Thread: Do You See What Eye See? - Magic Eye

Was the first one a peacock?

I love stereograms! I just think it's fascinating what one can do with a simple 2D picture... I can't help but wonder how someone actually came up with the idea to put two identical images side by side and diverge the eyes.

I used to not be able to do these, either. I just didn't grasp the concept, and one time I was in my optometrist's office and he had a few of these Magic Eye books and I decided to give it a shot again and managed to do it! Now it comes fairly easily for most images.

Originally Posted by Abra

That one took me a while to get.

Actually, you can see stereograms either by converging (crossing) the eyes and diverging (relaxing) the eyes and you will see the opposite image. Traditionally you diverge the eyes, but if you manage to cross your eyes and see the image, what usually would pop out at you is sunk into the image. I have a hard time crossing my eyes with stereograms, but I've managed it and it's interesting... at least to me.

How much would you have to cross your eyes to see the image (keep the images on top of each other, directly side by side or one slightly above the other).

My eyes aren't seeing anything... but they're extremely tired and pretty useless right now lol

**Edit**
Shift, is the second pic of what looks like the Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland, actually dogs looking upward?

I don't understand. Is the whole picture the magic part, or is it a snippet of the picture? Is what I'm looking for large or small? Someone take one of these and put lines around it.

anyway

Originally Posted by Zhaylin

How much would you have to cross your eyes to see the image (keep the images on top of each other, directly side by side or one slightly above the other).

My eyes aren't seeing anything... but they're extremely tired and pretty useless right now lol

**Edit**
Shift, is the second pic of what looks like the Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland, actually dogs looking upward?

Hey, like I said- tired may be better!

Spoiler for answers to the images I posted:

1. Rhino nailing a hunter in the ass with his horn. Jeep and crawling dude in the background
2. Squirrel with acorn pile
3. Dalmation puppies
4. The four-leaf clovers pop out at you
5. Lion leaping to your left
6. Mechanical kitty chases mechanical mouse
7. Puppy chasing frog from bowl
8. Girl windsurfing
9. Robot skateboarding on Saturn's rings
10. Jack Sparrow and cannon
11. DaVinci
12. Neon horse
13. Pink Panther and assorted instruments
14. Deer and fawn
15. Skeleton Pirate
16. Dragon hatchling and egg
17. Lion, elephant, zebra, giraffe, AFRICA
18. Soupline guys pop out
19. Beautiful houses on the beach and trees pop
20. Penguins pop

Originally Posted by Sandform

I don't understand. Is the whole picture the magic part, or is it a snippet of the picture? Is what I'm looking for large or small? Someone take one of these and put lines around it.

What you'll see is that a chunk of the image will literally appear to be three dimensional and popping out of your screen. Generally, you won't be able to see it at all unless you can adjust your eyes. O showed it really well http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...0&postcount=21 . Those gray images show the 3d, but they'll be overlaid by the texture of the picture you can see normally.

*BAH! I totally suck at these lol
I see 4 perfect poodles looking upwards and to the left- each with a paw on the ground through the piles of leaves they're peeking out from

When I get tired, my eyes become extremely dry and itchy, which causes me to blink more frequently, which upsets the whole process just a tad

For Shift's:

Spoiler for Answers for those that I could see::

A guy jumping in the air with a rhino chasing him.
Squirrel holding an acorn, with other acorns on the ground.
Three dalmation pups
Another one where I can see it in 3D, but not the hidden picture.
Jumping lion-thing
Cat looking down with its tail in the air.
A dog and a frog
Windsurfing girl with a dolphin in the background.
Robot surfing on the rings of a planet
Jack Sparrow standing by what I think is a cannon?
Same pic but in 3D
Horse jumping over a log
Pink Panther playing a saxophone
Two deer standing by some trees
Skeleton with pirate hat, palm try and sword in the sand.
Baby dragon and egg with text that says "Do you see me?"
Giraffe, Elephant, Zebra, and....what are those, calves? With text that says "Africa" at the top.
The great depression (really hard to see)
Another one that I can see in 3D, but can't find the picture.
I think there are some words over the top of the penguins' heads, but I can't make out what they say.

I'd suggest that those who have a hard time with the magic eye thing take a look at some of the ones Shift posted. A couple of them are really easy. Look at the one that has Jack Sparrow's picture on it; relax your eyes as if you're looking into a void, and Jack will eventually pop out at you. That was probably the easiest one for me to see.

I think my screen is too big. With some of the pics, I can see repeated images of the illusion, but never a SINGLE image.

For me the soupline is actually very easy and very, very well done, I guess because of the overlap with the textures that keeps it so clean.

For those ones that you can see that are 3d, but you aren't quite there yet, I find that very closely inspecting what you can see in the 3d and focusing on the part that is closest to you usually snaps them into view.

Above the penguins it says "Save us!" or something along those lines.

Originally Posted by Shift

For me the soupline is actually very easy and very, very well done, I guess because of the overlap with the textures that keeps it so clean.

I do see the soup line, easily, but what's hidden are the actual words "The Great Depression", above the heads of the guys in the soup line.

Hi guys, i must say i am amezed. Today i stumbled upon this thred and all day i was trying to get my eyes into the ''3d world'' And after about 3 hours i managed and now i look at a picture for a few seconds and i see it! I am so excited. But anyways i think everyone wrote to the images exept nobody wrote to abras one(at least i didnt see it) And in abras i saw(SPOILER ''THE GAME''.) Am i right?

Originally Posted by jan019

But anyways i think everyone wrote to the images exept nobody wrote to abras one(at least i didnt see it) And in abras i saw(SPOILER ''THE GAME''.) Am i right?

That darn Abra.

Yup jan, you got it

YAY ... well anyway i stumbled ... Whenever i see any image thath has a 3d thing hidden inside it i can see it beautifly even all of theose on this site, but whenever i get a paralel or cross-eyed imahe like the one i atached i can't seem to get the 3d look and tips?

Those ones are a bit tougher, I think generally because they are larger than what you usually see on a stereogram- try to back up a bit further away than you have been trying and see if that helps. You'll notice a lot of stereograms actually have circles or objects that are there to help you view them in 3d- you should be doing the same thing to see both of these types of 3d images. Try to find a stereogram that you can see easily, one with the circles. As you're making the image become 3d, watch what happens with the circles- they should move toward one another and overlap. This is exactly what you want to do when you have two images beside one another like in the picture you posted.

This is my personal favorite hologram ever

Yeah :-D Noogah ROX :-D

These are amazing!

It took me a good 20 minutes to get them working, but after the first few the rest are easy.

Keep em coming

Wow I just figured these out and now I can see them all. All you have to do is pick two similar patterns/objects, look at the space between them, and cross your eyes slowy to where they will automatically come into focus as they overlap.