Apparent Motion

Motion perceived from a unidirectional change between two frames.

Phi Effect

Apparent Rotation

Disparate images give the appearance of a figure at any time rotating one direction, the other, or back and forth.

Barber Pole

Stripes appear to move parallel to the frame in which they are contained.

Shapes

Fluttering Heart

Motion-induced decoupling of colors.

Hess Effect

Spots of color which don't quite keep up with each other.

Motion Induced Blindness

Objects disappear in front of a moving background.

Ouchi

Rather jarring motion induced by a checkerboard pattern.

Pinna Effect

Apparent rotation of arrays of rhombi.

Grid
Square

Pulfrich

A swinging ball appears to move in orbit when viewed with a dark filter over one eye.

Linear Streaks

Rinsing Effect

Rotating patterns appear inside a moving MacKay star.

Snow Motion

Snowy noise which doesn't look random at all.

Circles
Colored Dots
Curves
Dots
High Resolution
Hoop
Kanizsa
Lines
Reversed MacKay
Rotating Noise
Solid Circle
Squares

Spiral Motion Aftereffect

Boiling and distorted pictures caused by a motion aftereffect.

Subjective Rolling

Circles which roll about themselves.

Black and White

Traffic Illusion

Apparent motion in Isia Leviant's 'Enigma.'

Black and White

Wade Effect

A motion aftereffect of concentric circles.

Wagon Wheel

A stroboscopic demonstration of the reversal of rotation.

Irregular

Waterfall Illusion

A powerful demonstration of a motion aftereffect.

Concentric Circles
Rotational
Simple Version

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