Using the flashed face distortion technique, Matthew B. Thompson has released a follow-up to his viral video 'Pretty Girls Turn Ugly.' The new video, which features the same illusion but with more recognizable famous faces, is addicting.
The video works by having a viewer simply stare at a cross in the centre of two celebrity photos. The celeb pictures are not distorted in any way, but definitely take a new shape when viewed in peripheral. Similar to one of the Macbook Photo Booth effects, the results are hilarious. Almost too simple to be true, the ingenious videos won the 'Best Illusion of The Year' award.
There's nothing better than seeing a larger-than-life celebrity brought down to earth, and this viral-ready video does a great job of that.
Why This Trend Is Growing
- Visual Illusion Entertainment
- Creating visually entertaining and mind-bending illusions using existing technologies and social media platforms.
- Celebrity Parody
- Creating parodies of celebrities using illusion techniques and social media platforms for viral entertainment.
- Peripheral Vision Distortions
- Exploring the science and art of peripheral vision distortions in entertainment and social media through illusion techniques.
Industries Being Reshaped
- Entertainment
- The entertainment industry can explore creating new forms of visual illusions and illusions-based entertainment for social media.
- Social Media
- The social media industry can leverage visual illusions and illusions-based entertainment for user engagement and virality.
- Psychology and Neuroscience
- The psychology and neuroscience industry can further study and apply peripheral vision distortions and illusion techniques for research and therapeutic purposes.
