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Can you see the motion magic eye????

en.wikipedia.org — everyone where i work has spent the last 30mins seeing if they can or can't see the image in this picture. i can't.

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  • HarryBauzonia, on 10/12/2007, -11/+72Sweet. I didn't know those things could be animated.
    • MAdaXe, on 10/12/2007, -3/+53They can - there's a hack of quake II, with the entire thing as a random dot stereogram - it's pretty cool, if unplayable.
    • BlackSheepx, on 10/12/2007, -2/+34Heres a simpler game than quake II in stereogram format: http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/~d3rebas/creative/martinsoft/spong/index.html (Pong)

      Really interesting stuff. I never knew how to see it until a few years back, now it's just as simple as anything else. Practice looking at your finger then sort of "crossing" your vision so you see two of your fingers...thats what you want to do to be able to see the image. Make the images in the stereogram overlap.
    • Guspaz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I wouldn't say that the SIRDS version of Quake 2 is unplayable. I managed to play through several levels of it. It's just difficult, since there's no texturing or shading. You're essentially relying entirely on the depth info for navigation. But if you can get into the groove, you can spot walls, enemies, obstacles, and navigate around (and shoot) them.
    • Hypersapien, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17Some more Magic Eye animations along with Magic Eye Tetris

      http://www.lutanho.net/mageye/
    • rodbibeau, on 10/12/2007, -4/+16Does the sharkhave two dorsel fins and two sets of flippers? and wtf is swimming in front of it?
    • tonicboy, on 10/12/2007, -6/+6@rodbibeau

      Exactly. There's certainly something animated there, but it really doesn't resemble a shark to me. More like a large blob with a fin behind, and a smaller blob in front.
    • LycoLoco, on 10/12/2007, -3/+48It's not a schooner, it's a sailboat!
    • rodbibeau, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5After I reloaded the page it was just a single shark. Good times.
    • jpetticrew, on 10/12/2007, -3/+18Awesome, a sailboat!
    • JoeCool1986, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Ok, so who focuses closer and sees it as concave and who focus farther away and sees it as convex (the way it should be)? I always focus closer first for some reason...

      good stuff.
    • Ignignokt01, on 10/12/2007, -25/+10It's just an animated swimming SHARK, nothing else. Its not a boat. Get your eyes checked lol. This can't be good for them...
    • shoover, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7If you're seeing it properly it clearly is a shark, and there is nothing in front of it. Basically if the dark line is a marker, your left eye should focus on a dark line one to the left of the one your right eye is focusing on. If you're seeing multiple dorsal fins and a small body with a large body around it, it means your left eye is focused on on more than one marker to the left. The wider your eyes spread, the more dorsal fins you'll see. :)
    • TheFoo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16 @Ignignokt01 "It's not a schooner, it's a sailboat!" is a reference to Mallrats. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113749/quotes
    • MeridianBlade, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6It took them 30 minutes and you still cant see it? took me 5 seconds to see the swimming shark, lol. It is pretty cool they can make it animated.
    • heysuburbia, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4You can actually turn ANY game on a CRT monitor into a steroscopic image. All you need is a pair of goggles and an emiter from your computer (If anybody is interested, I can find out the name and where to buy them. They're fairly cheap, we got ours from some 3D guy in Boston)

      Here is my co-worker playing a FPS on my computer:

      http://basicfunction.com/html/?postid=56
    • Icecream, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I have never been abil to see these, ever. Ive always wondered what they look like, i just can never do it.
    • TruthElixirX, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I used to couldn't until one day I got my eyes crossed funny and it worked. I can do it on command now.
    • dhelmet78, on 10/12/2007, -6/+9A schooner IS a sailboat, stupidhead!
    • crilen007, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3@TruthElixirX

      Sorry to burst your bubble, but Crossing your eyes will invert the image.
      You have to attempt the opposite of crossing your eyes to make it proper. (look past it).

