Engineering an optical illusion.
Optical illusion room height.
This optical illusion requires viewers to look into a pinhole at a room that appears cubic but is actually the shape of a trapezoid.
178cm the size and height.
The slanted walls and ceilings combined with a clever manipulation of the room s features completely fool the eye into seeing a height differential.
In the room the individual on the left appears to be very tall while the person on the right looks very small.
His shoulders touch the ceiling of room which looks like it has a standard eight foot height or is it a brain bending optical illusion.
In reality both people are of approximately the same height and size.
Likely influenced by the writings of hermann helmholtz it was invented by american.
An ames room is viewed with one eye through a peephole through the peephole the room appears to be an ordinary rectangular cuboid with a back wall.
The effect works by utilizing a distorted room to create the illusion of a dramatic disparity in size.
An ames room is a distorted room that is used to create an optical illusion.
In 1946 and constructed in the following year.