Saturday, April 14, 2018

Floor Tile Optical Illusion


A company in the UK created this pattern of floor tiles to create the illusion of an undulating surface. It could help discourage people from running in the hallway.

via Oddity Central
Posted by James Gurney at Saturday, April 14, 2018
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4 comments:

thefeltons said...

You can see something very much like this at Meow Wolf in Santa Fe.

April 14, 2018 at 11:55 AM
Terry said...

Wow, I'd never make it down the hall. It reminds me of something a care center nurse told me. When I asked about a single 2x2 square of black tiles in the middle of the path just before an exit door, she said that it helps prevent Alzheimer's patients from wandering - they often think it's a big hole so they won't walk on it to get out the door. Sad, for sure, but a brilliant idea for one more layer of patient safety.

April 14, 2018 at 3:00 PM
Ruth Squitieri said...

There's a room similar to that in a local Ripley's Believe it or not (Orlando). It was totally unnerving and I actually had to hold on to the walls. It's so cool!

April 15, 2018 at 10:33 AM
Tobias Gembalski said...

Does it really work? I mean with stereoscopic vision one should recognise that it is only a pattern on a smooth surface ... or am I wrong?

April 16, 2018 at 4:29 AM

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