Adelbert Ames Room

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This is a room that was invented by Adelbert Ames in 1934 , but it wasn't built until 1946. Ames Room is an optical illusion that makes an object look like it's smaller than the other one . One can look bigger than the one to left or right . Why does it look like that? . When you see it in your point of view the human eye will identificate as the object are close and right next to each other , but in reality one is more farther away than the object next to it . They will look like the person is like a giant and the person depending where the angle is , that will make him look like he is tiny . How does it look? Well it's mainly a rectangle from the beginning from the end it looks like a triangle it's a closed box and a person need to either …show more content…
when you see you that illusion from a peephole if it's bigger than an 8th of an inch then the you will be able to see everything inside the room and you don't want it for you or other people to see if with their both of their eyes because the main point is to see it from a peephole because let's say you make a little rectangle as a peephole then you will focus both of your eyes to say that one is farther from one another and then it won't be an illusion. when it comes to the box the box can be just about any size from really huge to really small like a raisin it will still work why because it mostly depends on the angles of the walls and floor and how the box is shaped if you miss one of these components then you hard work and dedication will just go to waste.People who have tried this before have really been shocked by how the illusion works. The best thing about this experiment is that you can have fun with it. What do I mean with having fun? I mean technically its not an electric device where you can play a game or watch a video but what I really mean is that the more decoration/creativity you put to it, the more fun it will

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