Optical Illusions

Your visual system uses edges to detect differences.

Pause to reflect in an oversized mirror with endless possibilities.

See your friends go from tiny to towering in a few steps.

What happens when you double the size of a chair?

Take off and fly in a mirror that makes half your body look whole.

In Silhouette invites you to experience remarkably complex and inventive works of shadow play.

See what you can see with the right perspective.

Contemplate the continuum of cinema at After Dark.

Learn to "fly" on one of the Exploratorium's oldest exhibits.

How far away ARE those chairs?

What can you see when everything is still?

Where are you in infinity? Try the Infinity Room.

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