      I can do both on command, although sometimes i get them mixed up when trying to do it heh.
    • baloniaz, on 10/12/2007, -10/+1I just submitted a link on digg to a motion stereogram generator plugin for 3ds max
    • aywwts4, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Dont bother trying it on the small version, just go straight to the large one at the bottom.
    • rpggm, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1Yup. Saw it right away, took maybe 3 seconds.
    • alej744, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3AW YES! I SEE IT!

      THANK YOU QUICKTIME GIF SCALING AND LOOPING!!!!!!


      WHEEEEE a little shark!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • mrASSMAN, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE STILL HAVING TROUBLE SEEING THE ILLUSION:

      http://www.keepmyfile.com/image/c31d6c823386

      (photoshopped)
    • miwunderlich, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Here is a higher quality version.
      http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Stereogram_Tut_Animated_Shark.gif
    • mp3dog, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I remember when I was a kid, they used to have abstract pictures that had an image hidden in it. You had to look through a red lens to see the hidden image.

      Anyone have any info on those things, or how to make one with Photoshop?
    • snapcase, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Finally got the shark to work. I used to be really good at seeing stereograms, but that was before I got my glasses. I find it a lot harder while wearing my glasses. I also find it harder to see stereograms on monitors (or anytime it is back-lit) then when in print. I had to take my glasses off to see the shark and that pong game, I have a feeling I'd have an easier time with contacts than glasses.
    • brainache, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Just focus behind your screen. And dudes or girls who are short sighted, do it without your glasses its a lot clearer.
  • eryx, on 10/12/2007, -38/+10I can't see it, 15min waisted!!!
    • fletchowns, on 10/12/2007, -43/+42Kill yourself. I saw it in about 4 seconds.
    • RonTarson, on 10/12/2007, -16/+4hahaha
    • neoform, on 10/12/2007, -13/+15 seconds here..
    • Xuaxinodal, on 10/12/2007, -12/+6Honest, like 1-2 seconds... look... focus... moving shark
    • Jeebugorn, on 10/12/2007, -5/+22i see nothing except moving colors
    • joeydoo, on 10/12/2007, -8/+3How fast is a blink? Thats how fast I can do it. Been doing these for years though.
    • Takteek, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Put your face right next to the screen, so your nose is touching and try to look "past" the screen. (Focus your eyes in the distance as if the screen wasn't there.) After a few seconds, slowly move your head back and try to focus your eyes on it.

      It works.
    • sHARD>>, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11You know, some people (like me) have bad depth perception and are almost completely unable to view these. Jesus, you people don't have to be such asses to him.
    • super_spyder, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4WOW this is the first one if seen the right way, i always see them in reverse (things That pop out go in)
    • otherland, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3"You know, some people (like me) have bad depth perception and are almost completely unable to view these. Jesus, you people don't have to be such asses to him."

      I don't have any depth perception from lack of normal stereo-vision, I can still see it briefly after a few seconds of focusing.

      It's all technique. Put your nose next to the screen, close and relax your eyes briefly, open and focus as if you are looking through the picture and not at it, move away from it slowly. Once you got the technique down you can see almost any of them with ease.
    • Jeebugorn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@otherland

      weird. i've never found another person that does see in stereo vision. though i cant see anything in "3d". i've never been able to do these things no matter how hard i try. guess everyone is different.
    • psyon, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4What you need is a fatty-boom-batty blunt, and I guarantee you'll be seeing a shark, an ocean, and maybe even some of those big-titted mermaids doing some of that lesbian *****. Look at me, look at me, you sloppy bitch!
    • gcnaddict, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1+1 to takteek: I kept trying to cross my eyes, but I just realized that some of them work with crossing eyes and some work with the method you described. In this case, it was the latter. Thanks for the tip :D
    • indirect, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Don't mod him down just cause he can't see it!
  • pype, on 10/12/2007, -3/+50Hey! A Sailboat!
    • turnTaker, on 10/12/2007, -4/+23No. That's a schooner.
    • tdogg241, on 10/12/2007, -4/+35A schooner is a sailboat, stupid.
    • qazsz, on 10/12/2007, -22/+5i thought it was a shark
    • SuperGhost, on 10/12/2007, -23/+6a sailboat?? Looks like a shark to me...
    • jonnypyro, on 10/12/2007, -23/+3LOL
    • thehigherlife, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21i was going to give away the joke, but its funnier to see people say i don't think its a sailboat.
    • Jakelshark, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14thats beautiful man...

