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the best optical illusion
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I can tell my brain that, but the second the image gets to a certain distance my eyes just auto focus that way now.
You guys are messing with me. There's nothing there
I'll try harder
You guys are messing with me. There's nothing there
I'll try harder
Took me 15 years to learn to do it, so good luck.
jellies_two
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huh? the point is it looks clearly different - but *IS* identical (if you check the RGBs)
Alright if you want to quibble the compression at imgur changed it by 1 byte, in which case look at the guardian original image.
not that the effect changes .. still looks totally orange vs totally brown but actually is identical.
Nope. There's two ways of viewing stereograms; convergent and divergent. Convergent is crossing your eyes such that they focus on a point in front of the image. Divergent is focusing through the image at a point behind, so you're actually uncrossing them. Magic Eye branded stereograms are all divergent; this one is also divergent, although I don't know if it's a Magic Eye one.
If you view a stereogram the 'wrong' way, it'll be inverted; content that is meant to be close will look distant, and vice-versa.
I was so expecting a screamer. Really cool though.
Tis the season?
I see doggies under a Christmas tree!
And Satan.
I relax my eyes so I start seeing double, then the image "snaps" into place, so...I guess that's divergent?
speculawyer
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Tis the season?
Damn, that is a good one. They worked the background into the image.
Yeah I really like it, the tree looks great and pretty awesome depth.
Tis the season?
That's cool, never seen one work the pattern into it like that before.
The right of the image is a bit weird though, not sure what's going on there.
Tis the season?
Holy shit that one stands out.
T-Rex illusion is pretty freaky.
The Silver
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Loved Magic Eye as a kid!
fuck this, I've never been able to see anything
it's a conspiracy
speculawyer
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And even the reflection in the window (or view of a tree outside).
jellies_two
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yeah! doggies and presents under a tree.
once it clicks, as you move your head very slightly, the foreground and background move independently as though it has depth.
once it clicks, as you move your head very slightly, the foreground and background move independently as though it has depth.
I prefer this example of the same illusion. The A and B squares are the same color.
I call bullshit on this one.
Tesseract
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Tis the season?
what's that bridge to the upper-right? looks like a mortal kombat level.
The video linked of next-level magic eye sucks but the first few seconds in useful in teaching you what you need to do with your eyes. Basically, pause the screen where there is two dots. Not relax your eyes until you see 3 dots. Then you do that when looking at a magic eye, but do not focus on anything in particular, just relax your eyes and look at nothing and then POP.
Yeah. I find that by far the easier way to view, but I can do both. I can *sustain* divergent without straining, though.
It's exactly identical. Promise.
"Crossing your eyes" is pretty shitty advice for seeing Magic Eye pictures. Just relax them and look through the image. I've never had a problem seeing them. They're fucking awesome.
Also, regarding the topic, this:
...is the correct answer. Blows my mind every time I see it.
Also, regarding the topic, this:
I prefer this example of the same illusion. The A and B squares are the same color.
...is the correct answer. Blows my mind every time I see it.
:Motorbass
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here you go, GAF
I did use a color inspector and they absolutely never came back with the same color. Photoshop's color pallete jumped every time I took a sample. Fail.taken from this article today:
http://www.theguardian.com/children...ns-ever-clive-gifford-eye-benders?CMP=ema_632
The "orange" and "brown" squares in the middle of the the top and side cube faces are in fact identical in colour
they are both brown... (use a colour inspector to prove it)
Debug your brain
This classic one is amazing though. Each time you sample A or B in photoshop, the hex color code comes back #787878. You just don't imagine that shadow is darkening the white square by that much, but it totally is.I prefer this example of the same illusion. The A and B squares are the same color.
AyaisMUsikWhore
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Loved Magic Eye as a kid!
YAAAAAAAAAAAASSSS!!!! I love these so much!!
My mom had a frame with this in it and I was always able to adjust my eye to see it. Everyone else never could and alwasy thought I was lying about what I saw lol. If I'm correct, this one is the sail boat with all the skeletons undersea.
The key to Magic Eye is preventing your eyes from naturally converging as they would normally when you look at something close up. This results in a double image and at a certain distance the two images align and create a 3D image.
The real trick is focusing on the non-existent 3D image instead of the real 2D image. That's the part that takes a bit of effort and it's very easy to snap out of.
The real trick is focusing on the non-existent 3D image instead of the real 2D image. That's the part that takes a bit of effort and it's very easy to snap out of.
maquiladora
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Foxy Fox 39
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worse one ive ever seen.
Chezzymann
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Doesn't work for me. And when my eyes change focus (Going cross eyed) they just go out of focus and its blurry so I can't see anything anyways.
This one's good.
Nice.
I meant uncrossing then
Here's a little animated one.
Never seen an animated one, that's pretty cool!
It's a propeller.
The second one really fucked me up.here you go, GAF
This one's good.
Its a little baby pigeon.
yup, the going out of focus used to happen to me every time i tried one of the ones where you have to relax your eyes - but one time i tried relaxing and it just clicked, and I was able to refocus and have a super sharp 3d image - so don't give up, it's possible!
This one's good.
O wow. The little flags and everything. Neat!
This one's good.
Ah, the tower bridge looks cool in that one.
Darkangel
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Wow! This video actually helped me see the other 3D pictures. The trick is to unfocus your eyes, but not quite all the way (if that makes any sense). The effect is basically the same as the 3DS's screen.
thehypocrite
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Trickle down economics
Chezzymann
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Eh, its not worth it. They're just silly pictures. I've already tried a crapload of times on multiple ones not too long ago and its just frustrating me.
rottingcore
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Don't feel bad, you're not alone.
It's super easy when you learn the trick. Focus on the wall behind your computer then move your eyes down to the screen without changing focus. Alternatively just relax your eyes and look "through" the picture. Kinda like the cupcake dog.
Is that a scene from the new MAD MAX movie?
That was cool.
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