Started Researching Online

This week we have begun to search for online sources of information. So far we have found two websites, the first is run by Professor Michael Bach of Freiburg University in Germany. It includes a wide variety of illusions, demonstrations (using applets) and also explanations of their effect. The other site is Journal of Vision, which is a collection of advanced scientific articles that explain various phenomena at a extremely high level. The first site forms the basis for our investigation.

Setting up the Log

Today, this blog was created and configured to act as an online log-book for our project. The set-up involved choosing a name and URL for the blog, and then picking a layout for it. Various other options were then selected, such as changing the blog's archiving to a weekly basis, and also creating a new Blogger account for Theo, so he could also contribute to the actual content.

As well as doing this, we discussed our project's main idea with Ms Galley and Mr Ericson, who both recommended some books for us to look into. The first book, A-Level Biology, should help us with understanding what effects certain illusions have on the eye; while the second book, Conceptual Physics, should give us some background to the illusions that work because of physics rather than physiology.

Our plan of action now is to read up in both books, and also carry on researching on the internet, with the aim of being able to come up with a proper project plan sometime next week.