Famous puzzle. It's actually a hoax. The top slanted piece is not a
triangle, in the middle of the bottom side the angle changes slightly, and
the pieces that correspond to each side have very subtle differences in
angle, so that when you rearrange them they appear to still have the same
angle. - The Modern Shoe
This is fake. He used special effects to make this work. If you slice an
area up into different sections, and rearrange the sections, it will never
leave any space more or less than original area. It will always fill up
completely. - Fimontronia
I FIGURED IT OUT!!! :)
First, look at the little "gun" shapes.
0:07- They're all pushed together, so there's no square. Plus, It's longer
(length wise) and shorter (height wise).
0:13- It's on top of the other one, making it shorter (length wise) and
longer (height wise).
Since the width is bigger, there's obviously going to be a square.
Next, you have to look at the "half pentagon".
The bigger one is longer and taller.
The smaller one is shorter and shorter (length wise).
The triangle also slants down over to the left, so the smaller one fits
easily.
The bigger one, however, takes up more space to the right.
The smaller one doesn't reach as close to the bottom as the big one.
So, due to the lack of length and more height, you have to push them up so
that the make the square.
However, when you put them back into the first arrangement, the smaller one
gives it more length and the bigger one gives it less height, giving it the
ability to cover the others area.
Not really an illusion, just adapting to its surroundings. :) - Livvy Productions
SIMPLE!
Angles are the same, watch the little pieces; how they stack on top of each
other. When you move the skinny slanted piece up, the square ends of the
small pieces stack on top of each other. When you put the big slanted piece
in place, the square ends of the small pieces sit over the ends do to the
added width.
Length you say? Indeed, keep in mind, the short side of each slant is the
same thus they will both fit the short length on the left side. The small
slant is not as wide giving it it's shorter appearance. If you increased
the width of the small slant to the same width as the large one, it would
reach an equal height to the large slant on the tall side. Both slants are
exactly the same angle and short side height, the width is just simply
reduced on the shorter slant. Nothing difficult here, very easy geometry.
I'd cut this out of a cardboard box right in front of you, there is nothing
special here at all. - Dragon Steel
все российские машины построены на этом принципе. Все удивляются как они
ездят. Автомат Калашникова тоже построен на этом принципе :) - Марсель Марселев
It doesn't matter if there is a "missing space" because the area that is
enclosed is still the same for both arrangements of the two smaller pieces - ironfallout
I find it so funny that people are baffled by this! It's one of the easiest
"puzzles" (if you can call it that) out there. What's even more hilarious
is the title of the video which states the puzzle is impossible as if it's
defying the laws of physics... I had a great laugh, thanks. - RSQuickSave
HOLY MOTHERFUCKING ASS SUCKING ALIEN DICK MIND BLOWING !!!!! - BMXXMB16
All he actually did was he switched the bottom right pieces to fit the
puzzle when he changed the Other pieces with horizontal lines. - zak dzon
Try to do this with metal plates - mixuaquela123
This is cool because the surface area of the yellow never changes, neither
does the grey. but when you rearrange the grey, There is a gap even though
there shouldn't be. - Random1234514
This trick works on chocolate bars too. Take a 24 piece chocolate bar and
cut certain pieces out, then rearrange it and you have the same amount of
pieces, in the bar, with one square left over on the side. - Kaipyro67ALT
You notice that it is much harder to fit the pieces in their places when
the space is there. - Xenath Cytrin
Does anyone have a link to an explanation video??? - Ultimate Gaming
... Are evryone blind? The biger pic is wider and taller - TnT™ Graphic designer
there's a noticeable difference in compression between the two options. i
think they're either sponge-like pieces (not as much as a sponge but
slightly compressable) and therefore able to compress and spread the
compression out between all the pieces, so it's not noticeable, or the gaps
between the loose pieces in the first option can be added up to make the
square when reducing the space in between with a little pressure. but
probably a mixture of the two.
- R0DSTER
THIS VIDEO IS SOO FUCKING AMAZIN IT CHANGED MY HOLY LIFE - BMXXMB16
It's easy... - Oel Over
its not fake ¬¬ the square appears because the pieces are pressed more to
the borders, you can see the difference in preassure, at the beggining he
has 0 problem taking out the first two pieces but when he tries to put the
back he has to applu some force that means they are more pressed together. - Lucious Dinh
Explanation: The area where the two identical pieces were put remains the
same, however its shape doesn't. Try it: draw 2 different rectangles that
cover up the same area. Draw 2 shapes that fit one of the rectangles and
cut the shapes out. Place them over the 2nd rectangle. Doesn't fit
perfectly ,huh?
- MrPijus123
Very interesting concept and a great idea! - Stream Line Raider
The triangles do not have the same gradient. Similar, but not the same.
That's why there's a square after the triangles have been moved. This was
not accomplished by special effects. - Myzenan
If you take the template and take the surface area of the back and the
surface area of the pieces we find that the surface area of the pieces is a
bit smaller than that of the backboard, suggesting that the pieces never
filled the area to begin with. I have no idea how, but the math proves it. - Hyrum Diesen
Unable to see out the remaining sections of the parts due to the camera
angle - Carpe Diem
te first time ste spaces between the parts where looser later their were
tighter and the free space from between the parts was a rectange in
adifferent place. - Jan Bojarski
People are so stupid omg... He rearranged the pieces the first time he
switched them so that in the end when he rearranges it for the second time,
its the exact same shape that he started with.
- Lorena Omana
Now remake the illusion using rigid pieces like steel or ceramic tiles.
Let's see you try and squeeze or deform the pieces to create the magical
space out of nowhere. - krisspykrapper
This isn't fake, but can be explained by the fact that it is originally a
little looser in the frame. When he switches it around, you can see that
it's significantly tighter. If you take that small amount of space from
before and put it together, it makes sense that there'd be that much of a
hole left over. - jjaapp18
why does the template not load - Gustavo Cisneros
He actually just changed two pieces at the rearrangement! - Justin Jaeger
The top one is longer in length and width left one is small which makes a
gap there - Brandon Ward
Recreate the puzzle using pieces that can't squeeze and push the borders.
Try making the pieces out of steel and the border our of steel, see if you
can recreate the effect. - Serp1313
the 1st one had some gaps between the pieces..
in the 2nd one the user had to struggle to place the pieces, as they were
fixed completely,
where as in the 1st one, he put the pieces easily, as there was a lot of
space... - vennam anand
Empty area magicly appears.... GO CHARMANDERR!! - erich sertori
I don't get it. You just put it back. - SilentKnight1000
It's not impossible. You switched the two square-like figures around so
they could make room for one of the bottom pieces to be put on top of the
other, when they were suppose to be side by side, creating the hole. - Jay H
How is that possible - Shaunna Opperman
lol people actually saying special effects?. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW SHAPES
WORK!!!. - tane tumb
The bigger square-ish thing had more length than the smaller one, so when
you switch them, it leaves more space on the bottom for the little things
and leaves a square. - MuSic Infinity
Nothing is created, nothing dissapears, everything just transform. - CHKW100
This isn't false. I know the secret behind this, but I'm not saying what it
is. - MagecraftFTW