Autostereograms

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Eventually I managed to see the shark shape. I then tried it with a few others I found on google images and could see some of them. I find it's a lot easier the larger the image is. Unfortunately it seems to be the less interesting ones that are the easiest to see.

What I do is I completely cross my eyes so that I see two separate images of the computer screen. I then very gradually and slowly refocus my eyes. At the point just before actual focus, the 3D image becomes visible....sometimes.

..I did end up with a bit of a headache though.

Sorry to post twice in a row, but I found the below image quite easy to 3D-ify, so thought maybe it would be a good starting picture. It's not a very interesting one but once you see it it becomes less difficult to see the more complex ones.



So yes, cross your eyes so that you can see two of the images, or "double vision". Then slowly refocus your eyes so that the two versions of the image begin to merge. Don't rush. Just before your eyes are completely in focus, the 3D image should appear. You can then allow your eyes to focus and the 3D image shouldn't disappear.
If you don't see the 3D shape, just try again.

That's not the proper way of doing it but it works for me.

Yes, I can see them and I have AS. But, I do admit, when I was first introduced to these years ago I had trouble seeing them. It took practice for me to see them. So now, I can usually focus in quickly.

See I have never ever seen one. I've tried everything. Looking close, looking at a distance, going cross eyed, whatever. I end up giving up after I start to get nauseous.

Interesting. I can see it but only a partial part of it. Does anyone else get that? I think I read someone about autistic vision not being able to see very far.
Despite having long vision I like to intensely stare at objects in front of me.
I can actually see the outline of the shark without focusing at all. That takes the fun out of it.

Check this one out:
http://www.rhythm.com/~keith/autoStereo ... orseas.gif

When I look to the left I can see more of it, but when I look from different angles I can only see partial areas of it.

The tiger (the beast in the third row) sticks out forward, the most.

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I can't see them, but I think it's because I only use one eye at the time, and am farsighted on the one eye and shortsighted on the other. I don't think it's because I am on the spectrum.

I should say I noticed ones with fine details in the design I can see an optical illusion of a secondary pattern forming, but not one image that they say is there. Like this one..http://www.rhythm.com/~keith/autoStereo ... orseas.gif I notice some pattern like a basket weave going on or like Egyptian bodies being painted on a bowl or something, but nothing else.

For me, the tigers appear furthest back and the horses stick out forward the most. Am I doing it wrong?

When I see the 3D images they are always inverted, as if the shape has been cut out of the front layer. With the shark image on the wiki page, I see the shark as behind the background layer, rather than in front of it, as if it has been carved out.

Are they supposed to jump out rather than recede back? Or perhaps it's a matter of interpretation?

Edit: I read the wiki page and apparently the shark is supposed to be raised. I don't know why I'm seeing all the shapes as indentations.

OK i finally get those. for the first time i can actually see them. I was always expecting a distinct sort of image, that's not what happens. You see a background and an image all with the same texture. When people say a 3D shape they mean there's a depth like perception. It's kind of like those 3D goggles you can get, certain parts of the image seem closer than others.

I can see these and IN FACT, they used to be one of my special interests when I was in 5th grade. I would stare at them for hours and hours. I had all the magic eye books. I got so good at it, that it only took me a couple seconds to see them. I lost all my books though and haven't thought about them in years until you brought this up.

Okay, so I figured that the reason I was seeing them inverted is because I was looking at it as if looking at a close up object, rather than a far-away object.

So I've tried the "proper" way of focusing. I press my nose up to the screen so that the dots are all blurry and then slowly move my head away, not allowing my eyes to focus. This way my eyes are focused as if looking far into the distance. I find it a lot harder to consciously focus my eyes as if looking into the distance than as if looking at a close-up object, for some reason.

Now I have finally seen the 3D image the way it is supposed to be, so that it jumps out at you, rather than retreats behind the background...
It looks SO much better this way. I can actually properly see the detail and the depth this way, whereas the other way I got what looked like a carving. It was hard to see what the 3D image was supposed to be this way, now it's so clear.
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I feel like such an idiot now.

Yes, and bought a book of them.