Ames Window

Deane makes a trapezoid window from a sheet of card. When it spins it appears to change direction. A baffling optical illusion!

[@fransb8543]

I can't believe I've spent nearly 36 years on this planet and have never seen this cool illusion. Thank you for uploading this amazing show.

[@CuriosityShow]

You're very welcome-Rob

[@carlrodalegrado4104]

Veritasium Channel made a bigger one where he put himself in the middle hahaha

[@coinslotsandjoysticks2572]

I been here over 50 and never had, don't feel bad. Lol

[@PostTraumaticChessDisorder]

1985, my people

[@coinslotsandjoysticks2572]

@@PostTraumaticChessDisorder yep

[@MatthewSummerton]

With all the digital TV stations these days, why don't they put this on again. The video quality and jumpers might look dated, but the content is still great.

[@johnabnerfronteras]

today, some people are more interested on what would happen if you torture an iphone

[@oo0Spyder0oo]

Reality is most kids would know what would happen to the iphone but little else!

[@Shadow77999]

True

[@alienoutcast7374]

@@oo0Spyder0oo ok boomer

[@oo0Spyder0oo]

@@alienoutcast7374 dickhead reply because?

[@bigbadseed7665]

"If you look at it from above you can see it turning in a circle." *shows window from above breaking the laws of physics*

[@andreylobanov721]

You just have to concentrate on the two ropes that are tied to it

[@TimpBizkit]

It looks like the short end is wiggling round in circles

[@hipstrips]

breaking the law breaking the law physics police is on its way

[@zarathustra3976]

The standard illusion sound effect

[@gorillaau]

This program was aimed at the 10yo audience (Though I'm sure some of the parents sat with them from time to time). :-)

[@andylindsaytunes]

Trilling synths have been scientifically shown to stimulate the brain's illusion center.

[@mb98765]

@@andylindsaytunes Interesting

[@Ugly_German_Truths]

Nah, that is just how Australia sounds when they do not play Hollywood stock sounds over it :D

[@graves5371]

Its creepy

[@Soulsworth69]

This is definitely one off the coolest optical illusions out there.

[@yittmashups]

Cool yes, but also pretty aggravating, as it's the only one I can recall that I can't beat (as in, see the correct non-illusory way). Aurgh! (edit: Nevermind, finally was able to see it correctly at half speed and concentrating on watching just the longest end. That was satisfying.)

[@corngod8059]

I was it the right way first try...

[@myami3733]

this was the best show on australian tv. why can't we have good things like this anymore?

[@CuriosityShow]

Thanks for your kind remarks. There are many more science segments to enjoy at kzbin.info I hope you have fun with them. Deane.

[@myami3733]

thank you so much! you are living treasures, and i wish you were still on tv. no quality like this anymore at all. i will indeed have fun with them, best science show on earth. thanks again!

[@joshuaentwistle960]

Wiki seems to indicate that marketing executives thought that middle aged men shouldn't be presenting children's shows because it wouldn't resonate with the audience. So we get a bunch of hyperactive bumblefucks (and Derek) instead.

[@stephenrichards2639]

I enjoyed the show years ago

[@stephenrichards2639]

I may have even seen the first episode in 1974

[@sachintrivedi5008]

Before seeing : I have a strong brain I can concentrate After seeing : holy shit what was that oh hell no .

[@ChickenCharm]

: !!!??? did you understand that?

[@skydragon3857]

i feel you

[@Kenny_2283]

It tricked my brain but now I can see how it works by just following one of the corners where the string is tied up.

[@DrZark]

My brain asked for a time out.....

[@Soulsphere001]

This is an example of your brain's tendency to "fill in the blanks" of known patterns. It's why optical illusions work so well, because your brain fills in missing data with what it expects to see. The only way to really see what's actually happening is to grow up in an environment where rectangles aren't common.

[@herculean616]

A friend just messaged me that he's high right now, I'm gonna send him this clip.

