Optical illusion: Are these stick figures still or moving?

Here's a new optical illusion that might just melt your brain. Going viral on a regular basis, this one features several anthropomorphic figures that seem to move from left to right. What's really going on?

An infinite GIF

Optical illusions can be grouped into a multitude of categories. There are ones that have the power to decipher our personality or those that act as a challenge ('you have X seconds to find X thing'). Finally, there are those that exploit a flaw in our brain to make us believe, for example, that two objects are not the same color.

The optical illusion we're talking about today falls into the latter category: it's a GIF that seems to repeat itself ad infinitum. But what exactly do we see in this loop?

Men fleeing for eternity

We'd better warn any epileptics reading this: this optical illusion may sting your eyes. You can see several men climbing a staircase, jumping from the highest step, landing and then running away. Note that these men quickly change color.

'Are these people moving?' asks one TikTok user. At first glance, it would appear so, but a closer look reveals that these guys are perfectly still and that the fact that they light up in various colors gives the impression that they're moving.

You can test this by pointing your cursor close to one of these figures: nothing moves, it's just an effective optical illusion.

This article has been translated fromGentside FR.

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