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Seeing is Believing Or is it really?

Seeing is Believing Or is it really?. Human Limits Exhibit. Purpose. Help visitors learn that what we see with our eyes cannot always be trusted Encourage skills necessary for innovation Incorporate collaboration, perseverance, risk-taking and creativity. What are Illusions?.

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Seeing is Believing Or is it really?

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  1. Seeing is BelievingOr is it really? Human Limits Exhibit

  2. Purpose • Help visitors learn that what we see with our eyes cannot always be trusted • Encourage skills necessary for innovation • Incorporate collaboration, perseverance, risk-taking and creativity

  3. What are Illusions? • Images brain processes that are not real • Can occur in many different forms

  4. How are they a human limit? • The brain cannot be trusted due to its perception error • Need tools and instruments to overcome the brain’s error

  5. Science of Illusions • How human eyes see • Image is captured, inverted by brain • How the human eyes and brain work to distort image from illusions

  6. Exhibit Design • Circular wall split into 6 sections • 3 sections for the three main illusions • 3 sections for extra information • Applications • Other types and examples of illusions • Information of the eye and science behind it • Centre will contain electronics • Approximately 154 m2 • 7m radius

  7. Exhibit Layout

  8. The Exhibit- Main Illusions • Foam ball cannon (fixed axis, adjustable height) • Slanted floor: return the balls to the cannon • Pressure sensors: detect if correct target is hit (also hooked up to computer to keep track of stats) • Projector: Uses a Casio XJ-A250, a Canon REALiS SX80 MARK II, or a Optoma HD33 • Audio Spotlighting: reduce noise traffic, people with visual impairments, create a mirage of sound

  9. Level 1- Depth

  10. Level 2- Depth

  11. Level 2- Cont.

  12. Level 3- Colour

  13. Exhibit Interactions • Buddy Booth:collaboration–best for the medium illusion (includes headphones and speakers) • Flashlight:independent – inquiry skills, works best for medium illusion • Smartphone:independent – works best for hard illusion (App: ) • Plexiglas: if smartphone is not available

  14. Extra Illusions

  15. Real World Applications • Pilots • Ship Captain • Mirages • Movement of hubcaps while driving

  16. Is Seeing Believing?

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