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The illusion derives from the lack of visual cues for depth. For instance, as the dancer's arms move from viewer's left to right, it is possible to view her arms passing between her body and the viewer (that is, in the foreground of the picture, in which case she would be circling counterclockwise on her right foot) and it is also possible to view her arms as passing behind the dancer's body ...
The Spinning Dancer is a kinetic, bistable optical illusion resembling a pirouetting female dancer. The dancer can be seen to be spinning alternately one direction, or the other.
The wagon-wheel effect (alternatively called stagecoach-wheel effect) is an optical illusion in which a spoked wheel appears to rotate differently from its true rotation. The wheel can appear to rotate more slowly than the true rotation, it can appear stationary, or it can appear to rotate in the opposite direction from the true rotation ...
Well, its status as an important optical illusion is an issue to be discussed in the optical illusion article or in an AfD for The Spinning Dancer. But it is quite relevant in its own article. Being nothing special is another story. gren グレン 07:28, 13 February 2008 (UTC) Every picture in every article is "relevant".
The Moon illusion is an optical illusion in which the Moon appears larger near the horizon than it does while higher up in the sky. Motion aftereffect: Motion illusion: Müller-Lyer illusion: The Müller-Lyer illusion is an optical illusion consisting of a stylized arrow. Multistable perception: Necker cube
The illusion uses a set of six "cylinders" that are cut so that depending on the angle from which you look at them, they can appear to be either rounded or to have angled corners.
The supermodel slipped into a dizzying number for an outing in Los Angeles.
Optical illusion is also used in film by the technique of forced perspective. Op art is a style of art that uses optical illusions to create an impression of movement, or hidden images and patterns. Trompe-l'œil uses realistic imagery to create the optical illusion that depicted objects exist in three dimensions.