We've all seen those 80s outfit and a fuzzy TV screen. They're the ones that show you a 3-D picture when cross- your eyes, blur your while they look at them. What's the deal?
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When you glance at a Magic Eye (or a stereogram, technically speaking) it looks like a fuzzy brain then works out how far away the picture is from by comparing the different views from each eye.
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Seeing the Illusion When you force yourself to focus behind the image, you force your eyes to each look at different squiggles instead of the same one. Because the squiggles are things you experience - so in this case it allows your brain to disregard the squiggley lines themselves and concentrate on the image behind them. Your brain sees the image in 3-D because your brain thinks your eyes are looking at the same thing when they're actually looking at identical squiggles in slightly different places.
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Now the question remains, how do you actually see the hidden image? Here are a few tips:
- Relax your gaze on the pattern and allow your eyes to drift out of focus.
- Give the image time to form and then try to look around it without snapping back into normal focus.
- It might be easier to trick your eyes by bringing the picture to your nose and easing it away without refocusing your eyes. Good luck!
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