the game Super Mario 64, the room containing the two paintings that lead to the level Tiny-Huge Island are placed at the end of two opposite hallways similar to an Ames room. When the player is standing at the perceived center of the room, the two hallways appear to have both the same depth and equally sized paintings. As the player approaches them, however, it is revealed that one painting is massive in scale and the other is miniature, respectively. The 2010 HBO film Temple Grandin used an Ames room in the opening title sequence, and later figures in the actual story, where the title character, who is autistic, intuitively devises the illusion in a scale model as a science project. English rock group Squeeze used an Ames room in their 1987 music video "Hourglass". English rock band Status Quo used an Ames room on the front cover of their 1975 studio album On the Level. English rock singer Roger Daltrey used an Ames room in the music video for his 1980 song "Free Me". An Ames room was used in the 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind to make the character Joel Barish appear to be the size of a young child. Dr. Eric M. Rogers used an Ames room to highlight how we attach familiar knowledge to the unfamiliar in his 1979 Royal Institution Christmas Lecture. German punk band Die Ärzte used an Ames room in their music video for the song "Fiasko". See also Forced perspective Ames trapezoid References External links "How to build an Ames Room", Ri Channel video "Adelbert Ames, Fritz Heider and the Ames Chair Demonstration" Optical illusions Articles containing video clips