 14, 2021 at 8:54 am

Ye sit changes directions for me – but that’s the same as we all have seen thousands of times with car wheels and airplane propellers

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LVX Magick

December 14, 2021 at 3:02 pm

Nope

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# feliciasbeard

December 14, 2021 at 3:51 pm

They flipped for a second, then I blinked. Straight back to spinning left and can’t get it back. There’s too much movement and wobble for me to really focus on it properly I think.

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Bruce C

December 14, 2021 at 4:53 pm

Nope, sorry, no direction change here. Guess I’m broken… ????

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Issac Galvan

December 14, 2021 at 6:01 pm

I see it growing in size

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Primot

December 14, 2021 at 7:28 pm

Nothing… it wobbles.

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WARDified

December 15, 2021 at 4:06 am

Full disclosure:
You got Jebaited

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Garry Mugen

December 15, 2021 at 7:21 am

I got the dot going both ways, like a basketball dribble

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Haruya Rains

December 15, 2021 at 3:39 pm

instructions unclear, i can see it spinning both directions at the same time

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Arthur Shelby

December 15, 2021 at 5:15 pm

This is not wild lol….. Its wet

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Jacob Lape

December 15, 2021 at 9:34 pm

Trippy

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T Shelby

December 16, 2021 at 10:56 am

Pretty cool

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Omar Alvaro

December 17, 2021 at 10:21 am

It just got faster and faster

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Francis Villains

December 17, 2021 at 2:13 pm

Am i the only person who saw the person on the left of the black dots walking??

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Jerry Davis

December 17, 2021 at 6:19 pm

Nope

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Romain One

December 20, 2021 at 4:25 pm

If you pause, it’s not spinning anymore

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Vanilla Cookies

December 21, 2021 at 10:30 am

See It for a really quick moment

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