Glasses-dependent chromatic abberation illusion

since October 9, 2005



"Red-purple spider's web"

For those who wear concave or convex glasses, the web appears to move, depending on the fixation point placed outside the image.

Copyright Akiyoshi .Kitaoka 2008 (December 30)



"Drifting Chinese characters"

White Chinese characters appear to drift.

Copyright Akiyoshi .Kitaoka 2008 (July 12)



"Drifting white earths"

White random dots appear to drift.

Copyright Akiyoshi .Kitaoka 2008 (July 12)



"Drifting suns"

The suns appear to move leftward when observers wearing concave lenses see this image through the right half of their glasses, while the suns appear to move rightward when observers see this image through the left half of their glasses. The reversal will be observed for those who wear convex lenses.

Copyright Akiyoshi .Kitaoka 2008 (July 12)


"Binoculars"

Those who wear glasses see illusory motion of gray rings when they watch this image with the faces swinging.

Copyright Akiyoshi .Kitaoka 2006 (August 30)


"Signal"

Those who wear glasses see illusory motion of red rings when they watch this image with the faces swinging.

Copyright Akiyoshi .Kitaoka 2006 (August 30)


"Chromatic aberration checkerboard"

For those who wear concave-glasses, when your face is directed rightward and your eyes are directed leftward to see this image, each square of the upper half appears to have brilliantly colored flanks. The left flank appears to be sky blue while the right one yellow (or orange). Those in the squares of the lower half squares appear to be greenish. When your face is directed leftward, the appearance is the reversal. For those who wear convex glasses, the appearance will be the reversal.

Copyright Akiyoshi .Kitaoka 2005 (October 9)


"Subjectively colored carpet"

For those who wear concave-glasses, when your face is directed rightward and your eyes are directed leftward to see this image, the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th and 10th columns appear to be tinted yellowish while the rest appear to be tinted bluish. When your face is directed leftward, the appearance is the reversal. For those who wear convex glasses, the appearance will be the reversal. In addition, the image appears to be unstable.

Copyright Akiyoshi .Kitaoka 2005 (October 9)


"Gold paper and silver paper"

For those who wear concave-glasses, when your face is directed rightward and your eyes are directed leftward to see this image, the 1st, 4th, 5th, 8th and 9th rows appear to be tinted gold while the rest appear to be tinted silver. When your face is directed leftward, the appearance is the reversal. For those who wear convex glasses, the appearance will be the reversal. In addition, the rows appear to slide horizontally, and the squares appear to be tapered to the dark parts.

Copyright Akiyoshi .Kitaoka 2005 (October 9)


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