      Kevin Smith people...come on!
    • mattyxo, on 10/12/2007, -19/+5@gazsz
      It is a shark - the file name is "Stereogram_Tut_Animated_Shark_Small.gif "
    • dext3r, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12ugh, way to not get the Mallrats reference...
    • craterburnsu, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12@qazsz

      It is... The sail boat thing is a joke from mallrats.
    • TheJadedDog, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Don't tell me you people don't know Mallrats.
    • TheThirdWheel, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19For anyone who doesn't get the joke:

      http://schooner.ytmnd.com/
    • bluesydude, on 10/12/2007, -9/+2It's a sailboat shaped like a shark.
    • Lososaurus, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8You know what?! There is no Easter Bunny! Over there is just some guy in a suit!
    • bobpaul, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1umm.. shark?
    • RoboPimp3000, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Why do you guys digg down everybody who doesn't get your pop-cult references? Not everybody has seen Mallrats, you know.
    • RoboPimp3000, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Double Post, sorry.
  • AnteChronos, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3That's pretty cool. It's a bit harder to see than a standard Magic Eye image (took me about 10 seconds instead the 1 or 2 seconds that the standard ones take me) which may explain why some people can't see it at all.
  • dantidote, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2yeah i could see it, very cool.
  • McGrude, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6I can never see those things! What am I doing wrong?
    • Stoutlimb, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4You're probably blind in one eye and don't know it.
    • lechatron, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4you've got to open your eyes.
    • sstidman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2For what it's worth, I have never been able to see one either. But, for some reason, I was able to see the one linked in this topic for the first time ever. I've now been able to see three different ones tonight. Here is what I did:

      - I put my face about 8 inches away from the monitor
      - I tried as best as I could to relax
      - I tried as much as possible to let go of my focus. This, for me, was the hardest part. I naturally want to focus on what I am looking at.
      - I also tried focusing in front of and behind the image.
      - I slowly moved my head back and forth but did not adjust my focus in an attempt to put my focus at the proper distance.
      - After a while, I started to notice that some of the dots appeared farther away than others. I could not see an object yet, but there was a definite 3D illusion starting to occur with the dots. If you reach this stage, you are doing it right so keep doing what you are doing.
      - I continued to move my head back and forth without adjusting my focus.
      - Suddenly, the object emerged from the random dots. It was kind of blurry at first, but got quite a bit sharper over a matter of a few seconds. If I blinked it went away, but it was fairly easy to get it back (usually within 10 to 15 seconds).


      Once I got the first one, it was quite a bit easier to get the other two, partially because I realized I had a false assumption in the past. That assumption was that the object would be a single color or would be normally colored. Once you are able to see the object, it looks like a million little 3D dots or various colors clumped together in the shape of the object. The surface of the object looks kind of like each of the balls in this picture: http://www.smartvending.com/twinklersgb.JPG


      Some iof these stereograms are much harder to see then others. So keep trying different ones. And be patient; it took me a while to see the first one.
  • mendicant, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2It's much harder to view on a monitor I've always found.

    Also, with how small it is, it can make it tough.

    See if you can find a bigger one, and maybe print it off. Might make a difference.
  • framitz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If you call THAT animation, takes a while to fully load.
    If you can't see it:
    Notice the vertical bands, cross your eyes slightly so that two adjacent bands appear as one (may need to adjust distance), relax your eyes, prepare to be unimpressed.

