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The Pseudoscope creates one of the most remarkable of all optical illusions, and was first described by Sir Charles Wheatstone in the 1830s. When you view objects with this scope, the convex becomes concave. A tree turns inside out as it were - it's front branches appear at the back, whilst the back branches come out in front, hanging or suspended in mid-air as their support is eclipsed by branches in front. The scope will suggest to the viewer that a person's face is hollow or concave but your brain refuses to accept such nonsence and so peoples' heads merely appear odd or uncomfortable to look at. It is best then to choose to look at a landscape or tree or anything which may suggest ambiguous perspective. In a real sense pseudoscopic vision fights `normal vision'. It is, after all, a major alteration to the way information is being presented to the brain for processing, and some people, not all, find there is initially at least, a tendency to suppress the extraordinary interpretation of space it reveals. Because of this unfamiliarity, in some instances, the full pseudoscopic experience might take a little time to assert itself. These pseudoscopes are hand made for us here in the UK, and come packaged within a custom foam lined protective case. The pseudoscope is fitted with a detachable neck cord for convenience in use. All mirrored surfaces are protected and all corners radiused. It has a pseudoscopic enhancement factor of 3. Experience space on the ‘Flipside’!The pseudoscope does to front and back what a mirror does to left and right. This means that foreground becomes background and visible background becomes foreground, or more simply, background advances, foreground recedes. Most people's senses have spent many years in cooperative research, forming an important and practical notion of what the world is like. This object overlaps that, therefore it is in front; this object is bigger so probably it is closer etc. etc. The Pseudoscope overturns many of these orthodox perceptions, and re-structures a visual world rich in conjecture and opportunity.This is a slightly modified version of the pseudoscope that we sold previously. These have a body made of composite, rather than metal, which makes them slightly stronger.Watch the video...Ask a question about: PseudoscopePeople who bought this item also bought:
