ABSTRACT
H. von Helmholtz averred that a view from the front provided by the ophthalmoscope should be inclusive of the retina, the retina’s blood vessels, and the optical images on the retina’s surface. Physical optics is in terms of luminous bodies, radiation, and radiant light, ecological optics is in terms of illuminated bodies, illumination and ambient light. Parallel comments hold for three-space and solid angles, with the “lay of the land” expressed optically in terms of the faces and facets of optical solid angles and their boundaries. The nested 2D areas of the multiply nested optic solid angles at each station point comprise a multifractal. The room is constituted primarily by trapezoidal surfaces and viewed through a peephole in one of the walls. Collectively, the optical projection of the walls, floor and ceiling at the designated viewpoint is identical to the optical projection of the walls, the extraordinary Ames Room is perceived as ordinary, as rectangular.
