Author(s): Bertamini, Marco
Series: Vision Illusion and Perception 2
Publisher: Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer
Year: 2018
Language: English
Pages: 221\225
ISBN: 978-3-319-64066-2, 3319640666, 978-3-319-64065-5 ID: 2134988
Size: 18 MB
Extension: pdf
If you find visual illusions fascinating Programming Visual Illusions for Everyone is a book for you. It has some background, some history and some theories about visual illusions, and it describes in some detail twelve illusions. Some are about surfaces, some are about apparent size of objects, some are about colour and some involve movement. This is only one aspect of the book. The other is to show you how you can create these effects on any computer. The book includes a brief introduction to a powerful programming language called Python. No previous experience with programming is necessary. There is also an introduction to a package called PsychoPy that makes it easy to draw on a computer screen. It is perfectly ok if you have never heard the names Python or PsychoPy before. Python is a modern and easy-to-read language, and PsychoPy takes care of all the graphical aspects of drawing on a screen and also interacting with a computer. By the way, both Python and PsychoPy are absolutely free. Is this a book about illusions or about programming? It is both! Read more...
Abstract: If you find visual illusions fascinating Programming Visual Illusions for Everyone is a book for you. It has some background, some history and some theories about visual illusions, and it describes in some detail twelve illusions. Some are about surfaces, some are about apparent size of objects, some are about colour and some involve movement. This is only one aspect of the book. The other is to show you how you can create these effects on any computer. The book includes a brief introduction to a powerful programming language called Python. No previous experience with programming is necessary. There is also an introduction to a package called PsychoPy that makes it easy to draw on a computer screen. It is perfectly ok if you have never heard the names Python or PsychoPy before. Python is a modern and easy-to-read language, and PsychoPy takes care of all the graphical aspects of drawing on a screen and also interacting with a computer. By the way, both Python and PsychoPy are absolutely free. Is this a book about illusions or about programming? It is both!
Table of contents :
Front Matter ....Pages i-xi
Illusions Are Fun (Marco Bertamini)....Pages 1-17
Programming Is Fun (Marco Bertamini)....Pages 19-36
PsychoPy Is Fun (Marco Bertamini)....Pages 37-48
Kanizsa Square (Marco Bertamini)....Pages 49-62
Ponzo Illusion (Marco Bertamini)....Pages 63-71
Delbœuf Illusion (Marco Bertamini)....Pages 73-79
Ebbinghaus Illusion (Marco Bertamini)....Pages 81-88
Münsterberg and Café Wall Illusions (Marco Bertamini)....Pages 89-97
Brightness Contrast and White Illusion (Marco Bertamini)....Pages 99-109
Neon Colour Spreading (Marco Bertamini)....Pages 111-122
Honeycomb Illusion (Marco Bertamini)....Pages 123-134
Breathing Square Illusion (Marco Bertamini)....Pages 135-144
Stepping Feet Illusion (Marco Bertamini)....Pages 145-152
Lilac Chaser Illusion (Marco Bertamini)....Pages 153-161
Hierarchical Motion Organisation (Marco Bertamini)....Pages 163-176
And More: Files, Irregular Polygons and Images (Marco Bertamini)....Pages 177-189
Back Matter ....Pages 191-221