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An Ames Room Illusion is a visual trick created by designing a room with slanted walls, floor, and ceiling that appears rectangular when viewed from a specific spot. Because of this distorted geometry, people or objects inside seem to change dramatically in size depending on where they stand, even though their actual size stays the same.
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