Happy New Year!

The calm before the mob.

Happy Thanksgiving!

A new addition to my “Visual Phenomena and Optical Illusions” collection: “Mainz-Linez”. Here's the live demonstration and explanation of the somewhat mysterious title: michaelbach.de/ot/mot-Mainz.... Enjoy!

The LittleJS Jam deadline has been extended by 1 week until November 10th! 🚂💨📅 Use the extra week to polish your games or start something new. 👍 Top game gets $100 of my money. 💸 Happy Halloween! 🦇🎃 #gamedev #itchio #gamejam itch.io/jam/littlejs...

Join me for another LittleJS live steam where I will be making a game of pool from scratch with LittleJS and Box2D. 😅👍🎱 www.twitch.tv/killedbyapixel #gamedev #javascript

In this Munker #illusion, the background roses appear to be blue and light green but are actually identical.

A special illusion video for FISM. Purely analogue. No digital trickery. See the video on the official page on IG www.instagram.com/reel/DIeEfnM...

I am excited to announce LittleJS Game Jam 2025 will run during the month of October! The first jam was a huge success so we decided to do it again this year. 🚂💨 Sign up today to get updates for the jam! itch.io/jam/littlejs...

In this adaptation of the confetti #illusion, the background waves appear to be orange, (almost) white, yellow, and pink, but all four background waves are identical.

In this Munker #illusion, despite the apparently huge difference in color between the yellow and blue spheres in the background, all the spheres are actually identical.

Come and do a funded PhD in our department at @exeter.ac.uk Exploring the efficacy of Virtual training for x-ray scanning image interpretation in aviation security (please RT) www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

In this confetti #illusion, the background roses appear to be yellow, orange, and pink but are actually all identical.

As a counterpart to my "Requiem," here's a Celebration of what remains: youtu.be/0t4N6VGWFkQ

In this Munker #illusion, the backround spheres appear to be green and blue but are actually the same color. This illusion is particularly surprising because the foreground stripes are near opposites of green and blue.

In this assimilation #illusion, the circles appear yellow and orange, but the background of the all the circles is the same color.

Tonight I'll be talking to the people of Okehampton about visual illusions! sites.google.com/view/hatherl...

In this Munker #illusion, the background roses appear to be purple and nearly white but are actually all identical.

20 seconds of calm

This is a Requiem I composed this week for string quartet, in trying to come to terms with what's happening to the USA: youtu.be/U4TvBsVxTvg

In this Munker #illusion, the background spheres appear to be pink and green but are actually all identical.

20 seconds of calm

I will be showing my game Dr1v3n Wild tonight at Games Y'all in Austin Texas! We will do a little tournament to see who can get the fastest time. There's a lot of other stuff going on, stop by and check it out if you can! 🌵👍 #gamedev #js13k #AustinTexas withfriends.co/event/227775...

In this assimilation #illusion, the background colors of both the disks and the surrounds appear to be yellow and orange but are actually identical.

In this version of the confetti #illusion, the four background squiggles appear to be tan, orange, pink, and yellow but are in fact identical.

See you tomorrow night at the Capitol Factory in downtown Austin where I will be giving a talk about super tiny programs that make art! #generativeart #tinycode #javascript RSVP: www.meetup.com/eff-austin/e...

I'm doing a talk about tiny code and generative art in downtown Austin Texas next Tuesday! It also will be livestreamed, check it out!! 😅👍 #TinyCode #GenerativeArt #AustinTexas effaustin.org

In this color #illusion, the background trees appear to be yellow and pink but are actually identical.

In this confetti #illusion, the background spheres that appear to be green, white, violet, and blue are actually identical.

In this assimilation #illusion, the background colors appear to be yellow and pink but are actually identical.

In this Munker #illusion, the background spheres appear to be blue and green but are in fact identical.

Check out the top 10 games from the #LittleJS Game Jam! 🕹️🚂 We were blown away by the creativity and talent of all participants. Watch the highlight video now! 😁👍 youtu.be/xiu6zS9CEhA

New open-ended lectureship in our department - come and work with me! jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

In this "Mondrian" assimilation #illusion, the background color in all the apparently tan, yellow, and orange areas is actually exactly the same.

Wishing you a very happy new year!

This Munker illusion is special because the red foreground ("inducer") color seems to be nearly the opposite of the apparent ("induced") bluish-white of the background color of half of the spheres.

Four-color confetti illusion. Although the background spheres appear to be yellow-green orange, pink, and blue-white, they are actually identical.

Dawn reaches the Wasatch Range.

Christmas motion illusion. The trees are completely stationary. I am currently studying the explanations for this kind of illusion.

Although the areas of the monad appear to be pink and yellow, the background colors are in fact identical in this color #illusion.

Deep Gradients ‍🌈 www.dwitter.net/d/32926 #javascript #tinycode B=document.body s=c.style t-=5 s.backgroundBlendMode='difference' for(b=[i=8*12];i--;)j=i/8|0,b[i]=`linear-gradient(${i*45}deg,#fff ${z=50+C(t/9+j*j)*50}%,#789 ${z+=j**3%50}%)` s.background=b

In this color illusion, the background disks appear lighter/greenish and darker/blueish but are in fact identical.

This is my original confetti spheres illusion that went viral. It's now in psychology textbooks and on quiz shows! (All the background spheres are identical).

Happy Thanksgiving! And, yes, the pumpkins are actually all identical.

Four of my string quartets were played at a recital on 1/31/24. Here's the YouTube video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptLf....