Ames Room Optical Illusion

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“Not everything is as it seems”. In this essay i will be informing you on the mathematical subject known as Ames Room. Ames Room is an optical illusion that makes people believe that one of two object in a room is bigger than the other despite both objects being the same size.
Ames room makes two objects of the same size appear as if they were different sizes. This is done by altering many aspects of the room where the illusion takes place. first the floor slopes upward so that one side is higher. Then the roof slopes downward so that the side where the floor is higher the roof will be lower.. Then the back wall is not straight it's diagonal and all the object are distorted. Then you place to items in the corners. After this if you look at it …show more content…

So the trapezoid is what causes the allusion from the outside. Another thing is the inside of the room the details are also distorted on the farthest side from pinhole. This is done to account for the difference in distance from the pinhole ,for example if a there is a circle window on the closer side of the room the window on the far side will be an oval instead of a circle so that it will appear as a circle to those who look through the pinhole. This can be adjusted to any size from the smallest possible to the size of a house the illusion still works. The ames room uses perspective cues to fool you into believing that the room is completely normal. Ames room was influenced by Hermann Helmholtz but was actually invented by Adelbert Ames Jr ,the american scientist in the year 1934. All though he discovered it in 1934 the first functioning prototype was not constructed until the year 1935. Ames did many contributions to physics physiology ophthalmology psychology and physiology but he is known best for his pioneering of the field of physiological optics under which Ames made three experiments. these experiments

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