Spaces that open the wrong way. Creatures that disappear in plain sight. Light that brings an absent figure into view. Choose a section and explore the images, ideas and people behind it.
Painted viewpoints that open out towards you.
Image: Andrei Rublev · faithful reproduction; photographer not identified in the source record · Source · Public domain (PD-Art). Unchanged public-domain reproduction from Wikimedia Commons; viewing previews may be resized. Explore section
Painted domes, compressed corridors and impossible spaces.
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Disguises in nature, human design and computer vision.
Image: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE · Source · CC BY-SA 2.0. Commons size rendition; viewing previews may be resized. Explore section
Recorded light, stage ghosts, endless mirrors and mapped façades.
Image: Holopro · Source · CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph of a colour hologram by Yves Gentet; a separate example from the named artworks.; viewing previews may be resized. Explore section
One-sided surfaces, impossible bottles and four-dimensional forms.
Through Mirror · original explanatory diagram · CC0 1.0 · Source & rightsExplore section
Play with perspective, unusual geometry and recursive worlds.
ustwo games · official Steam screenshots. Promotional gameplay screenshots; copyright remains with the respective rights holders. · Source & rightsExplore sectionBrowse the image gallery by the effect you want to explore.
Mirrors brings together guides to reverse perspective, architectural illusions, camouflage, holography and projections, strange objects and impossible games. Each guide links to illustrated examples and their sources.
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