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Ames Room

In the Ames room illusion, two people standing in a room appear to be of dramatically different sizes, even though they are the same size.


The effect can be observed in a number of films, including The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Note the early scenes in The Fellowship of the Ring where the effect is prominently used to make Gandalf appear larger than the hobbits.

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5 Responses to “Ames Room”

  1. Vadim says:

    The ceiling should also be tricky (getting higher) and the windows (or other objects on the walls) must be made considering the perspective.
    This would only work with peephole or camera, you can’t full human sight with this, it can only work if you use one eye

  2. sue says:

    Hey, that is pretty cool, but I found a something else interesting. It is a video about a guy putting a diet coke and mentos in a microwave experiment and then it explodes. I want to see if you think it is fake or not. Check it out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVPZSK77yTw. Tell me if you think it is real or fake.

  3. sally says:

    Ive been in one in Puzzling World in New Zealand, In fact its pictured above ( the 2 pictures below the diagram). It was a weird expereince to say the least, But amazing all the same!

  4. Stew says:

    That’s neat. It’s funny how the mind sees things without understanding what’s reality.

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