What is Contra Vision^®

Contra Vision^® is a product not a process.

Contra Vision^® panels are based on transparent plastic films (e.g. self-adhesive non-perforated polyester or perforated vinyl) or rigid sheets (glass,acrylic, polycarbonate, PVC, etc). They have a design or colour on one side that is not visible from the other side, which typically provides a clear, tinted view through the panel. Contra Vision^® is sometimes referred to as a one-way vision material, though many different vision control options are possible (see Patents).

Contra Vision^® panels have an opaque "silhouette pattern"* onto which is superimposed:

- a design visible from one side (not visible from the other side),

or

- a design visible from one side and another design visible from the other side (neither visible from the opposite side)

What is Contra Vision^® BACKLITE™

Contra Vision^® BACKLITE™ is a new see-through graphic product, based on transparent materials with a translucent "base pattern"* which has a design superimposed on one side, a reverse (mirror) image of which can be seen from the other side. As with Contra Vision^®, the brain can select to see the design image or what is on the other side of the panel. Contra Vision^® BACKLITE™ panels can be illuminated from the other side (unlike Contra Vision^® panels), for example from the ceiling of a retail store or a payphone kiosk.

Both Contra Vision^® and Contra Vision^® BACKLITE™ can be described as see-through graphics, transparent graphics or vision control materials, within our VISION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM™.

* A Contra Vision silhouette pattern or Contra Vision^® BACKLITE™ base pattern is typically a pattern of dots, lines or perforated material.

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  Did you know...?

...that the Contra Vision story started following the invention of a see-through product for squash courts, which allowed television broadcasting and the public to see the players through the walls

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