Magic Eye 3D Stereograms, honestly a new way of finding at the world. What are them? Well, they are visual illusions, inexpressive images inside other image.
If you can't see them, its difficult to understand how can be this possible, but its not that difficult. There are other images that when you look at them from close length they show something and when looked from far away they appear to be something different. Basically a stereogram is a 3D image inexpressive in a 2D image. Regularly the 2D image is nothing more than random dots or some sort of pattern, but when looked in a special way, you will see a 3D shape.
How to make a stereogram of your own? Well, you will need a computer program to aid you in this task. What you need is a pattern and a mask. The mask is the most difficult to make for your own. This is honestly a depth mask, and is in black and white, where the whiter a point is the closest it is to you. You can try with the paint program, but its difficult to have good results. Regularly a mask is made with a 3D rendering program (like 3D Studio), that can create depth masks agreeing to the way you view the 3D object (you can rotate it, move it closer or supplementary away, etc).
Another kind of stereogram is made by simply taking 2 photos of the same object from 2 slightly separate positions. You can think of the human eyes like 2 photo cameras, the eyes are slightly apart, this gives us the depth feeling. And this depth feeling is what we are trying to achieve.
How to view a magic eye 3d stereogram:
Bring the stereogram image honestly close to your eyes (until you touch it with your nose). At this length your eyes cannot focus on the image and they look somewhere behind the image. Now, gently push the image away from you, while trying to keep the eyes off focus. At some point you will see the inexpressive image.
Another method is to take an object and put it behind the image (about half of meter behind it). Now, focus on the object behind the image while retention the eyes finding at the image.
Do you remember how is the feeling when you are drunk? Your eyes don't look at the object nearby you, but rather through them. Well, this is honestly what we are trying to achieve (look through the object, not get drunk, loll). If you can administrate to get your eyes off focus, at some point you will be able to see the inexpressive image.
If you're not train to look at stereograms, this might take you some time. First time I've looked at a stereogram it took me like an hour to finally be able to focus the eyes correctly to see the 3D image.
Catalin Catana
How to Make Your Own Magic Eye 3D Stereogram Images
