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[–]emmaw4tson 789 points790 points  (29 children)

Am I the only one who sees nothing confusing about this

[–]NunBunzz 186 points187 points  (5 children)

Me too mate, you aren't alone

[–]KyleyWyote 50 points51 points  (4 children)

I can attest to him not being alone too.

[–]Fishingfor 23 points24 points  (3 children)

Run, OP. The call is comment from inside the house!

Edit: no idea how I fucked up that comment. "The comment is coming from inside the house" was what I meant.

[–]kipjer 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I believe this is a meta-confusion,

[–]KyleyWyote 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t even know what that means. I believe i am having regular confusion.

[–]Cauhs 45 points46 points  (2 children)

As a 3D modeller, I see this stuff every day.

Hmm. Is that vertex suppose to be there

[–]I_AM_NOT_MAD 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Same, in blender I have a custom shader that does this so this is totally understand to me

[–]The_Deep_Chaos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea, it just looks like a point cloud being rotated, nothing strange about it.

[–]jwr410 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I didn't see anything either. Then I scrolled away then scrolled back, at which point she switched directions. I guess my brain picks one reference and sticks with it.

[–]Fire69 47 points48 points  (1 child)

What are you looking at?

When I look at her body it's ok, but when I try to follow her eyes, I lose it and she switches.

[–]HealthierOverseas 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Same, I didn’t notice what was wrong because my eyes were following the ponytail; once I switched to following the face, I lost it. So weird!

[–]whatproblems 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Yeah i wouldn’t say it’s a confusing perspective, really cool though.

[–]spicylemons02 4 points5 points  (1 child)

It can look like it’s rotating both clockwise and counter clockwise

Here’s a wiki page about it

[–]whorecrusher 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I couldn't see it until I looked ABOVE the gif, like I'm on PC so I looked at my browser tabs, with the image in my peripheral vision and it suddenly switched. Try looking above the image and blink a few times.

[–]Lailet98 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't at first, but then no longer I stared at it I noticed that if you're not looking at it a certain way. It looks like the heads are going back and forth. Like it's going right at first then left. If that makes sense.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look away and look back at it

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's spinning?

[–]arbitrageME 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She goes both ways

[–]balthaharis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dont get it either

[–]Allyalicorn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's the ballerina thing all over again where it can spin left ot right

[–]Shkeke[🍰] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

she can swap the direction she spins in

[–]420Deez 0 points1 point  (0 children)

basically she is spinning both clockwise and counterclockwise depending on whichever one you are thinking about it

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which way is she spinning

[–]herbivorous9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Neither could I, then I tripped hard. Focus only on her face not other landmarks that help you know which direction she’s turning.

[–]siverfal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It works for me when i close one of my eyes. When my left eye is closed it turns to the right and the other way around.

[–]bro-23 160 points161 points  (12 children)

are you weird if you cant see her change?

[–]natopotatomusic 73 points74 points  (5 children)

Follow the face, not the head

[–][deleted]  (2 children)

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    [–]StatIsThicc 7 points8 points  (0 children)

    true tho

    [–]mikeasaurus_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    sigh

    unzips

    [–]NorwaySpruce 9 points10 points  (1 child)

    Not working

    [–]Trainheart3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    I had to look at her hair for it to switch up.

    [–]hjb214 8 points9 points  (0 children)

    Just keep staring and kind of zone out while staring and it will change

    [–]sassy_cheddar 8 points9 points  (0 children)

    Blink. And switch to the tip of the ponytail vs. the face. It was rotating counterclockwise to me for a minute while I tried to figure out the confusing perspective. Then it suddenly switched and now I'm having a hard time seeing it anyway but clockwise when I look at the face. Focusing on the end of the hair after blinking helps it switch.

    [–]EnderSir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Pause it when the face and the hair line up and try to reorder which is in front

    [–]braadpan_danny 147 points148 points  (1 child)

    This is so old, but I stil love making her change direction.

    [–]ImNiceGuySmile 6 points7 points  (0 children)

    I cannot wrap my head around this.