[@Dinosaur_Bones_]

Yes

[@anthonyblack3579]

I'm high right now how about sending me a bag of Doritos.

[@TerraRyzin78]

Hahaha 🤣

[@TerraRyzin78]

Watch it double speed when you're high 🤣

[@richardNbacchus]

no one give this anymore likes its currently at 69

[@PeterFootePhotographycom]

I feel like I'm 11 years old again. Thanks Rob and Dean.

[@CuriosityShow]

Did you try making the simple Ames Window? We have assembled a large playlist of "optical illusions" on our KZbin channel. kzbin.info Deane

[@AnAntidisestablishmentarianist]

For me it started with the Ames window. The strange things it did to my brain were incredible. For a while. Eventually it didn't have the same effect it used to. I needed something stronger so I started to look for harder stuff. Long story short, now I need a new optical illusion every 20 minutes just to function. Take my advice and just don't start.

[@stup4501]

Rest Escher-ed that Illusions Anonymous and their twelve (or maybe 13 but just looks like 12...) step program can help you. One day at a time buddy, good luck!

[@AmericanSuit]

God gives his hardest battles to his strongest soldiers

[@AnAntidisestablishmentarianist]

@@AmericanSuit Amen

[@FlyGuy2000]

The Ames window is truly the gateway illusion; just say no, kids.

[@reallue]

This is so cool. When, he attached the pen & let it spin, my brain said _"oohhh, Ok. Now I understand, this guy is a legitimate wizard"_

[@ETAisNOW]

That’s it isn’t it, they’re doing magic and calling it science! I knew it!

[@elisolomon8741]

I used to love this show. From the 70's right through to the 80's. Such a long time ago. Before the internet and info on tap, we had shows like this to teach us. Thank you for the memories.

[@CuriosityShow]

Our great pleasure - Rob

[@elisolomon8741]

@@CuriosityShow Rob, is that really you? Thank you for all that wonderful content back in the day. I'm 61 now. A grandfather. And this little clip took me right back. I hope life has been good to you. Thank you again.

[@ThanatosSD]

I never get tired of this illusion, no matter how much I tried to say to my brain that the window it's actually going in circles, I still can't see it and that's what amaze me.

[@probablynotmyname8521]

This should be required viewing for flat earthers who insist that they can trust their senses.

[@blumthomas3783]

"BURN THE WITCHES" they would say

[@BaldMancTwat]

Surely the same could be said for anything though.

[@probablynotmyname8521]

Calmindigweed not really because most of the time our senses match up with reality (well what we nearly all agree is reality). This demonstration illustrates that sometimes our senses don’t tell the whole story and can be fooled.

[@probablynotmyname8521]

warren WTF a pointless wandering rant that says nothing. Also, pro tip, stop mentioning nasa, as if that is some fait accompli, you don’t have to put any trust in nasa. People discovered the earth was round long before nasa existed.

[@Krzeszny95]

It's not like we've know the Earth was spherical since the ancient ages, have we? Oh wait, we have.

[@SavageMontreal]

AMAZING!!! I used to love this show when I was a kid, and I'm still just as impressed with it; maybe even more so. Thanks for making this available.

[@midguardz]

Phoenix Vanguard That explains Dr Who's Tardis.

[@mohdsaqib4454]

How old this show is ? When was the last Time it aired ?

[@mattmcguire1577]

@@mohdsaqib4454 IThe Curiosity Show is an Australian educational children's television show produced from 1972 to 1990 and hosted by Rob Morrison and Deane Hutton. The show was produced by Banksia Productions in South Australia for the Nine Network. 500 episodes were produced. Frin Wikipedia.

[@mohdsaqib4454]

@@mattmcguire1577 thanx for sharing

[@youtubecensorseverythingIsay]

5 years on and it's still blowing the minds of stoners everywhere

[@cameoshadowness7757]

Not only stoners. Kids flip from this.

[@gorillaau]

Not just the kids, adults that somehow missed seeing back in the day is also amazed by it. I feel sorry for the millennials that missed this program the first time around.

