Optical Illusions

Optical illusions are loved by almost all people for deceiving our brains and bewildering creatures. These illusions, which mislead our perception of reality, actually contain simple applications behind them.

Optical Illusions

 
Michael Bach explains...

They also teach us about our visual perception, and its limitations. My selection emphazises beauty and interactive experiments; I also attempt explanations of the underlying visual mechanisms where possible.

»Optical illusion« sounds derogative, as if exposing a malfunction of the visual system. Rather, I view these phenomena as highlighting particular good adaptations of our visual system to its experience with standard viewing situations. These experiences are based on normal visual conditions, and thus under unusual contexts can lead to inappropriate interpretations of a visual scene (=“Bayesian interpretation of perception”).

If you are not a vision scientist, you might find my explanations too highbrow. That is not on purpose, but vision research simply is not trivial, like any science. So, if an explanation seems gibberish, simply enjoy the phenomenon...  TO SEE THE VARIOUS EXAMPLES, CLICK HERE...