Vision Distorter

Seeing is believing..... or so they say. Well believe it no more, because as these animations will show, your very world is going to distort around you!
Improved over time, this ranks as one of the more scary optical illusions. There are anims to make everything shrink, grow, stretch, and a mix of these.

For this stunning illusion, you'll want to download this small and easy to install ultra-efficient AVI lossless codec. Otherwise, you may download the standard "Microsoft Video 1" AVI versions here (20k zipped), but then you'll need to follow the instructions in the blue box-out to the right.

If you've downloaded the 'Microsoft Video 1' AVI versions zip, first unzip it and then open one of the four extracted anims through Windows Media Player. Now you'll need to loop the animation. If you're using Windows Media Player 7 or higher, then simply select Repeat (Ctrl T) from the Play pull down menu.

If you're using Windows Media Player 6 or lower then select "View > Options" from the pull down menu, and then click the "Repeat forever" button in the Playback area.

Once you have the animation running, you'll want to make the picture as big as possible (processor power permitting) for maximum effect, so select "Full Screen" from the view menu (or press Alt+Enter).


INSTRUCTIONS: After clicking on the box of your choice (install the codec first), sit up fairly close to the monitor screen and stare into the center of the animation for a minute or 2 (the longer the better). Once you've done this, look at something else, and your vision will go haywire! Things will really look as though they're shrinking or growing!