If you stand at a specific angle and have a picture taken, the photograph will produce an impressive 3-D effect. Photos by Wu Ni / China Daily

You can be a part of the exhibits from a proper angle, Wu Ni teaches you how to pose.

Cannot get enough of 3-D movies? Try another way of experiencing the magical 3-D effect in the newly opened 3-D Fantastic Images House in Shanghai.

A total of 42 paintings are drawn on the walls of the elaborately built exhibition room, covering an area of about 500 square meters.

The paintings that come in sets of three or four pieces, form specific themes such as characters from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, images of Dunhuang grotto murals and evil monsters from Western legends.

If a visitor looks at the paintings with naked eyes straight on, he or she will not feel the 3-D effect.

But if one stands at a specific angle and have a picture taken, the photograph will produce an impressive 3-D effect.

If you stand at a specific angle and have a picture taken, the photograph will produce an impressive 3-D effect. Photos by Wu Ni / China Daily

"It involves using visual manipulation or optical illusions to create the art pieces," says Wang Xinyue, an employee of the house. "The use of colors, perspective techniques and lighting creates amazing 3-D effects."

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