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r:#555555;text-decoration:none'>dinner</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>. Guests and family members must purchase a VSS </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><a href="https://w7lrdvwab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001AN-UKDZD_w5hO5W7o5ssoGMQpD8u6YtTVEp8xoJeePptcVbfg85LPw4USMnKp881_IkQB7hPQoB6uVugSOIjbLdq9sBbGpjLsR5UOqUA0DYDDaGOnSkOYvmScTu-sxhQyBlU7GRtCYeQcORbGQOfkWIabuug6fsNlVUrbqyVYk6TlSaOXM5DBn6eUenjkPKr&c=IHoIDrrrj_rZTot6JmhxEitUQZEAb9Aqm8_GM60z3fScl6jjs2KizQ==&ch=syLmoiFSNqQy5go3c4kTtPLR1LmHY_1JE8fVZyIwT_kChTpDuqj64w==" target="_blank"><b><span style='color:#295485;text-decoration:none'>Friends and Family Pass</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> to attend the Beach BBQ. You can register your guests at any time at the VSS Registration Desk, located in the Grand Palm Colonnade. Guest passes may also be purchased at the BBQ event, beginning at 5:45 pm.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><a href="https://w7lrdvwab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001AN-UKDZD_w5hO5W7o5ssoGMQpD8u6YtTVEp8xoJeePptcVbfg85LP9sOzDEeGjSR6ef1T7Zhuolyd3zTv46cZc1Kn56RoV09xXtWE1zwofMdjj9IJU28W9hsq5xVUr7cgnCUYKYVHi0VOA6DYDOK2cNALSUmP_LQJvBPmUrSW7sPNTH5KgEeLb4pmQaBI4JbUILDEGXf-4XLhDiydnkF7w==&c=IHoIDrrrj_rZTot6JmhxEitUQZEAb9Aqm8_GM60z3fScl6jjs2KizQ==&ch=syLmoiFSNqQy5go3c4kTtPLR1LmHY_1JE8fVZyIwT_kChTpDuqj64w==" target="_blank"><b><span style='color:#555555;text-decoration:none'>Demo Night</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> <b>- 7:00 – 10:00 pm</b></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Island Ballroom and Jacaranda Hall</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>VSS is excited to present one of our meeting highlights - the 20th Anniversary of VSS </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><a href="https://w7lrdvwab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001AN-UKDZD_w5hO5W7o5ssoGMQpD8u6YtTVEp8xoJeePptcVbfg85LPw4USMnKp881JFdl9xNUKYEN_ChxrfjpiPe_8rRqlWrWgE_kS0gTTcchvPGxFH7HbKEKMdU6BfzvVI5ZYDLUDeg8Tssl1AG0aK8ecddMN6vfmsgLZP2uKT_IQE888VARdA==&c=IHoIDrrrj_rZTot6JmhxEitUQZEAb9Aqm8_GM60z3fScl6jjs2KizQ==&ch=syLmoiFSNqQy5go3c4kTtPLR1LmHY_1JE8fVZyIwT_kChTpDuqj64w==" target="_blank"><b><span style='color:#295485'>Dinner and Demo Night</span></b></a></span><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>! </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Please join us to experience a spectacular night of imaginative, vivid, and often surprising exhibitions of visual phenomena!  </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>These demos, presented by our VSS members, highlight the important role of visual displays in vision research and education:</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>A delightful gallimaufry! Astonishing illusions and strange phenomena, demonstrated with genuine lights and materials according to the latest scientific principles </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Richard Murray, Alban Flachot, Khushbu Patel, Jaykishan Patel, <i>York University</i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Anisotropy in Perceived Non-rigidity: Roles of Shape and Motion</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Akihito Maruya, Qasim Zaidi, <i>SUNY, College of Optometry</i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>A world without color: monochromatic light room</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Helen Feibes<sup>1</sup>, Rosa Lafer-Sousa<sup>2</sup> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>1: National Eye Institute</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>2: National Institute of Mental Health</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Beuchet Chair</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Peter Thompson, Tim Andrews, <i>University of York, UK</i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Color assimilation with faces</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Karl Gegenfurtner, Doris Braun, <i>Giessen University</i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Eye Duel: Balloon Burst Showdown</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Kurt Debono, Marcus Johnson, <i>SR Research Ltd</i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Fluid visions: when eyes paint reality</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Krischan Koerfer<sup>1</sup>, Tamara Watson<sup>2</sup>, Markus Lappe<sup>1</sup> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>1: University of M�nster</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>2: Western Sydney University<sup> </sup></span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>How do I see myself if I develop dementia?</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Tahereh Toosi, <i>Columbia University</i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Illumination Revelations</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Katja D�rschner<sup>1</sup>, Sylvia C. Pont<sup>2</sup></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>1: Justus-Liebig-University</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>2: Perceptual Intelligence Lab, TU Delft</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Immersive and long lasting afterimages – experiences of altered self</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Daw-An Wu, <i>California Institute of Technology</i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Is Familiar Size an example of seeing or thinking? See for yourself.