visual distortion
Bent light perception
Visual distortion is any alteration in how things appear—warping, bending, or misshaping of what the eye perceives.
The term covers optical illusions, effects from curved glass or mirrors, and perceptual changes from migraines, drugs, or eye conditions.
In photography and optics, lens distortion causes straight lines to bow inward or outward.
The heat rising from the pavement created a shimmering visual distortion.
- hazeMurky atmospheric suspension
- heat shimmerOptical distortion from warmth
- mirageAtmospheric optical deception
- astigmatismIrregular corneal curvature disorder
- glareFierce stare or brightness
anamorphosis · pareidolia · illusion · diplopia · scotoma · seeing stars · moiré · hallucination · refraction · lens flare · blur · tunnel vision · blind spot · forced perspective · amblyopia · depth perception · fisheye · wobble
- vision problemsblindness, blurry vision, vision loss, sight loss, myopia
- altered statestrance, altered states, hallucination, altered perception, consciousness expansion
- grotesquegrotesquerie, grotesque, grotesquery, deformity, freaks
- Hallucinationsauditory hallucinations, auditory hallucination, seeing things, hearing voices, shadow people
- perception errorsmisperception, illusion, optical illusion, blind spot, hallucination
- PsychedeliaLSD, acid, psychedelic posters, tie-dye, hallucination
visual distortionvisual fidelity
Accuracy of depicted imagery
clear sight · 20/20 vision · sharp focus · perfect vision · normal vision