Mind-boggling new optical illusion makes the coin disappear before your very eyes – but does it work for you?
GOT a spare five minutes this Saturday morning? Then allow this optical illusion to blow your mind.
Believe in magic or not this mind-boggling image appears to make the coin in the centre disappear before your very eyes.
A new version of the classic optical illusion has been created and shared by online gaming site, ,
The design is inspired by the Troxler Effect, which is also called Troxler Fading.
It was discovered by Swiss doctor Paul Troxler in 1804, who found that the brain stops paying attention to visual scenes that don’t change.
The effect is similar to what happens when you put your socks on … at first you are aware of them, but as the day wears on you stop noticing them,
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With the image so blurry and indistinct, there is little for the eyes to focus on. And if you combine that with an intense stare, the colours fade from view.
When looking at a specific point for even a short amount of time, anything outside of that point fades, essentially changing our perception of what’s actually there.
For this specific version, when you stare at the cross in the centre of the image, the coin behind slowly starts to fade away.
Within around 30 seconds of looking at the cross, most people find that the coin behind has totally disappeared! Does it work for you?
