2008 Contest | Best Illusion of the Year Contest

Results of the 2008 Contest now announced!

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Submissions for the 2009 contest are now welcome.

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The TOP THREE WINNERS of the 2008 Best Visual Illusion of the Year Contest were:

1st prize Rob van Lier and Mark Vergeer (Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands) Filling in the Afterimage after the Image
2nd prize Rob Jenkins (University of Glasgow, UK) Ghostly Gaze
3rd prize Thomas Papathomas (Rutgers University, USA) Rolling Eyes on a Hollow Mask

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