[@cameoshadowness7757]

@@gorillaau But hey! It is up again and now they can see it in some form.

[@gorillaau]

@@cameoshadowness7757 True... Very true.

[@GBart]

Stoner here. I've seen weirder. Also you can make yourself see it rotate if you just focus a bit

[@alexanderfurre8075]

Nobody: Microsoft Design Team: Write that down, WRITE THAT DOWN!

[@Poni9252957793]

Unbelievable!!! This type of content is what I want youtube to show right on my feed when I open the app. Thanks Sir 🙏

[@Aericane]

I'm just distracted bu the Microsoft logo in the background

[@Sirenhound]

Microsoft must have copied them! Microsoft's logo would have been the wavy coloured one with thick black panes back then.

[@ladyangua1]

@@Sirenhound Bill Gates was still in High School when this show played

[@roachdoggjr1940]

Who needs weed when we have 50 year old clips from an Australian educational program?

[@Shadow77999]

2:48 ťhats some strong tape

[@jk9554]

they don't make it like they used to...

[@trevoris18]

I really wanted to be the guy who says, "I could see the window rotating the entire time.." but even when he put the pen through the window was just oscillating

[@DevinAswani]

once you slow the video down and watch it for more than 10 time you begin to surpass the illusion at the cost of the focus of your eyes.

[@ShawarMoni]

@@DevinAswani and minutes of your life😸

[@Lucas-DX]

You shouldn’t look at the window. Try focusing on the top horizontal line of the cardboard piece, the line whose vertices are linked to the strings. Now, observe it and focus on watching it turn clockwise, you should be able to see it clear

[@Mecal21]

As long as I pause it and play it at every frame, then I can see past the illusion

[@blumenthal7528]

The music when the window rotates perfectly reflects my mind when i see it.

[@tonymontana897]

Wow, I used to watch this show as a kid. Long before the internet and LCD TVs... Great Memories.

[@AnIndianBoi1905]

Microsoft's Windows 11 logo also appears. Oh how futuristic were they....

[@Definindo]

Windows 8 and windows 11 logo

[@eldenboi8354]

The whole time he held it I was like, STOP HOLDING IT DIAGONALLY GODDAMNIT......oh

[@gorillaau]

Thanks for the laugh. Love it.

[@newdiggszweiundsiebzig]

Bringing back such great memories of my childhood watching this after school!! 😃 Thanks Rob and Deane for such a brilliant production! 🖖🏾

[@rajanalexander4949]

This is fantastic. I'll be watching this with the kids. Thank you for your generosity in uploading it!

[@vladyslavmoskal8867]

Teacher: Math test isn't that hard. Math test:

[@prajwalutsahi1920]

Right I always knew math test was an illusion

[@savnac]

This is the best illusion I’ve ever witnessed, simply because no matter how clearly explained it is, my brain does not allow me to see what’s actually happening. No matter how hard I try.

[@martinkuliza]

oHH, MATE, please, Please be careful how you use that word ! This is the curiosity show and when you use the word "Matter" carelessly , it can be misunderstood as a physical substance that occupies space which possesses mass mate... Please be more careful in the future there are young scientist's here, we are not lamen's and i'll thank you to not assume us as such The terminology you were looking for is because no matter = "because regardless" it doesn't matter = "it is of no concern" You gotta be more careful than that mate 😁

[@savnac]

@@martinkuliza hahaha I want to take this as sarcasm but it’s so wholesome and original I love it. my apologies my good friend I will be more careful

[@martinkuliza]

@@savnac No mate, I'm dead serious :P but thank you , good to see that you'll be more careful in the future i mean.... Who knows what could have happened, the world could've imploded or something I remember getting my mum to buy me a lab coat (this is 3rd grade mind you LOL) and i used to put it on while watching curiosity Good old days huh

[@savnac]

@@martinkuliza anything to make us feel like part of the experience!

