Study reveals the illusion of 'dazzle' paint on World War I battleships
A new analysis of 105-year-old data on the effectiveness of "dazzle" camouflage on battleships in World War I by Aston ...
The illusory reality of WWI dazzle camouflage, re-examined
The study, published last week by Aston University researchers in the journal i-Perception, recreated one of the few solid ...
WWI’s Famous Dazzle Camouflage Seemed Effective Due to Unexpected Optical Trick, Study Finds
A reanalysis of a 1919 study suggests that a separate illusion, the "horizon effect," played a bigger role in warping visual ...
A Visual Illusion Fooled Everyone – Even the Camouflage Experts
Turns out, dazzle camouflage wasn’t the main reason enemy subs were misled in World War I, it was a natural visual illusion called the “horizon effect.” Aston University scientists revisited a century ...
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WW1: How did an artist help Britain fight the war at sea?
He realised that it was impossible to paint a ship in camouflage that ... By the end of the First World War, dazzle camouflage had been applied to more than 2000 ships. And the number of vessels ...
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Illusion of 'dazzle' paint on World War I battleships
A new analysis of 105-year-old data on the effectiveness of 'dazzle' camouflage on battleships in World War I has found that while dazzle had some effect, the 'horizon effect' had far more influence ...
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Aston University study reveals the illusion of ‘dazzle’ paint on World War I battleships
A new analysis of 105-year-old data on the effectiveness of ‘dazzle’ camouflage on battleships in World War I by Aston University researchers Professor Tim Meese and Dr Samantha Strong has ...