This is a video from Wired highlighting the work of chalk artist Kurt Wenner, who creates realistic perspective pieces on a large scale. In the video, he discusses the various pieces he’s made, his process, and the challenges that arose while creating them. It was an interesting watch. Maybe not

This is a video demonstration and explanation of Matt Pritchard’s ‘The Phantom Queen’, the winner of 2021’s Best Illusion Of The Year Contest. In the illusion, a queen chess piece is visible in the mirror of a chess board, but not on the chess board. How does it work? SPOILER:

Hot Wheels: they’re way better than Cold Wheels. Or cold feet, especially if you’ve been waiting to ask that special someone out for a while now. What are you waiting for? But enough about the confidence you think you’ve been missing actually being inside of you the whole time a

This is a video demonstration of an auditory illusion of a chant that appears to change what’s being said based on the phrase you’re currently reading, including “Bart Simpson bouncing,” “rotating pirate ship,” “that isn’t my receipt,” “lobsters in motion,” “lactating pirate ship,” “that is embarrassing,” “lactates In pharmacy,” “I’m

52-year old Englishman David Morris was taking a leisurely stroll along the shore of Gillan in Cornwall (presumably on the lookout for mermaids) when he spotted a floating ship. “A ghost-pirate ship?!” I think an oil tanker. Some more info about the phenomenon while I blow a coworker’s mind with

This is a video of engineer and Youtuber The Q building and demonstrating a sitting on air illusion, which involves constructing a leg brace that can double as a chair after being slid into a hidden bracket on the floor. Even knowing how it’s done it’s a cool illusion to

This an incredibly long video of Youtuber Veritasium discussing and demonstrating the Ames rotating window illusion and how it illustrates how we don’t directly perceive external reality. What does that mean? No clue, but I do have a headache now so I guess I have this video to thank for

This is a video of the winner of the ‘Best Illusion Of The Year’, as created by mathematician Kokichi Sugihara of Meiji University in Tokyo. The 3D Schröder Staircase “looks exactly the same right-side-up and upside-down, its left end looking taller than its right.” It was pretty fun to watch,