[@martinkuliza]

@@savnac Mate, i bloody miss the old days huh ? Why can't we be young again and in 2nd grade ? Curiosity show was new Rubiks cube was new we still had marbles and the moonies and steelies were the coolest cabbage patch kids were a thing and agro on cartoon connection was the coolest bloke on telly, other than Animal on the muppet show of course we watched Mask and Transformers and He-Man and Ulysses 31 and Astro boy and Kimba the white lion and when Astro used to get hit by Bruton i used to think he was done for, i mean... the greatest robot in the world WAS LIKE A 2 EPISODE THING so i would race home from school to see if Astro would live LOL Close one... but yeah .. he pulled through :P Why did it go past so quickly Bloody good memories though When the world made more sense and all you needed as a kid was BMX bike and a skateboard and a pocket knife

[@jonathan2950]

I’m so glad KZbin recommended your videos. I’m now subscribed to your channel and have loads of your old videos to watch! Thank you.

[@scottmcphee2076]

This was when there were quality, locally made TV shows for kids on the commercial stations. Entertaining, and educational. The presenters didn't talk down to their audience.

[@gorillaau]

More than that... by speaking directly at the camera, the children feel like they are being spoken to. Makes it easier to use autocues, if used. I don't think so as their presentation outdoors is just as fluid and concise. The segment where Rob has a string going lying on the ground all the way around the earth and wants to know how much more string he needs to lift it two metres right around the earth. Hint: you don't need to know the size of the earth. :-) This segment has been uploaded by Dean and Rob already.

[@codebeat4192]

Hey, that is the logo of the 'new' Windows in background! On topic: This is a great kids channel, a channel to use your brain, love it! Why is everything flatten down these days, must be appear on TV again, it is good and fascinating.

[@cvkl7895]

Just out of context, this show had already predicted the modern windows logo on the background

[@stratcaptain66]

When I was a kid I used to go to the Toronto science centre and they had a great exhibition of the Ames window set up, I used to love that place.

[@kenchristie9214]

Deane and his co-presenters were from the Adelaide SciTech, a centre which has science displays and workshops for children. Every major city has a Scitech.

[@RMJ1984]

3:00 This is both amazing and scary at the same time. I know this is an illusion, i know how the illusion works, and yet my brain is still lying to me.. It makes me see something which is impossible, that facts that the pen is somehow magically rotation against the window and clipping through a solid object. It really makes you wonder what other things in life we cannot perceive correctly.

[@CuriosityShow]

Try this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/onS5Xp1-lJl3r9k -Rob

[@KishorBarman]

This show is amazing. I'm hooked.

[@vc8160]

Cool work guys! Remember watching you on the lounge back in the early 80’s. You to look forward to your segment, after seasame street!

[@xzcsdf9574]

made me genuinely laugh out loud, wish we had these when I was a kid

[@roberttbrockway]

Living in South Australia I watched the Curiosity Show religiously as a kid. Full of fantastic science-based content.

[@tomm9526]

When Uncle Rico does a science project.

[@Unmaleable]

You mean Uncle Ringo

[@Haegan_Lee]

Thought the same lol

[@Mmackowi]

I call this next illusion "the football over these mountains"

[@mrrobot8973]

@@Mmackowi if only coach had just put me in, we’d have won state.

[@mrrobot8973]

If only this was filmed in a field in front of a van

[@EasyNow90]

I still love going back and watching these shows. Very simple and elegant. uGGa BuGGa

[@kunaltiwari5398]

Hats off to this youtube channel for creating such a wonderful videos.

[@ryankanderka]

His accent makes this 100 times better.

[@lewisham]

What accent?

[@G41headache]

One part of your brain is telling you that it must be rotating, but the other part is like lalalalala, I won't listen, it's 100% oscillating. Love it!

[@theendofit]

It was a nice of them to include a sneak peak of the newer windows logo so many years ahead of time in the background as an easteregg.

