Camera Lets Humans See Colors Beyond Our Spectrum

A high-tech camera system, developed by Vera Vasas and the Hanley Color Lab at George Mason University, records four color channels (blue, green, red, and UV) to render real-time videos of how different animals perceive color, translating photoreceptor data into perceptual units with over 92% accuracy versus traditional methods, and making animal-vision visualization practical for scientists and filmmakers using off-the-shelf cameras in a modular, 3D-printed setup.