In this brief video from Scientific American, the Ames Room illusion is demonstrated and then completely revealed.  If you are not familiar with an Ames Room, first have a look at this vintage Ames Room illusion photograph.  Now watch the video and see exactly how this trick is done.

This one minute commercial for the Honda CR-V features a number of different optical illusions. The tag line for the commercial is “An Impossible Made Possible”, and the result is a mind-bending and pretty entertaining advertisement. I typically do not like many commercials, but I must admit that this one was well done. Do you […]

At first glance, it looks like a giant, a normal-sized man and a very small man are standing in the same room together.  This type of illusion is called an Ames Room and uses a fixed viewing perspective to fool you. In reality, the right corner of the room is much closer to the viewer […]