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The Perception Deception: maths made optical illusions
When Seeing Isn't Believing
Illusions are surprising, fun, mind boggling...but better still they can help us solve a major scientific challenge: how do we turn all the information in the light falling on our eyes into the illusion of reality? How do we see? How do we make computers see?
Highlights
Psychologists, Mathematicians and Computer Scientists are working together on this major scientific challenge. Find out more in our magazine special issue on the Science of Illusions ...or read it all online.
Computer Models
Getting an Angle on the Brain
Having an edge
Chunk it!
Insect Vision
Commin to get ya!Audio Illusions
The beat the speeds up foreverTheatre Illusions
Pepper's Ghost
Film Illusions
Face OffOptical Illusions
The Ouchi Eye
Toys?
X-ray SpecsExperiments
Sensational
Competition
Limericks
The Perception Deception appeared at The Royal Society Summer Exhibition, 2007. It was supported by RCUK and EPSRC and features the work of Professor Peter W. McOwan from the Department of Computer Science, Queen Mary, University of London and Professor Alan Johnston from the Department of Psychology, University College London.
