Tales from the Prep Room: the Ames Room

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Produced by the Royal Institution, this short video clip shows how perception can be confused in an Ames room.

The video shows the production of the room, which has a checked floor, windows and ceiling that appear to be normal but is in fact distorted. The overall effect is that moving to different parts of the room give a distorted perspective of size.

The video can be used to illustrate how optical illusions can confuse the brain and give odd effects.

URL: http://stem.org.uk/rx7vy

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