Why does the GORE® OPTIFADE® Concealment look so different from traditional camouflage patterns?
Most camouflage on the market today is mimicry camouflage. Mimicry patterns attempt to make the hunter resemble his environment. As you have no doubt noted, there are a variety of mimicry patterns designed to simulate various terrains and environments. GORE® OPTIFADE® Concealment represents an entirely new way of deceiving prey. It is a pattern based on the science of animal vision. When trying to create a pattern to fool prey, concealment experts can manipulate the smallest elements of a computer-generated digital pattern, which can be as tiny as a few millimeters across, taking into account color and spatial frequency and forming micro and macro patterns that will successfully conceal the wearer. In the case of GORE® OPTIFADE® Concealment, these factors were specifically optimized to fool the visual system of deer and other ungulates.
