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Ames room
Noun
Japanese Meaning
視覚錯覚を利用した特殊な部屋。部屋の形状が意図的に歪められており、ピンホールを通して観察すると、対角に立つ人物などが実際の大きさと大きく異なって見えるように設計されている。 / 透視効果を利用した錯視実験や展示に用いられる部屋で、遠近法を操作することで部屋内の物体の相対的な大きさや距離感が誤認されるようになっている。
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A distorted room designed to be viewed through a pinhole, using a trick of perspective to create an optical illusion so that people standing in opposite corners appear to be of very different sizes.
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Ames room
At the science museum, an Ames room made visitors gasp as a person standing in one corner appeared tiny compared to someone in the opposite corner.
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At the science museum, an Ames room made visitors gasp as a person standing in one corner appeared tiny compared to someone in the opposite corner.
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