[@NewRepublicMapper]

microsoft logo too

[@gradeahonky]

I come back to this one every few years thinking, "Surely this time I will see through the illusion" - Nope

[@lizwynaco2222]

Im gonna make one these!! It will be great to pull out when my brother in law gets himself good and stoned.

[@ChickenCharm]

Where was the 'of' in the first sentence?! IT'S GONE! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! IT CAN'T JUST NOT BE THERE!!! YOU MONSTER!!! ....wow i just replied to a year old comment....maybe i'm the monster.....hm......

[@barryschwarz]

Now, the shorter end of this comment thread is pointed towards you, but watch what happens...

[@Andricus1]

@@ChickenCharm Maybe so.... maybe so...

[@PorkchopExpression]

For a second I thought this was real life. Glad I'm just having a weird dream right now.

[@abrahamnempung3378]

This is amazing. I can't wrap my head around it.

[@alittax]

This is perhaps one of the most interesting videos out all the other interesting ones you've uploaded! Thanks. :)

[@CuriosityShow]

Glad you like them - Rob

[@TamarinPamarin]

I wouldn't be surprised if some magic trick is using this same illusion. This video is beyond amazing and eye opening. And btw I love the synthesizer sounds in this one. :D

[@laylover7621]

My brain literally won't allow me to see it rotate lmao. With the pen it's just all the more trippy and mind blowing. Love this.

[@JJ-ew9lq]

This is Awesome! And adding in the pen is just surreal.

[@abhishekjha346]

i loved it., i am loving your channel each day., thank you so much sir

[@CuriosityShow]

You are most welcome - Rob

[@idahosprings2224]

This video deserves more views! -from the US

[@CuriosityShow]

Thanks for the compliment. Please tell your friends about our website and KZbin channel. www.curiosityshow.com.au Deane.

[@doktor_ghul]

When the piece is revolving, pen or no pen, just focus on the edge of the thin cardboard, and you'll see the edge coming towards you, past you, and revolving away...it's one way to remind your brain to pay attention.

[@halowize]

Why vintage videos are so good teaching even the complex things. This kind of videos we don't see at present media.

[@shekhard8626]

Mind blown. That hypnotic music.. 😂👌🏼.

[@michaelrubbo7467]

I am an engineer, and I have never seen the Ames window before! How cool! Psychology majors, magicians, come forth!

[@uncannysnake]

@@alfa-psi Ahahahaha

[@nirorit]

Lol why would you being an engineer matter in any way shape or form 😂😂😂😂 I know it doesn't as an engineer as well (no joke)

[@gummel82]

Are you just bragging? Being an engineer has literally nothing to do with that

[@CTimmerman]

@@nirorit Don't y'all draw blueprints with perspective?

[@ooghaboogha4362]

He predicted the windows logo 😳

[@4ashutosh]

This was 1 of the best videos, that illusion was really awesome 👌

[@Oliver0ddball]

Best illusion I’ve ever seen. Mind blown!

[@mosabtheeb8337]

so you came from Veritasium right

[@batotskie3744]

no i came before

[@nomadenview]

KZbin algorithm brought me here.... And I love that...

[@Ethiokarate1]

Ok this is some next level stuff...I almost went cross-eyed lol

[@RamartiAndFamily]

You got me subscribed at trapezoid window and the pen going through it.

[@kenchristie9214]

The curiousity show was the best children's programme on Australian Television. I was in my late 20's when I first saw it. If I was home from work in time, I would always watch it.

[@mrmojomajestic8317]

God I miss this show. I grew up with it.

[@Dylan_Young]

Mum says not to use her good scissors. So I'll go for the safe cutting knife.

[@leonardmilne8634]

maybe try running with it

[@pixelga1962]

@@leonardmilne8634 r/cursedcomments

[@hotwheels70]

Also handy when you forget the combination

[@jerichospin]

Don't use the good scissors, use the EVIL scissors

[@casechow]

@@jerichospin lol

[@saintshytan]

imagine watching this while u’re high lmfao

[@kz1630]

just did. plan to make one tomorrow. _Ill probably foget, but yeah...

