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Dart said:
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Enjoy ;P
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Hahah...for those that cant see it, it's
a women in a seductive position

Love magic eye took me ages to be able to see them at first. When you finally get it becomes easy. Now it takes seconds.
 
I've never been able to do the magic eye thing either. I was born with a squinty eye so I don't see in 3D so I don't think I'll ever be able to do them... my brain always shuts out one eye or the other :(
 
Ferrio said:
The trick I learned to do them was to put your face close as possible to the image and stare, then slowly back away and don't re-adjust your eyes. Doing that enough times I learned just to be able to look at them an unfocus automatically.
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Thank you. For the people who can't figure out how to diverge their inverting retinal focus whilst staring through the behind of in front of the picture, try this.
 
When I was a kid I spent hours trying and I decided that those bullshit images are fake as a 3 € bank note and you're all pretending to see something inside them. All of you. Liars.
 
This thread is a giant fucking conspiracy. What's really frustrating is that I can see the moving ones - that music video posted earlier and the .gif animation of the shark I can both see - but actually working out the stills is some arcane fucking magic for which nobody's advice has helped.
 
Here's one for those of you who manage with these things, and own a macbook.
Try it while staring at the keyboard.
 
I was born with a cataract and am legally blind in my right eye, maybe that is the explanation for why I have never been able to get the Magic Eye things? Because I can't see jack in them.
 
I've always been able to see these Magic Eye images very easily. I just relax my eyes, the two images start drifting apart, and as the repeating patterns in the ME image line up again (offset from their original, focused positions) I focus again. And bam, there's the 3D image. I can do it on command, basically instantly (although some images take slightly longer to get focused in the offset 3D position).

I have a hard time imagining that some people just cannot do this at all, unless you have problems with 3D vision overall. I think it's just a matter of "getting" it.

Renta said:
For those still having trouble, this should help. Try to cross your eyes so a third square appears in the middle of the two at the top. Then keep your eyes relaxed in that position. If done correctly, you should see the 3D outline of something in the stars.

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Already been said, but no, you DON'T want to cross your eyes. You want to relax them, as if looking at something off in the distance (meaning your "lines of vision" become more parallel, not more crossed) The two squares should start drifting apart, becoming four squares (since your eyes are no longer focused on the same spot). As they keep moving apart, two of them will meet in the middle, so that you now see three squares. This is where you want to refocus (but carefully, so that you don't go back to just seeing two). Once you can do this, seeing any ME image is just a matter of doing exactly the same thing with the repeating patterns in such an image. Relax, drift apart, refocus when the patterns meet again offset by one "step", done.
 
speculawyer said:
sailboat-magic-eye-mallrats-demotivational-poster-1288121062.jpg
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what's silly is that it's actually a shark.


One thing about Magic Eye Images: I can always see the outline of the image, but it looks like it's the inside of a mould, like I'm getting a negative image.

like this:
873046130960e9b6e5652ed2771570cc.jpg


Is that what you're SUPPOSED to see it like? or have I seemingly been doing it wrong for years?
 
PeskyToaster said:
The three color ones destroyed my mind when I first saw them. Especially the black and white building one. I just sat back in my chair and was like "Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit"

Anyone ever watch Brain Games on Nat Geo?
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Oh yeah Brain Games was my shit! I want more of them.

GrizzNKev said:
I am absolutely certain I am being pranked with these pictures in this thread. Can't see shit.
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No you arent. I can see these even though I am stereoblind. Actually I think with my eyes being naturally crossed already it helps me see them faster. Its the only kind of "3d" image I am actually able to see.
 
For everyone having a problem with the (divergent) magic-eyes: use the 3DS external camera! The thing let see you the figures almost immediately, and you can shift the overlapping images if you make a photo of them. It's a great tool to "focus" seeing them directly.


Too bad the image quality is shit, however...
 
Crab said:
This thread is a giant fucking conspiracy. What's really frustrating is that I can see the moving ones - that music video posted earlier and the .gif animation of the shark I can both see - but actually working out the stills is some arcane fucking magic for which nobody's advice has helped.
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I know it seems like one big in-joke but I swear to you it isnt. Its a legit illusion but for some reason some arent able to train their eyes to see them. But I cant see 3d either but I dont doubt it exists.

