Gotta Try This! - Face in the Mirror Illusion

[Crow]

Try this.

Turn off all lights except for a faint one on (a lamp will do), go to your nearest mirror, and stare at yourself for a few minutes, keeping your eyes fixated on one spot.

Try not to freak out.

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The descriptions differed greatly across individuals and included: (a) huge deformations of one’s own face (reported by 66% of the fifty participants); (b) a parent’s face with traits changed (18%), of whom 8% were still alive and 10% were deceased; (c) an unknown person (28%); (d) an archetypal face, such as that of an old woman, a child, or a portrait of an ancestor (28%); (e) an animal face such as that of a cat, pig, or lion (18%); (f ) fantastical and monstrous beings (48%).

http://mindhacks.com/2010/09/18/the-strange-face-in-the-mirror-illusion/

I just tried it myself. I had the energy-saver on though, so I guess it could've been better, but I did see deformations. I just couldn't focus for too long.

 

[Bad Mofo]

Nop, nothing

I can't even stare at a mirror correctly

 

[DietyDevil]

i am freaking out

 

[Hacks]

Everything just went ... dark :/

 

[manigamer]

OMG wat did u do to my FACE ARSAL ! ! !

 

[DEXT3R]

Oh! Thanks alot i was looking this thread to do myself a facial surgery....

 

[Crow]

Nop, nothing

I can't even stare at a mirror correctly

A few cautionary things of note:

- You need to have the light source behind you, so the outlines in your face wouldn't be so definite.
- Try not to blink.
- Try not move your eyes.
- Try not to focus on individual areas on your face.
- It works no matter what distance you're standing at from the mirror.

I'mma try it again, and for longer. Apparently you start hallucinating more if you stare for 6+ minutes.

 

[Radical]

So, what's the point of doing this?

I tried for a minute, first my lips disappeared, then my nose then the eyes, in the end it was a flat blank texture!

 

[energy12]

My head hurts now ... Don't do this for more 4 min

 

[manigamer]

how can u not blink for 4 or 6 minutes LOL ! just dothis once and than laugh it off dont take it seriously SERIOUSLY !

 

[Link]

So, what's the point of doing this?

I tried for a minute, first my lips disappeared, then my nose then the eyes, in the end it was a flat blank texture!

we need to update our drivers for better performance

 

[GrunT]

we need to update our drivers for better performance

our hardware is outdated, my head hurts if I stare for too long

 

[kensid]

dont sleep for 2 days..and stare at the mirror..u will see an older tired looking u staring back.

 

[shujaswati]

tried it few years back, dont need the dim lights, just stare urself very closely away from the mirror, and try to start the point b/w 2 eyes, and u'll see .

 

[eViLrAcEr]

we need to update our drivers for better performance

aahhahahahahahahaha (lmao)

@OP: no biggie. I used to stare at the carpet in the mosque a lot. One day I found out that if I stare properly, I can make some elements seem as if they're not there (only to me of course)

 

[mzain90]

i tried for a couple of mins,

nothing exceptional happened...
the brightness and contrast seems to vary but i wont call that a result.

maybe my HUD (read glasses) makes me focus better


someone should try this with 3D glasses

 

[Loki Odin]

we need to update our drivers for better performance

Rofl.

no biggie. I used to stare at the carpet in the mosque a lot. One day I found out that if I stare properly, I can make some elements seem as if they're not there (only to me of course)

Same here,it's very annoying,imo.I used to think i was crazy or had a wild imagination teetering towards Hallucinations a long time ago :/

For those of u interested;this isnt much of a 'mindhack' OR a psychological trick,it's actually coz of the chemical reactions in your eyes (yes,it'll affect different to people with eye conditions)
Bypassing all the medical mambo jambo;the 'color detectors/cone cells' simply 'adapt' to the color and thus start ignoring it.The disappearance of face parts is coz of:
1-The cone cells adapt to the colors
2-The dim light source behind isnt enough for the 'light detectors/rod cells' to detect the shadows/outlines of the face.

 

[radd]

staring is rude!!!!!! (probably why i cant do it for more than a minute straight, im inherently nice it seems -_- )

please share your cats and pigs and fantastical monster with us.

 

[Crow]

The face disappears, yes. And then other weird stuff happens, like the shape of the face changes. For me, it was... eyes contracted, face bloated up, I looked like I was smiling when in reality I wasn't, among other things.

I also saw my face morph into another person's face I know. That was the coolest!

rofl @ radd. I stared for some 7 minutes. Didn't see any demonic creatures though, sadly.

 

[mzain90]

thats it im giving it another shot...

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whoa i went 6 mins without blinking...
the problem was i kept trying to focus as soon as something weird happened,
i managed to igonore it after like for mins of loosing focus/refocusing.


any way, mouth kinda vanished...i keot focusing...
then the face blacked out butall i could see was the reflection of the dim lyt on my glasses...
a blacked out face with 2 glowing things where the eyes should be...that can pass as a animal/demon

the coolest effect was that it blacked out then slight features of face, then as i lost focus again -black out,

that would be a cool exorcism scene i tell you.

still i was hoping for another face or something really cool...cant say im not impressed though