Instagram users baffled by ‘creepy’ optical illusion that makes ‘any object’ disappear

A NEW optical illusion video is puzzling millions of Instagram users after it went viral earlier this week.

The video, which was shared by the Instagram account @TodayYearsOld, shows various objects disappearing and reappearing behind a “Lubor’s Lens.”

A Lubor’s Lens is a popular polarization tool used among magicians

Lubor’s lenses are a popular polarizer tool used by magicians and optical illusionists, especially for “invisibility” tricks.

Polarizers work by absorbing certain light waves, which come from different angles (or polarizations), to allow the light waves beneath them to come forward in front of the lens.

The item was named after chemical engineer and amateur magician Lubor Fiedler, who died in 2014, as he often experimented with polarizers for his magic tricks.

In the Instagram reel, the film-looking object seems to make a screwdriver and letters on a keyboard invisible, all the while displaying the background behind them.

At one point in the video, the creator can be seen holding the Lubor’s Lens above crayons that are arranged on top of one another as if to form a grid.

The creator held the Lubor’s lens above the crayons, and at first, users could only see the orange, pink and yellow pencils up top.

However, after the optical illusionist turned the Lubor’s Lens to the left, users could only see the blue and green crayons that lay beneath.

Essentially, when the reel’s creator changed the direction of the Lubor’s lens, the item absorbed the light waves reflected by the upper three crayons, allowing the light waves of the crayons on the bottom to come forward.

The mind-bending trick has garnered nearly 1.4 million likes on Instagram since going live.

The content has also received more than 6,000 comments, with many users expressing disbelief and others demystifying the trick.

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