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https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/11/health/trypophobia-iphone-wellness-intl-scli/index.html
Apple unveiled its new iPhone models on Tuesday -- but while some tech fans applauded the new phones' design and specifications and others weighed in on their pricing, another feature has caught the eye of trypophobia sufferers everywhere.
The Pro and Pro Max phones feature three camera lenses. And while the design is likely to appeal to photography fans, some social media users say it is triggering their trypophobia -- an intense, irrational fear of small holes and clusters of circles and bumps, such as those in a honeycomb, lotus flower or bubble bath.
Research into trypophobia is limited. Geoff Cole, a visual scientist at the University of Essex in the UK, told CNN that while it might seem "a little bit odd" for people to feel uncomfortable at the sight of holes clustered together, for people with trypophobia, the images can cause a range of reactions, with varying levels of severity.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 12 2019, @06:29PM (1 child)
One article I read, but can't find again, said one of the more commonly accepted hypotheses is related to bees, wasps, and other stinging insects. They commonly make hives and nests, and what do they look like? A plain background full of large, closely-packed holes, that can have different shades due something inside (e.g. an insect, prey, or food store). What do pictures of the phone look like? A plain background with large, closely-packed holes, with different shades due to something inside (i.e. the lenses).
(Score: 2) by VLM on Friday September 13 2019, @11:29AM
Maybe its an eye contact thing where I can have a staring contest with a tiger having two eyes but have anxiety if a large number of eyes are looking and even worse maybe baked into the instinct if there's an odd (ish) number then I'm missing what some predator (or, maybe delicious prey on the hoof) is looking at.
I could see walking around with an artificial plastic wasp nest and holding it to your face and stuff could be pretty disturbing. Of all the ways phone style fads could have gone over the last 20 years I never would have guessed "emulate stinging insect nests"