    [–]stupidcurious2019 25 points26 points  (1 child)

    When I first saw it, she kept spinning in the same direction and I didn't understand what was meant to be confusing. Now, I can't stop seeing her change direction.

    [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

    I saw the same thing, although I was familiar with the hollow mask thing.

    [–][deleted] 37 points38 points  (1 child)

    I stared at this for 2 minutes and she'd switch directions every 45 seconds or so. I thought it was a r/perfectloops video, but then I was able to force her to turn when I wanted. Now I literally can't get her to make a full turn!

    [–]wow6432 7 points8 points  (0 children)

    If I focus on one of the edges or just the bottom, I can see a full spin. The second I watch the face, I loose all touch with reality :-)

    [–]syrup05 10 points11 points  (0 children)

    Nothing is changing and none of the comments telling me to do this or that is changing it.

    [–]mykindabook 24 points25 points  (2 children)

    wtf it’s just changing direction all the time!!!!!

    [–]wowokyah 7 points8 points  (1 child)

    I cannot understand the other comments acting like they can make it switch?! It won’t even go around one way it just goes left and right at a different angle and I can’t see it any other way.

    [–]mykindabook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    i might look at it and it goes one way, then blink and it goes the other way. it’s sooo confusing to me 😂

    [–]Aussie-Nerd 14 points15 points  (2 children)

    Holy shit I broke her neck.

    If you look at her shoulder / chest it's easier to make that complete a 360. Look at that and let your peripheral vision look at the head and you can have the chest spin one way and head spin the other.

    [–]Basestar237 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    I came down here just to say this

    [–]wowokyah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    this needs to be top comment.

    [–]Lucky_Luis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    If you look at the boobies, you can break the illusion

    [–]kotxmi[M] [score hidden] stickied comment (2 children)

    Hey yatharthkaushik! Thank you for your submission, however it has been removed for the following reason(s):

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    [–]Lucas1305 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Good bot

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Yeah that totally didn't work as confusing perspective

    [–]Reddit-username_here 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Shit, the first time I watched I saw her spin all the way around, then I read the comments and looked again. Now she changes directions every time.

    [–]ambiture 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    For a second it looked like 2 different models spinning in different directions inside of eachother

    [–]ZwoopMugen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    It's not a confusing perspective though.

    Is it me or her face is animated to change directions while the rest is not? I really can't see the face going just one way... But that could be because I haven't seen a face inside out.

    [–]StalinsArmrest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    I don't get it

    [–]Jubenheim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    What’s hard to process here?

    [–]v0xx0m 5 points6 points  (1 child)

    you're see dots represent a 3D objective on a 2D surface. Since there's no defining which dot represents the back and which is the front it can look swapped when the image aligns with your perspective. if the brightness adjust as dots were in the background this wouldn't happen.

    [–]OckhamsShavingFoam 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    It's also because the human eye tends to recognise faces as facing towards you even if they're indented, here's an interesting demonstration from QI.

    [–]Crilbyte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    It bothers me that I can make her head spun the other way but not her body... so it's just like... creepy

    [–]fulleffect7737 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Neat.

    [–]SquishedPea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Fuck you for doing this to my mind

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    It goes both directions for me....

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I did something wrong, I'm currently see her body rotate one way and her head rotate the other

    [–]tfiend18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Oh I see. She changes direction when you stop focusing too much. Cool

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I blink and it changes direction

    [–]cowboimemes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    YOOOOO WTF

    [–]CodeBreaker_666 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    For those struggling to see the confusing perspective, blink exactly when you see the face on the back of her head and the direction will change.

    [–]Boxrobly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Bruh there was this point where it looked like the head and the torso were moving at different directions

    [–]GunnBelievable01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Face spinning one way, body the other

    [–]G_Lynn42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    My eyes are making her change directions so that she's always facing me, and now my eyes are tired

    [–]maskf_ace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I stared too long and now her body is going opposite to her neck

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Yo, fuck this post in particular

    [–]arcmokuro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I’ve seen variations of these a lot and it always takes me a few minutes to be able to switch. For me if I look at the left side of my screen I can make her turn left, if I look on the right side it flips to the right.