Santerestil said:
For everyone having a problem with the (divergent) magic-eyes: use the 3DS external camera! The thing let see you the figures almost immediately, and you can shift the overlapping images if you make a photo of them. It's a great tool to "focus" seeing them directly.


Too bad the image quality is shit, however...
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wait a minute, that actually works? FFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
 
Muskieratboi said:
what's silly is that it's actually a shark.


One thing about Magic Eye Images: I can always see the outline of the image, but it looks like it's the inside of a mould, like I'm getting a negative image.

like this:
873046130960e9b6e5652ed2771570cc.jpg


Is that what you're SUPPOSED to see it like? or have I seemingly been doing it wrong for years?
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No, not like a mould.
 
Muskieratboi said:
what's silly is that it's actually a shark.


One thing about Magic Eye Images: I can always see the outline of the image, but it looks like it's the inside of a mould, like I'm getting a negative image.

like this:
873046130960e9b6e5652ed2771570cc.jpg


Is that what you're SUPPOSED to see it like? or have I seemingly been doing it wrong for years?
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This can happen too but Im not sure whats going on with the eye placement to cause it. Youre supposed to see the object pop up towards you, unless the image is designed to have a hole in it, which some of them do.
 
I think the small image dimensions makes it immensely more difficult. when its in a full page book the image takes up your whole field of vision.
 
Muskieratboi said:
One thing about Magic Eye Images: I can always see the outline of the image, but it looks like it's the inside of a mould, like I'm getting a negative image.
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This is how I see them too. I thought that's what they did! I guess that's why I've always thought they were utter shit! >_<
 
oooooh.


now I get it..

I never even thought one could go the other way.

But alas, alfter an hour of trying to train my eyes (I can *get* it, but I can't get a clear focus, it's still blurry.. Moving my gaze around the image heped, and it very often comes almost into focus, but then my eyes seem to just flick back to standard gaze and I lose it), My eyes hurt and are having troubles focusing on *anything8 so I think I'll leave it for the day XD
 
Muskieratboi said:
what's silly is that it's actually a shark.


One thing about Magic Eye Images: I can always see the outline of the image, but it looks like it's the inside of a mould, like I'm getting a negative image.

like this:
873046130960e9b6e5652ed2771570cc.jpg


Is that what you're SUPPOSED to see it like? or have I seemingly been doing it wrong for years?
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No, that's because you're crossing your eyes when you're actually supposed to relax them so that they're looking more in parallel (like when looking at something far away). You're reversing which part of the stereoscopic image each eye is seeing, which is why the 3D effect is reversed.

EDIT: I drew some pretty pictures.

Normal focus (you'll only see a flat image):
me_focusqoumu.png


Cross-eyed (you'll see the 3D image but with reversed depth, i.e. this is your problem):
me_crossguuhp.png


Parallel-ish, as if you're focusing on something behind the image (this is what you want to do to correctly see Magic Eye images):
me_parallelq1u7d.png
 
Santerestil said:
For everyone having a problem with the (divergent) magic-eyes: use the 3DS external camera! The thing let see you the figures almost immediately, and you can shift the overlapping images if you make a photo of them. It's a great tool to "focus" seeing them directly.


Too bad the image quality is shit, however...
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I still don't see shit.

I've come to terms with the fact that I'm never going to see them. I guess my lazy eye has something to do with it.
 
Ok so nm its convergent I can't see then lol.

I mean, what I see is just like the 3DS. You have a fully 3d figure and the whole rest of the background fades into depth.
 
The shadow ones are very easy to see if you allow your eyes to unfocus. You have to look 'through' the page, and then it becomes obvious they are the same colour.
 
So today I learn I've been looking at these magic eye pictures wrong for years. I always cross my eyes and can see them instantly but I don't think I've ever seen them not in reverse stereo. My entire childhood is a lie.
 
Ferrio said:
The trick I learned to do them was to put your face close as possible to the image and stare, then slowly back away and don't re-adjust your eyes. Doing that enough times I learned just to be able to look at them an unfocus automatically.
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OMG! It works! Thank you :D
 
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