Science
Deconstructing Concealment
Adaptive Spectre is not merely a collection of colours and shapes; it's the result of a deep dive into the science of human vision and the principles of camouflage. By understanding how the human eye and brain process visual information, we've engineered a pattern that goes beyond traditional camouflage to achieve a new level of concealment.Â
The Eye
Light and Colour: The eye's photoreceptor cells (rods and cones) detect light and colour. Rods are sensitive to brightness, while cones distinguish colours. Adaptive Spectre utilises colours that match the environment to reduce contrast and make it harder for the eye to detect the wearer.
Shape and Pattern: The eye's ganglion cells are sensitive to edges and contrasts, helping us perceive shapes and patterns. Adaptive Spectre disrupts these patterns, making it harder for the eye to form a coherent image of the camouflaged object.
The Brain
Visual Cortex: The visual cortex in the brain processes the signals from the eye, constructing our perception of the world. It analyses edges, shapes, colours, and motion to identify objects and understand their relationships. Adaptive Spectre interferes with this process by breaking up the wearer's outline and creating visual noise.
Pattern Recognition: The brain is excellent at recognising patterns. Adaptive Spectre aims to disrupt these patterns, making it harder for the brain to quickly categorize and identify the camouflaged object.
Attention: Our attention is naturally drawn to high-contrast areas and movement. Adaptive Spectre manipulates attention by using disruptive patterns or subtle movements to distract the observer from the actual target.
Cognitive Camouflage
Adaptive Spectre takes camouflage a step further by incorporating elements that exploit the limitations of human cognition:
Illusory Patterns: These patterns create false edges or shapes that can mislead the observer's perception of the target's size, shape, or orientation.
Disruptive Patterns: These patterns break up the recognizable form of the body, making it difficult for the observer to track the target's movement.
Motion Dazzle: These patterns create a confusing visual effect that can disorient the observer and make it difficult to track the target's movement.
Countering AI Detection
As artificial intelligence plays an increasingly important role in surveillance and targeting, Adaptive Spectre is designed to counter these advanced threats:
Exploiting AI Weaknesses: Adaptive Spectre incorporates patterns that are known to be difficult for AI image recognition systems to process, such as those with high frequencies or unusual color combinations.
Adversarial Examples: The pattern includes elements that have been specifically designed to "fool" AI algorithms, causing them to misclassify or fail to detect the wearer.
Data Augmentation: Adaptive Spectre has been trained against a diverse dataset of images and adversarial examples, making it more robust against a wider range of AI systems.