This wavy floor is actually a mind-boggling optical illusion that stops people from running in the hallway

The INSIDER Summary:UK-based tile company Casa Ceramica is going viral for its custom floor design.Made of 400 individual tiles, the floor looks like it has a giant dent in the middle, but it's actually completelylevel.The optical illusion stops people from running in the hallway.Even more mind-boggling, the optical illusion only works from one perspective.Last month, a unique carpet design from French retailer FNAC went viral on Twitter.Now, a similar floor design from tile company Casa Ceramica is baffling people online for the same reason: Both designs are optical illusions that make a flat floor appear as a bumpy surface.We first spotted Casa Ceramica's design on Reddit, in a now-viral post by user 9999monkeys. It'sinstalled in the entrance to one of the company's showrooms in Manchester, UK.Here's how to navigate our floor! #tiles #Manchester #Lovetiles #Illusion #Aliceinwonderland #CharlieAndthechocolatefactory pic.twitter.com/fn8kV2Wcz9' Casa Ceramica (@casaceramica) September 22, 2017The floor ' which is made of 400 individual porcelain tiles ' looks like it has a giant dent in the middle, but it's actually completelylevel.Even more mind-boggling, the optical illusion only works when you facethe showroom's entrance. The "dent" in the floor disappears when you look at it from the opposite perspective.Correct, here is the view back the other way @casaceramica pic.twitter.com/c6LaVIw1sW' Duncan Cook (@DuncanCook10) September 22, 2017"The inspiration was to create an entrance themed on illusions and [exceed] expectations of how tiles can be used," a representative of Casa Ceramica told INSIDER in an email.The company also commissionedlocal artist Myro Doodles to illustrate free-hand quotes on the walls of the entranceway from films like "Alice in Wonderland" and Tony Walsh's inspirational poem, "This is The Place," in memory of the victims of the Manchester attack in May.See how the optical illusion was made inthe video below.They are actual tiles pic.twitter.com/7HvTqz9jHP' Casa Ceramica (@casaceramica) September 22, 2017Join the conversation about this storyNOW WATCH: This museum has six floors of optical illusions
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