Photograph of two adults standing in an Ames room, apparently with a significant difference in size An Ames room is a distorted room that creates an optical illusion. Likely influenced by the writings of Hermann Helmholtz,[1] it was invented by American scientist Adelbert Ames Jr. in 1946,[2] and constructed in the following year. A video of a man walking in an Ames room An Ames room is viewed wit