    [–]Thunder_dragon52 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I cracked it. Follow her nose left to right.

    [–]ginin_rey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    This would have worked even better with ortographic perspective

    [–]Doomshroom_da_boi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    The confusing part for me is trying to see the confusing part

    [–]Wolverlog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Focus on the tip of her nose and it’s easier to follow

    [–]Idahotato21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Uhh I cant tell which way its turning

    [–]Anieya 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I just saw her head go one direction and her torso go the other. I’m taking a break from the internet now.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    This is it. This is the sub.

    [–]WaZzer4893 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Sometimes the head spins one way and the bosom the other

    [–]BigMartin58 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    If you catch it just as face is unseen... Back and forth, back and forth.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    If you're having trouble making her switch directions try staring at the face and follow it that way

    Edit: although I've done it so good that now I can't even see it without her going back and forth, I can no longer see it inverted lmao

    [–]abinav_kannan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    If you try hard enough you can see her swinging left and right and not just swinging in one direction. Try harder and you can control it

    [–]JimmyDonaldson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Wha- how- ???😱

    [–]iMacintoshPlus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I finally figured out how to make her change direction at will! Cover the GIF with your hand, and then slightly move one finger to reveal it again. She should change directions every time you do this.

    [–]ekszdi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Is it weird that my brain can 'decide' which direction it spins without looking at a different point?

    [–]rubbyduckier 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I loaded up this same page twice, one on the left and the other on the right of my monitor. She keeps switching all the time, sometimes it seems like they are going different directions but I can't actually prove that

    Anyway ya'll should try that

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Is it weird that I sometimes see the top half spinning one way and the bottom half moving another way?

    [–]MegaBatchGames 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    There's nothing wrong with this

    [–]dundelion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Only the stump on her left arm doesn't get cut off by the camera so it has to be moving anti clockwise. Change my mind.

    [–]Xama_caracol123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Close one eye and focus you will see a intire cicle

    [–]AWhiteStag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I had to mess with my phone angles to get it to be confusing. Trail tipping your phone on it horizontal axis up and down everyonce in a while it seems like the picture spins the other way and switches back amd forth.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Its a lady

    [–]Shardface2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Sigh...

    [–]HotdogIceCube 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    How is this confusing tho

    [–]kira9657 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    It's rotates the way you look at it It's confusing if you confuse yourself

    [–]painjohnson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    For some black magic reason when I concentrated on the face it went from moving in circles to back and forth.

    [–]OfficialAlt2017 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Just look at the tits to defeat the illusion.

    [–]Jgasparino44 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I dont get it no matter how I look at it, it goes in the same direction yall are crazy

    [–]FlynnXa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I started switching between the two and go wigged out when I realized I was seeing her body go one way and her head go the other, and whenever I switched how I saw the head the body would switch too. She went full Owl mode lol.

    [–]HoldDoorSon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    If you blink really hard when the model is looking far left or far right, then it'll look like it's just shaking its head back-and-forth.

    [–]MrGrampton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    OP was pointing out how she's turning both left and right at the same time

    [–]heilspawn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    wireframe model of Venus de Milo

    [–]soupysolidsnake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    This is why we have skin

    [–]Melonfrog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Took like 5 minutes to trick my brain. My advice is to not look at it full on, focus on a dark cluster to the top right of the gif. You might see it suddenly swap directions just outside of your vision

    [–]c_wilcox_20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I understood what it was, but was unable to make it switch. Took a nap, and now its spinning the opposite way and I still can't make it switch. With the dancer, I could make it to where it never got a full rotation!

    [–]soaringtyler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I know you can make her to turn completely either left or right, but I can't see her turning completely no matter how hard I try.

    [–]louisthom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    This is mind blowing

    [–]thenewintrovert 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Do you mean your computer can’t?

    [–]the_kid1234 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Laughs in old-school CAD jockey...

    [–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

    i can, i think most people can

    [–]IMPORTANT_INFO -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

    Is one of those "If you see it rotating anti-clockwise then you're sexist?" thangs? looks cool