So give this company points for creativity, but who in the world runs in a tile factory? If you’d like to take credit for making something amazing then by all means put it on blast and show just what it took to make the effect but don’t make up silly stories such as ‘it helped to stop people from running down the hallway.’ I promise you, not that many people find tile all that appealing, and certainly won’t go running to be the first to get into the store.
As it is however the optical illusion could probably fool a few people until you really start to look at it. The human eye is of course easy to fool, which means that people would think twice about just walking straight down the hall without wobbling first. When we see something like this we tend to think that we’re going to either fall or rise depending on the floor. What we don’t initially think is that we can walk straight forward without any issue. But once you see past the illusion, which isn’t as hard as it might seem, then you should be able to navigate the hallway without much trouble.
Plus, once the floor gets scuffed and even a little bit dirty the illusion is kind of ruined and can be circumvented pretty simply. But brand new and just completed it’s a very nice piece of work that must have taken a good amount of time to complete. Interestingly enough just looking at it can kind of make you dizzy, but once you see past it then you can see how the individual tiles were cut and how the effect of ‘sagging’ from the wall was done. I can imagine that many people had to watch how they walked simply because looking down at it would force your body to react as it normally would to a sudden dip in any solid surface. Your muscles would react differently and would seek to overbalance or compensate in a way that would possibly put a lot of strain on a person’s body if they weren’t careful.
Watching the clip below however you can see that the individual is essentially trying to walk along the flattest part of the floor, which is silly really because the entire floor is flat. It’s the lie that your eyes tell you however that makes a person feel the need to do this. This same effect has been created on sidewalks in various cities where artists have taken to creating such lifelike images that depict vast, open scenes in the sidewalk that some people have trouble simply approaching let alone standing on.
The optical illusion that’s created is impressive but the story behind it is kind of ridiculous. If you were going to do this to stop people from running down the halls it’d be better to put it in a school setting. The only issue there would be that you might cause a sudden epidemic of vertigo since kids at any age might be severely disoriented by this, as would teachers.
It’s a cool effect though.
Here’s how to navigate our floor! #tiles #Manchester #Lovetiles #Illusion #Aliceinwonderland #CharlieAndthechocolatefactory pic.twitter.com/fn8kV2Wcz9
— Casa Ceramica (@casaceramica) September 22, 2017
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