dazzlechronicity!!
I was, no lie, thinking about Dazzle Camouflage today, just for the hell of it, because I am fascinated by all things that are like that.
Dazzle camouflage, also known as Razzle Dazzle or Dazzle painting, was a military camouflage paint scheme used on ships, [consisting] of a complex pattern of geometric shapes in contrasting colours, interrupting and intersecting each other… Dazzle did not conceal the ship but made it difficult for the enemy to estimate its type, size, speed and heading. The idea was to disrupt the visual rangefinders used for naval artillery. Its purpose was confusion rather than concealment.
Then, NO LIE, this VERY AFTERNOON, as I was crossing the parking lot with my coffee, I thought about what if the Dazzle technique was applied to clothes, or to makeup, or to hair? What would that look like? What would you use it for?
Then, ULTRA NO LIE, I come home to see this on BoingBoing:
CV Dazzle is a systematic approach to creating “dazzle” makeup and hair effects that fool computer vision systems.
I am a genius! Or something.
Let’s all pop our hips out and wiggle those fingers: RAZZLE DAZZLE!