Ames room optical illusion







Ames room optical illusion

A trapezoidal room is used to create the illusion, which was named after the American ophthalmologist Adelbert Ames, Jr., who first constructed such a room in 1946

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purge98purge98 (54 days ago)
How does he change his size without eating Mac Donalds?
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Guest: Dr Dirt (114 days ago)
No Adko, NEITHER is a giant, didn't you see them pass each other as the same size. a TRAPAZOIDAL room is one where the dimenbtions are not equal. The cieling is closer to the floor in the front than the back, then it is shot with a wide angle lens. The streatching distortion of the wide angle is cancled out by the actual streatching in the oposite direction of the room, so it appears normal, but isnt
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adkoadko (114 days ago)
tom - the one with blue shirt
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Guest: Tom (114 days ago)
i'm confused, which guy is really the giant?
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