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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299882703321

Autore

Bertamini Marco

Titolo

Programming Visual Illusions for Everyone  / / by Marco Bertamini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-64066-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

Vision, Illusion and Perception, , 2365-7472 ; ; 2

Disciplina

006.6869

Soggetti

Technology

Signal processing

Image processing

Speech processing systems

Cognitive psychology

Arts

Computational intelligence

Humanities

Popular Science in Technology

Signal, Image and Speech Processing

Cognitive Psychology

Computational Intelligence

Popular Science in Humanities / Arts

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Illusions are Fun -- Programming is Fun -- PsychoPy is Fun.-Kanizsa Square -- Ponzo Illusion -- Delboeuf Illusion -- Ebbinghaus Illusion -- Münsterberg and Café Wall Illusion -- Brightness contrast and White Illusion -- Neon Colour Spreading -- Honeycomb Illusion -- Breathing Square Illusion -- Stepping Feet Illusion -- Lilac Chaser Illusion -- Hierarchical Motion Organisation -- And More: Files, Irregular Polygons and Images -- Visual Perception Glossary -- Programming Glossary.

Sommario/riassunto

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!