Room illusion

Part of the BBC documentary Brain Story.

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1 Posted 707 days ago by Aliquantulus (admin)

This is seriously fucked up.. I will never trust my vision again.. >:)

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2 Posted 707 days ago by dave9191

I was hoping for more, like a walk around the room or exactly what distortions there are.

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3 Posted 707 days ago by NMY

what is the point of posting such video ?

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4 Posted 707 days ago by Swabbleflange

It's called an Ames Room. Would have been nice if the vid showed the construction of it.

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5 Posted 707 days ago by BombDiggady (moderator)

If they had shown a different angle, the effect would have been ruined.

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6 Posted 707 days ago by striff

wow... this is cool :) :D but how ? :O

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7 Posted 707 days ago by AL7AIR

@ striff
Here's a video link to a simple Ames Room made out of paper, but I think it helps to understand the concept.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/930939/ames_room_optical_illusion/

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8 Posted 706 days ago by nekto

You can ruin the effect by just locking at this with 2 eyes.

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9 Posted 704 days ago by emjaysea

Your brain doesn't trick you--it's not like something weird is going on with your brain--the camera is not perpendicular to the back wall, but the back wall has been designed to seem as though it is. The person on the left is actually much further back and down than the one one on the right--if something is closer to the camera, it looks much larger than the same thing in the distance.

There is one thing in here that appears to trick the brain, though, and that is the way the ball appears to slow down just after leaving the girls' hands. It looks like it slows down. The point of view combined with the distorted dimensions of the back wall makes the distance seem short, while the actual trip is long (relatively). Because the ball seems to hang in the air an unnatural length of time, our brains say, the ball slowed down.

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10 Posted 704 days ago by emjaysea

Kick ass video, btw--watched about 7 times now!

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11 Posted 701 days ago by temperance222

Does this mean that Prince is really smaller than He looks?

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12 Posted 679 days ago by Thanatos

A room like that might be useful for illustrating the theory of Relativity.

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13 Posted 658 days ago by mulberryinfinity

Can you imagine living your whole life in a house like that.. ..and then one day walking outside......

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14 Posted 536 days ago by Verkins

So I guess nobody saw Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory?...