[@spiceboy6000]

@@kz1630 did you forget

[@SeanRyanJ]

I loved this show when I was a kid. Closest thing now is Be Smart (PBS).

[@keithwatson8228]

This this is the coolest episode I've seen

[@jonjonteru]

Veritasium sent me here

[@kiebitz9821]

Mind blowing

[@CuriosityShow]

Thanks for your comment. Lots more things to make and do on our KZbin channel kzbin.info Deane.

[@efremtommasi1387]

The hypnotic music while spinning is golden

[@peachandtoffee]

This goes old but never disappoints

[@breadfan7433]

"If you look at it from above, you will SEE that it's turning around in a circle". What? WHAT???? Those five seconds starting at 2:09, I've watched them about 10 times. It's even weirder that the normal illusion. Please, someone, say it isn't just me.

[@sergiosanchezpadilla6941]

Yeah, same here bruh

[@WobblesandBean]

Whhhoooaaaaa. The wooby-wooby music really makes this seem even weirder

[@RPAS1234]

I think they hijacked the original motion picture soundtrack from "Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978"...creepy as f***

[@RPAS1234]

Check out this music at 1:34 kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2m3n2p9nqeei9E Creepy science sh*t

[@Akuma72]

This is phenomenal

[@EpiclyYeeted]

Bruh this is the coolest thing I've ever seen

[@programistawlondynie8399]

Windows 10 in 80's ! Time warp machine! 😅

[@GuadalupePicasso]

Starting at 3:27, you can see the “window” going back and forth, and not in circles. It sorta looked like that earlier, before he put the pen through, not as definitely as here, based on how the video cuts were edited.

[@richardpoor]

Good eye !

[@jro1000]

this is fantastic!

[@therewasblood]

Awesome. I don't think shows like this exist anymore! :(

[@newmoodclown]

7years... i confirm, you are correct.

[@dydysh99]

Knowing current times, I somehow see Windows 11 logo on the green wall lol

[@LeaveItAsBlank]

Whose here from XqC video?

[@ikubarus.6966]

I like how he explains it. Just calm

[@kt420ish]

This illusion is insane! Great video

[@technohouseconnoisseurs7282]

Can anyone id the song or music being used for this particular experiment when the window is spinning? Please help, would love to know!

[@jerichospin]

Probably Channel nine library music, or Rob was playing with a home organ wishing kids liked his segments as much as Deanes

[@Weston_Tetsuo]

I focus on the windows 8 logo😂

[@ReziKureizi]

ohhhh god im so in love with these type of perspective illusion

[@Philip_Lim]

This is mindblowing, literally.

[@snowvoredude]

Window 10

[@nikolaiii3]

Why do I see the Windows 10 logo on the wall?

[@kannakamui1]

I think my brain can't handle this no more.. Why there no good tv show like this anymore tho.. I miss it..

[@little_sh1t]

my two brain cells cant comprehend this wizard curse

[@farahgames96]

Cellbit

[@alfredoprime5495]

It'd be interesting to find out whether this is also what someone who has never seen a window would experience. For example, someone from one of those indigenous tribes in the Amazon who don't have contact with modern civilization.

[@ML2018]

Interesting question. In the beginning he said we are wired to perceive things that are bigger as closer to us. And smaller things as farther away. So their vision would be the same but yeah inWonder if that applies to everything.

[@sometimessnarky1642]

I think the illusion would still work.

[@e.t926]

Illusion wouldnt work

[@dtoadq]

it would definitely still work. This illusion isn't how we expect windows to be aligned or shaped, it's that the illusion messes with your brain's expectations of perspective projections by imitating an orthogonal projection. Orthogonal projections don't shrink/grow objects from depth/distance. Our eyes, of course, are perspective and depth-perceiving. This illusion inverts our depth perception.

[@sundarjohn9634]

What in the world... That background sound is awesome tooo,

[@everlastinglife5978]

This is so crazy. I friggin love it.