Optical entertainment of amusement structure and device

Claim 1

An entertainment or amusement building structure having an elongate chamber bounded along its length by at least three elongate, substantially planar walls with at least two adjacent ones of those walls having a reflective surface, an image generating means by which a primary image can be formed across one end of the chamber so as to result in secondary images being generated by reflection of the primary image by the reflective surfaces, the structure being adapted to enable viewer access for simultaneous viewing of the primary image and the secondary images being an illusion of planar/concave/convex forms; said building structure being further characterised in that: (a) said image generating means comprises a screen disposed across the one end of the chamber and an image source for generating an image on the screen; (b) each of said reflective surfaces is defined by a respective array of reflective surfaces being defined by a respective array of reflective tiles; (c) said screen has a viewing surface defined by an array of tile elements; (d) successive tile elements of said array thereof being spaced to define therebetween a respective one of a plurality of light absorbing grooves; and (e) the tile elements of said array thereof having configured, reflective edges adjacent said viewing surface; the arrangement further being such that: (f) said tile elements and light absorbing grooves cause said primary image, when viewed from said other end of the chamber, to be perceived as being of a pixel form; (g) said reflelctive, configured edges cause said grooves not to be perceived in said secondary images; and (h) said array of reflective tiles defining each of said reflective surfaces causing said secondary images to be perceived as being of a pixel form produced by individual reflections from said tiles.