</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Albert Yonas<sup>1,2</sup> Amoolya Chengalasetty<sup>2</sup>, Jhera Darefsky<sup>2</sup></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>1: University of Minnesota (Emeritus)</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>2: Arizona State University</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> Amoolya Chengalasetty and Jhera Darefsky</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Magic Metamers and Saccadic Suppression, Hidden in Plain Sight</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Peter April, Jean-Francois Hamelin, Dr. Lindsey Fraser, Dr. Jonathan Tong, <i>VPixx Technologies</i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Magnetic Sand (or Interactivity) Illusions</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Shinsuke Shimojo<sup>1</sup>, Kensuke Shimojo<sup>2</sup>, Eiko Shimojo<sup>1</sup>, Daw-An Wu<sup>1</sup></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>1: CalTech</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>2: UC San Diego</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Out of your body and into a rabbit, or a crab. Virtual reality displays from a different point of view</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Anwesha Das, Daw-An Wu, <i>Caltech</i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Perceived Stereo Depth reflects Retinal Disparities, not 3D Geometry</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Paul Linton, Nikolaus Kriegeskorte, <i>Columbia University</i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Perceptual Tachyons</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Christopher Tyler, <i>Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute</i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Reversed depth illusion in anti-correlated random dot stereograms</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Li Zhaoping, <i>Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, University of Tuebingen</i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Staircase Gelb Illusion</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Alan Gilchrist, <i>Rutgers University Newark</i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>StroboPong</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Back by popular demand: Strobe lights and Ping Pong!</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Stroboscopic Hallucinations</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Nathan H. Heller, <i>Dartmouth College</i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Structured light enhanced entoptic stimuli: Beyond Haidinger's Brush</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>David Last, Iman Salehi, <i>School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Waterloo</i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>The Art of Memory Exhibit</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Trent Davis, Wilma Bainbridge, <i>University of Chicago</i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>The Body Tilt Illusion</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Sophia Baia, Michael McBeath, Matthew Langley, Erika Langley, Kuo-Wei Chen, Gi-Yeul Bae, </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Arizona State University</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>The Dichopter: a new handheld smartphone stereo viewer</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Kenneth Brecher, <i>Boston University</i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>The Dueling Orbits Illusion</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Ryan Mruczek<sup>1</sup>, Gideon Caplovitz<sup>2</sup></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>1: The College of Holy Cross</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>2: University of Nevada Reno</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>The Sound-Induced Flash Illusion (SIFI) - Seeing is not always believing</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Jonathon Toft-Nielsen<sup>1</sup>, �zcan �zdamar<sup>2</sup></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>1: Intelligent Hearing Systems / J�RVEC Corp</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>2: University of Miami</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>The UW Virtual Brain Project<sup>TM</sup></span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Melissa Schoenlein<sup>1,2</sup> Ross Treddinick<sup>2</sup>, Nathaniel Miller<sup>3</sup>, Chris Racey<sup>4</sup>, Simon Smith<sup>2</sup>, Kudirat Alimi<sup>2</sup>, Yash Sancheti<sup>2</sup>, Chris Castro<sup>5</sup>, Bas Rokers<sup>6</sup>, & Karen B. Schloss<sup>1</sup></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>1: Department of Psychology:</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>2: Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, University of Wisconsin-Madison</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>3: University of Minnesota Medical School</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>4: Psychology, University of Sussex</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>5: College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>6: Department of Psychology, New York University, Abu Dhabi</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Tracking one thing moving around a perimeter can be very hard or very easy</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Qihan Wu, Jonathan Flombaum, <i>Johns Hopkins University</i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Vision's Chainsaw</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Patrick Cavanagh<sup>1</sup>, Stuart Anstis<sup>2</sup></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>1: Glendon College</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>2: UC San Diego</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Welcome to eXtended Reality</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Minjung Kim, Immo Sch�tz, Saeideh Ghahghaei Nezamabadi, Scott Murdison, Takahiro Doi Trisha Lian, Xiuyun Wu, <i>Meta Platforms</i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=to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