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Today we're taking you on
a trip not just anywhere,
but a mind bending attraction
called the Museum of Illusions.
It opens soon in DC and we get a preview.
We should warn you though,
one of the exhibits you're about
to see may cause motion sickness,
but we promise it's worth a look.
The Museum of Illusions Washington,
DC is unlike anything else
that we've got in Washington,
and it's a really exciting space where
we say education meets entertainment
and we're kind of science meets magic.
None of the exhibits here are
actually really mechanical,
but they're all based on math and
science and a lot of the optical
illusions that you'll that will kind
of take you to a different level and
they are meant to be photographed.
OK, so this is a fantastic illusion.
It's called the Infinity well.
And if you look down, it looks like you.
It's a well that's going down into Infinity.
And if you look up,
it looks like it's a well that's going on.
It's Infinity and and you can
actually stand on it. All right.
Never mind.
It's really only this that's,
that's that's an that's an actuality.
It's really not going into Infinity.
It doesn't go beyond the floor,
but it's the use of mirrors and
it's the use of angles.
So a little bit of math,
a little bit of science,
a little bit of lighting that
actually gives you the impression
that you're going on forever.
I think that it's part of the the
human nature of how we love to we
have different perspectives and that
those different perspectives for
when we see that our mind and our
eyes are playing tricks on us is.
Actually a bit of a cool sensation
and to be able to kind of capitalize
on that experience and an interactive
and very immersive space kind of
takes learning and museum exhibits
to an elevated level.
This
is the vortex room,
so if you go inside here,
you'll feel like you are sitting upside down,
but actually it's an optical illusion.
This bridge is absolutely stable
and the only thing that's spinning
is an image around you.
But the way that our mind and
our eyes play tricks on us,
it looks like we're in a vortex
tunnel that's going on forever.
So this is our color room and we
we've got is we've got the red,
green and blue colors that are
being reflected on on this wall.
And what happens is when you stand
in front of one of the colors.
You're going to see the color and
then you're going to see it's
complementary colors at secondary colors.
And so this teaches you again a lot
about prisms, a lot about light,
light and how it works and color
technology and and so as you see I'm,
I'm going from from the blue
to the green and to the red,
I'm going to see my secondary colors and
as you go through you'll be able to see.
So this is a lot of fun.
People of all ages love this
room as they see their shadows.
Um, change into different
into different colors.
Technology and and electronics and
mechanics help create an experience.
But what I love about this is
actually there isn't any mechanics.
What the mechanics is your brain and your
eyes and and that becomes the technology.
But everything else is really just visual.
So you'll notice that again,
nothing is mechanical.
That wherever you go George's eyes
look like they're are following you.
And this is really the welcome the
welcome exhibit to the museum and
what makes it really very local to
Washington DC and what we've tried
to do here is incorporate a lot of
historical references and nuances into
our exhibits that allow it to feel very,
very much a part of the DC community.
So and again this is.
Their math,
science,
you know all come together to
to create magic really.
And that's why I love this space is
because everything can be very much
explained based on on math and science
principles of math and science.
Wow, that has to be my favorite
museum that I would never find my
way out of because I would get stuck
in one of the optical illusions.
Incredible job by them. By the way,
Museum is set to open next Tuesday.
Just head over to
Moi washington.com to get tickets.