This surprising illusion by mathematician and artist Kokichi Sugihara, named the 2016 Illusion of the Year, highlights the critical importance of perspective diversity and open conversation.
In this image, do you see something other than black and white? Does it matter if you look directly at one of the black blocks, vs. at one of the intersections?
While there are really only black blocks and white spaces in the grid, the high contrast black and white areas fool the eyes into perceiving a gray circle at each intersection. The illusion results from [Read more…] about The Hermann grid optical illusion, explained