    You can also take one of these images in Photoshop and superimpose one over the other with some transparency, then offset the two images to see the picture if nothing else works for you. This is a good way to demonstrate how it works and how to see it.
    • AnteChronos, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9"cross your eyes slightly"

      You actually want to do the opposite. You want to *relax* your eyes. Hold your hand in front of your face, between you and your monitor, and look at it. Now look at the monitor. *That's* what you want to do for a Magic Eye image. Look *behind* it, just like you looked behind your hand.

      But you're correct in that you want the dark bands to overlap. Every Magic Eye image has some repeating pattern like that, which you'll need to make overlap to see the image.
    • trogdoor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Easiest way to see it if you have a laptop is to put the animation at the top of the screen, now hold your finger ~6 inches behing the screen and look at your finger over the top of the screen. You should see two of anything on the screen and they will get farther apart the farther back you move your finger. Now just slowly move your finger back and forth untill you see the image in 3D.
    • aurigus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3AnteChronos: Actually there are 2 ways to see it. You can cross your eyes slightly - the image looks like it sinks into the monitor. This is the only way I can see it personally.

      The other way is to let your focus go past your monitor. I am not sure but I think this would make the image jump out at you. That is probably how you do it.
    • pauldonnelly, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Dunno why people dugg AnteChronos down. Although it's possible to make these pictures for cross-eyed viewing, this one is designed to be viewed by diverging your eyes rather than crossing them. The other way will invert its depth.
    • dbr_onix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Half-saw it, although was never very good as these evil Magic Eye things *mutters*
      Anyway, here's the cheating-way framitz mentioned :
      http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/58/stereogramcheatshark4ws.gif
      (The layer blending mode makes it more obvious, but it's still visible if you just drop the opacity to 50%)
      - Ben
  • eryx, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Hey I got it now

    now thats how you waist time!!!
  • iShBuu, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1So there goes my productivity for the day.
  • haystacker, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9ugh, my eyes are all blurry now and im only on my first beer.
  • ZylogZ80, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2so dope
  • SweetMercury, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Unbelievably awesome!
    • joeydoo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Really? "Unbelieveably Awesome" You need to get out more.
      Sure I dugg it. But get some perspective.
    • PcChip, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"get some perspective"

      how punny
  • thehigherlife, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4i still can't see it
  • Ace02, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2I can see it, really cool.
  • gookie, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2It's a Shark trapped in a net...LOL! Kewl, never knew you cud animate those.

    I honed the technique at the waiting room of a dental clinic when I was 6. The four walls were covered with huge ass size of these 3D illusions...

    LIEK OGM!!!
    • LycoLoco, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Wow....go back to AOL or MySpace or from wherever you came.

      Thanks,
      The Management
    • gookie, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4LIEK OGM!!!

      Go back to your mom's ass.
  • e___ric, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I am currently hungover ( yeah I know its Tuesday) and I looked at that for 2 seconds and I got sick.
  • steyr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I got it in a few seconds. I just got really close to the monitor and crossed my eyes (and I know thats not the correct way, but it has worked for me on the other print ones).
  • flamingmb, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2thats so easy to see. I like it, they need more images like that.
  • piratearggghhh, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1That's pretty cool. The trick is to kind of look past it.
    • iDealL, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1no kidding i can't believe people don't realize that all you have to do is focus in the distance to see these things. if nothing else print one out on a piece of paper and poke a tiny dot in the middle of it, then focus on something in the distance that you can see through that dot. that'll at least get you on the right track, until you can do it w/o actually looking at a far-away object.
  • streborzil, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0thats awesome. I can see it.
  • SlappyMc, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2[edit] nevermind
  • abiding99, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1no problem... I had a friend who had one of the magic eye books, I sat for hours until I could see the pictures. Once you get it, it's like riding a bike. Haven't seen an animated one though, sweet deal. (yes it's fishy but don't give it away for those who slave away trying to see it). Oh well... bound to be spoilers.
  • falafeljack, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0coool! I couldnt see it in the browser but saving it and enlarging the pic made it a lot easier to see. this shark is sweet! I dont see the net however...
  • avengence, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Thats cool, didnt know they could be animated... guess it makes sense. Its just a shark swimming though.
  • gaynigger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Yeah great I saw it, now my vision is all screwed up, thankyou internet
  • munkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If you look at a lot of stereo 3-D photography its really easy. I've trained my eyes do to it. Like said above, once you start to get the hang of it, its really easy
  • Dhalgren, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I saw this much easier that other static magic eyes.
  • mmurch03, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2You know what??? The Easter Bunny isn't REAL!!!!

