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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Did WWI Dazzle Camouflage Actually Work? Scientists Revisit a 105-Year-Old Experiment to Find Out
During World War I, the Atlantic was in chaos. German U-boats prowled the seas, looking for Allied ships to destroy. To ...
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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 ...