Unlock a hidden world of colour and light with Mantis, our patent-pending divergent lens technology that expands your visual perception beyond human limits.

Experience Visual Rivalry and Luster

Mantis doesn't just enhance your vision—it transforms it. By leveraging the phenomenon of binocular rivalry, specifically colour rivalry, Mantis reveals a vibrant, dynamic world that's always been there, just beyond your reach.

Divergent Lens Technology:

• Right Lens: Provides a neutral view, evenly transmitting light across the entire spectrum
• Left Lens: Thru metameristic matching, this lens appears identical to the right, yet employs a radically different transmission curve. It brightens near-infrared and cyan-blue wavelengths while darkening yellow and violet, essentially giving your visual cortex six bands instead of the usual three

This combination induces visual colour rivalry - a perceptual phenomenon where the brain processes two different inputs simultaneously. The result demonstrates how materials that appear identical under normal viewing conditions while having differing spectral signatures.

Observable Phenomena

This technology enables observation of several natural phenomena:

• Spectral signatures unique to different flower species
• Material distinctions in visually identical substances
• Subtle variations in produce ripeness
• Natural camouflage patterns
• Geological light absorption properties

Applications in Research and Industry

This technology has implications across multiple fields:

• Botany & Agriculture: Observation of plant species variation and crop health through near-IR reflectance patterns
• Art Conservation: Analysis of painting layers and material authenticity through direct observation
• Textile Industry: Identification of metameric dyes - materials with identical visible appearance but different spectral properties
• Geology & Mineralogy: Study of rocks and minerals through their distinct spectral signatures in blue-cyan, visible, and near-IR ranges
• Wildlife Biology: Observation of typically invisible animal patterns, including ultraviolet markings on birds, flowers, and insects

Further Information

Glasses incorporating this technology are available through authorized licensees, each accompanied by a verifiable certificate of authenticity.

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Explore the expanded spectrum of visual perception.

Step into a world where Nautilus separates your vision into two realms: matte colour and shimmering gloss. Our patent pending technology uses polarization diversity to unveil a shiny and lustrous visual landscape.

Discover the Secrets of Polarization

• The Electric Sky: Witness the atmosphere come alive. As polarized sunlight sculpts the deep blue expanse, unpolarized clouds stand out in sharp contrast. This interplay creates a refreshingly tangible depth, evoking an almost synaesthetic response beyond the limits of current vocabulary.
• Rain Reimagined: Experience precipitation anew as Nautilus separates raindrops from their surroundings, revealing unique dimensionality without altering depth. See rainfall shimmer with surreal clarity, transforming ordinary showers into captivating visual symphonies.
• Stress Exposed: Reveal the hidden language of materials with unprecedented clarity. While traditional polarization offers glimpses, Nautilus vividly separates and reveals stress patterns, fractures, and tension fields. Gain remarkable insight into the forces at play within seemingly static objects, transforming the familiar into exciting studies of internal dynamics.

Beyond Curiosity: Practical Applications

Nautilus isn't just about seeing differently – it's a powerful tool across various fields:

• Scientific Research: A revolutionary tool for materials science, geology, and biology
• Industrial Quality Control: Detect defects and ensure product integrity
• Nature Exploration: Gain deeper insights into polarization-sensitive animal vision, features and geological phenomena

These images offer a glimpse into the Nautilus experience. While photos can't capture the dynamic, multidimensional nature of seeing thru Nautilus, they illustrate the power of diversity in eyewear. From unveiling hidden patterns in the sky to exposing internal stresses in materials and transforming how we see water, Nautilus opens up a world of visual wonders typically imperceptable to the human experience.

Novus is specially crafted for those with red-green colourblindness, either protanopia or deuteranopia. By engineering filters that shift peak sensitivity to perfectly replicate that of the missing cone, Novus enables you to perceive and enjoy colours as a standard colour observer does—opening up a world of colour previously inaccessible.

The Novus Advantage:

• Authentic Colour: More than enhancing existing colours, Novus reconstructs your colour perception, allowing you to experience the full spectrum of pinks, greens, and every shade in between.
• A Distinct Visual Experience: The introduction of new colour dimensionality thru Novus appears shimmering, vivid, and possessing a three-dimensional quality. This distinctive aspect is part of how Novus transforms your view of the world.
• Revolutionary Approach: Unlike other products that apply uniform filters to both eyes—essentially distorting your existing colour perception—Novus uses divergent filters. This approach allows your visual cortex to interpret a magenta-green colour axis, rather than simply altering your current view of the world.

Determine Your Type of Colourblindness:

These images alternate between what your left and right eye would see with Novus, offering an authentic glimpse of the experience. Notice how reds and greens gain dimensionality. While digital representation has limitations, these transitions illustrate how Novus transforms colour perception.

Cross-Eye Viewing Experience

For a more genuine on-screen experience, try the cross-eye (Walleye) viewing method with the same images side by side:

1. Focus on the center point between the two images.
2. Cross your eyes until the two images align and form a third image in the center.
3. Once the center image is clear and aligned, try to hold your gaze steady.
4. You should now see three images, with the center showing the Novus experience.
5. Examine the apples. Notice how the red and green colour axis is now perceptable.