The Magical, Mystical, Mind-boggling Ames Window

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A CuriosityShow explainer on the Ames window, a trapezoid-shaped window that seems to swing back and forth instead of turning around. It shows how the visual system is fooled by perspective cues.

HN picks it as the best video demonstration of the Ames window, worth watching in full.

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#ameswindow#opticalillusion#perception#depthcues#visualphenomena

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@Tomte2022 · in “The Magical, Mystical, Mind-Boggling Ames Window (2018)”
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@olejorgenb2020 · in “Optical Illusions and Visual Phenomena”
Ames window is very cool. link but I like this video better: ▶ this video (timestamped at the most interesting place, but the whole thing is worth a watch)
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