Visual Illusion Videos

Cool Stuff:

And right now, I'm doing some stuff with motion aftereffects, so I've been looking for them all over. This one rocks (it's even better if you watch it in full screen mode):

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I'm still seeing the damn Union Jack.

Really cool videos, especially the wobbling effect and the Union Jack. The first video, however, should have slowed down a bit at some parts.

Also, WTF about the Moebius strip? It is cool and all, but it is not an optical illusion nor an impossible object -it certainly can exist in three-dimensional reality. The Klein bottle would have been more appropriate.