    See that over there?? It's just a guy in a SUIT!!!!
  • digitalArtform, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I thought it was either a swimming fish, or The Soul Train coming down the track
  • vodkagimlet, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Mmm, shark. Five seconds here. Doesn't really seem digg-worthy, though.
  • silic0n, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I'm not being a prick, but I can always see these things. This one is only slightly cool because it's animated.

    • wistar, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0With me I either see it immediately as I did in this case (surprisingly) or I never see it.
  • RonTarson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Oh I see it now! Its Andy Griffith spanking Opie. My eyes hurt now
  • ericpp, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5You can use Tool's 10,000 days cd case to see this animation :)
  • molecool, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2Took me 2 seconds.
  • jbirdman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Now that is cool. Managed to see it after only a few seconds. Have never seen one animated before.
  • ruley, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0why cant i see it! im so stupid, why why why! i &heart; kevin smith. he's quentin tarintino for stoners
  • dkilmer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Descent used to have a mode where it would show one "screen" for each eye, and you could do the same trick with it.
  • FZero, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I can see it, it's some kind of shark... but now my eyes hurt.
  • bobasaurus, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0Pretty easy to see :P . ~10 seconds here.
  • londoneconomist, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Mister Pitt! You have got to stop staring at that poster!
  • buba69, on 10/12/2007, -7/+8i don't understand why this is on digg?
    • Xinareiaz, on 10/12/2007, -9/+7because it's way cool, although the same reason doesn't apply to you....I realy dont understand why YOU are on digg.
    • mtnxfreeride, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1owned^infinity
  • Xinareiaz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The easiest way for me to do it is first, get within 8-10 inches of your monitor. Then look past the shark thingy without focusing on it at all. Then focus on it and you will see the shark thingy, it took me a few seconds to recognize the shape but then it was really easy to hold
  • zybch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Magic Carpet (from bullfrog) had a mode where you could get a headache while playing the game as a stereogram thingy.
  • thefutureisnow, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Ugh.... 1 second? I need to find some other way to waste more time, I guess. The swimming shark is pretty cool though.

  • samboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+71994 called and wants their autostereogram back. :-)

    These were very trendy around the same time Doom came out; back then, even magazine ads would have these autostereograms. They soon went out of style and it looks like a lot of diggers are too young to remember them.
  • cwncool, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1i love these. when I first saw these a long time ago, i couldn't see them, but now I can see them every time. :)
  • Stumpfarmer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I spent about two months in the early nineties staring at my b/w laptop screen, trying to figure out how these illusions are built. Figured it out eventually and also possibly permanently messed up my eyes. When I look through binoculars to this day, I see a double image, no matter what adjustments I make. Be warned!
    • mtnxfreeride, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1.gif ... not give .. err for the comment below this
  • spyres, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Lame. Just a bog standard autostereogram. Having it as an animated give doesn't make it much more interesting.
  • shtonkalot, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1That thing has got to be 4 frames of animation. Looks poor.
    I like stereograms and all but that was a pretty simple looking one.
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