The 'reverse-perspective' illusion entails the apparent motion of a stationary scene painted in relief and containing misleading depth cues. We have found that, using prism goggles to induce horizontal or vertical visual-field reversals, the illusory motion is greatly reduced or eliminated in the direction for which the goggles reverse the visual field. We argue that the illusion is a consequence of the observer's inability to reconcile changes in visual information due to body movement with implicit knowledge concerning anticipated changes. As such, the reverse-perspective illusion may prove to be useful in the study of the integration of linear perspective and motion parallax information.

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A micro‐demultiplexer of a coupled resonator optical waveguide composed of polystyrene microspheres is fabricated by a self‐assembly technique in colloidal suspension on a lithographically patterned substrate. The spectrum of propagating light taken at the 60°‐branch (Point 2) shows sharper peaks than that taken at Point 1 while the spectrum taken at the 30°‐branch (Point 3) shows broader peaks.

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