Optical illusions are becoming viral these days. One particular challenge left people who sewed on their screens and tried to find out what this messy, spotted carpet was hidden. The picture that has become viral this week has thousands of users who are spirals to visual frustration, all thanks to the surprisingly well Kamický spider. The post was shared at Subreddit R/Findthesniper. At first glance, this one looks like an old carpet – a mess of small multicolored fibers and noise of a pixel. But somewhere in this static mess is a spider.
“I thought it was one of those magical eyes that, when I yawned it for a long time, I would see it,” remarked one Redditor, summarizing the experience of almost anyone who saw it.
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Optical illusion: Where is the spider?
Spider mixes smoothly into the color clutter and, using his natural pattern of the body and shape, mimics the surroundings almost perfectly. If you gave up and went through the comments, you are not alone. “The amount of time that took me that it wasn’t, wasn’t a picture of the magic eye, it was embarrassing. Being a flush on the wall in the room with me right now …” one user wrote after he finally saw Arachnid.
Some users joked that the spider developed specifically for this carpet. Others admitted they couldn’t find it at all until someone was answering.
And as soon as you see it? You can’t aim.
According to Reddit users, the spider is hidden on the left side of the image, slightly off-edge. Look carefully and capture the weak outline of the legs stretching over the texture.
Why are these illusions to do with us?
Optical illusions, such as this, are tricked by a system of recognizing patterns of your brain. Your mind is trying to understand chaos, look for symmetry, color differences or shapes that do not belong. But if the masked subject is naturally adapted like this spider, it will be much harder.
This is not the first time that Reddit had a collective melting over such a picture. The camouflage illusions, especially those that include snakes, cats or insects in natural or urban textures, are a recurring hit in the world of optical illusions.
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Where is the spider on the image of a viral carpet?
The spider is slightly off the edge towards the bottom of the left side of the picture.
Is it an illusion of a magical eye?
No, this is a regular photo, not a stereogram.
Why is it so hard to see the spider?
The spider body blends perfectly into a chaotic pattern and cheats your brain.
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