Magic Eye Pictures

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I've never been able to see them and still can't. Used to get really frustrated when I was little and thought that it was somehow because I wasn't 'cool' enough (everyone at school could do them) but think I'm overthinking them. Would love to be able to someday though.

Well, your replies seem to point to my squint being the culprit for my inability to see these damn things.

I did suspect this.

And I thought that it was all a big con. Ho-hum.

Feel free to say that they're not so good, if ya like. I feel as though I'm missing out, here.

Me too, but they don't seem to be around much in the last few years, fortunately.

Gone are the days when I would see one in the newspapers, every day of the week!

I can't see them, but it has nothing to do with AS: I'm blind in one eye. It is really weird to have everyone looking at something you can't see, though, and I used to think, as a kid, that there was some kind of conspiracy!

Have you seen those pop up books or birthday cards with pop out bits? The magic images look like that when you see them. The hidden image steps forwards (or backwards) from the background. It still fascinates me that there is an image hidden in there and I love to make them pop out. This one has a large 3D duck that pops out of the background:



The strange thing about the image is that the background appears about 8 inches behind my computer screen! The duck itself is approx 4 inches behind my screen. The optical illusion is quite compelling.

I can't see what you say.

I can see (imagine?) many little things but not a huge 3D duck.

It was a couple of years before I learned the technique to see magic eye images. One day it just 'clicked' and I can see them all now. There is no imagination involved. I sort of relax my focus on the picture and wait a second or two then BLAM the 3D picture just appears plain as day. It helps to have your face close to the image initially, say around 10 inches away. After the image appears you can slowly move your head back a couple of feet away, but if you move too suddenly the image vanishes as your brain loses its grip on the 3D perspective.

This is an interesting one. Don't know if it will show here in the forum properly because it will probably get resized to fit the page. It contains the word "SCOtA" in large letters over the top of what look like castle battlements. While the word isn't very impressive this image has a very deep 3D perspective. The background looks like it is 2 feet behind the monitor! The word itself appears to be around a foot behind the monitor. It is weird - just like someone has cut a huge hole in my screen and I'm seeing straight through it. To get some idea of what this image looks like, imagine having some wallpaper or fabric with the flat pattern you can already see in 2D and cutting out the letters "SCOtA" using the same fabric / wallpaper and hanging the fabric background a couple of feet away from you with the letters hanging in mid air around a foot in front of the background. That is exactly what you see with the magic eye image.

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Edit: Despite the forum resizing this image the magic eye effect is unaffected! It still shows the 3D image.

Nope. I still can't see 'em, despite my effort's. It's like the 90's all over again.

At least I now realise that I can't see them because of my lack of 3D vision. That does slightly soften the blow.

Still frustrated though Grrrr!

It's my own fault for starting this thread. I just wanna see the duck.

Try this: I've had an idea that may help you. Position the image of the ducks in the middle of your screen. Place your face around 8 inches away from the screen looking squarely at the image. Put your mouse pointer in the middle of the image. Now let your focus go slack as though you are trying to see through your screen - as your focus changes you will see two (out of focus) mouse pointers - one seen by each eye. Try to look deeper into the image forcing the two images of the mouse pointers further apart. With a bit of luck if you get the mouse pointers to seem a couple of inches apart, you'll be at more or less the right focus depth and the image of the duck should appear.

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Oh my god! I think I saw it.

I think I saw a duck shape, pointing to the left of the screen. Does this sound accurate?

It seemed slightly further forward than the background, but sort of camouflaged.

It didn't last longer than maybe ten seconds & then my left eye wandered a bit too much.

I'm sure I saw it.

Yes! The duck is looking towards the left. With a little practice you will be able to see these easily and get a strong focus on the image. In the duck image the big 3D duck is made up of lots of little ducks all stuck together.

This is a major breakthrough for me. For instance, I can't see 3D images via glasses & TV, or the old fashioned version with the coloured lenses, so this is quite something.

Even in real life I lack depth perception, I make up for it with visualisation techniques, grid's and all sorts of things. But I still, occasionally, shoulder charge door frames.

I'm chuffed.