05 May 2015

"Metamers" - images that look the same, but are different

Our illusions show the opposite: two images that are different but look the same -- those are called "metamers"; -- and two images that are identical but look different -- we call those "anti-metamers." Our main illusion mixes the two: it shows three images, two of which match with a third one mismatching. Viewers see one image as odd, but it's one of the two identical images they see as different, an illusion we call "false pop out."

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  1. so that video, with the three images, has two "metamers",and, two "anti-metamers"? but two plus two = four, yet there are only three images?

    I-)

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  2. I don't get it. The one I pointed to was definitely the different one. Is this like the blue and gold dress?

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    1. Which one did you point to when the video started?

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    2. The one in the middle (at the start) was the one I pointed to at the start and it stayed that way,

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    3. Apparently you perceive shape congruities better than the average person; most would view the far right one (at the start) as being different.

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