This is how an Ames room works! #interestingfacts #sciencefacts #amesroom | Steve Mould

The Ames Room is one of the most famous optical illusions ever built. Created bv Adelbert Ames Jr. in 1946, it makes people appear to grow or shrink as they move across the room. At first it looks like one person is much larger than the other. In truth. both are the same size. The illusion happens because the room is built with distorted walls, ceiling, and floor that form a trapezoid, not a square. From one fixed point vour eves assume the space is normal, so your brain misiudges distance and s