hall of mirrors

hall of mirrors

noun

A carnival or amusement park attraction consisting of a maze or series of passageways lined with mirrors, especially curved mirrors giving distorted reflections.
A confusing or disorienting situation in which it is difficult to distinguish between truth and illusion or between competing versions of reality. Also called In both senses also called house of mirrors .

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Noun

(plural halls of mirrors)

A carnival attraction with curved mirrors that distort the viewer's appearance.
(video games, uncountable) A glitch in some three-dimensional games where a missing texture prevents part of the scene from being rendered correctly, causing a trail of previously rendered frames to appear instead.