Magic Eye: The optical illusion, explained

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The science behind the stereogram craze of the 1990s. You might have remembered when sterograms appeared on Seinfeld.

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@MatBaconMC February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

For those of you who are having trouble seeing it, really all you can try to do is imagine that whatever screen you're looking at is transparent, and then try to look past it, "into the distance".
The beauty of these pictures is that once you hit the right amount of divergence, the repeating patterns will lock themselves into place, and you'll be able to look around and see the hidden stuff freely, without your eyes converging back. Then, do it enough times and you will have full control over the divergence.
Take it slow though. Start with the picture with the Airplanes, Dinosaurs and Cakes, it is a HUGE help!

For those of you who are gonna say that this is fake, the hidden message at 6:31 is "wow you did it" and "good job", and for the still skeptical, the one at the end is a winky face.

@MAVENdeNYC February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

I used to get it as a child and recently been trying on some images and couldn't do it anymore. I thought i lost it but now i can see them again. THANKS!

@dhgldskj February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

I had an ikea adde chair at home. I used to stare at the floor through those holes and the chair seemed to pop up and look much bigger. It was eaiser with the chair though because the floor was genuinely a lot behind the chair, so I didn't have to imagine looking a something behind, just actually focus on the floor.

@Caleb-w3j2o February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

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@chazchoo99 February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

As someone with a fixation disparity, this video just gave me a headache.

@nevadastreak February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

Still cannot see after decades. Feel like you all are aliens. Turns out (according to google), it's my astigmatism đŸ˜”â€đŸ’«

@Porter100 February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

I think there is something wrong when I'm doing it because instead of seeing something pop out, I see everything else pop out except for what is supposed to pop out, also with the dino, cake, and airplane illusion the airplane is over all the lines, the dino is under one, and the cake is under all lines. So in my vision the cake is the farthest away and the airplane is closest. Also something cool is when you were showing a bunch of magic eye illusions in a row I did it really quickly on one, and then when it switched it still looked 3-d. Also when the dino, cake, plane illusion came after that even tho you showed something 3-d for a second, (when you showed the shadows) when it came back it still looked 3-d, so I stayed unfocused. Also I thought of a gif/video of a magic eye picture but instead its a video, so your watching a 3-d video. Kinda like 3-d glasses. Also at 6:35 it says, "wow you did it, good job!" With the letters that are supposed to pop out go in

@Oberonjames February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

I see these backwards! I just realized it. When she mentioned that the planes were in the background, I actually saw them closer. Same thing with the shark, the near and far points in the depth map are reversed to me and it looks like the shark is turning away, rather than towards me. I've always been able to see these and I just thought that the fact they're all recessed from the surface had something to do with the technology or whatever. I didn't know they were supposed to pop out.

@os2171 February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

Finally after 8 years! Finally I can see! I can see!

@basmaessen9502 February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

These things will for ever be impossible to me, I can see 2 stars or circles or 4 of them but I can never get 3. Hope y’all enjoy them

@DyordsNavatrutu February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

now i hate it even more

@Uncle_Bob_K February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

I remember Spencer's having these type of posters back in the 1970's

@applepine1048 February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

1. look far away.
2. look slowly in the near.
3. maybe shake yourself a bit until you see some pattern
4. focus it until the brain creates the rest

@__Philip__311 February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

Want even more of a challenge?? Watch this on a curved monitor.

@aleezayashfaq1102 February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

I thought she was Bella Hadid

@carolinnesan February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

Melhor vídeo explicando que vi até hoje.

@AFRoSHEENT3ARCMICHAEL69 February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

We don't see from a 3d perspective but rather a 2d perspective, like pictures. To understand this better, look at 3d street art. This means depth is perceived aka the depth perception, but because we're IN the 3d dimension if you could actually see in all 3 dimensions LxWxH you would be able to see any object all at once.

@DeltaPrismo February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

Omg, i just had to take off my glasses, then i saw it.

@MynameisnotGraey February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

I watched the entire video trying to find one I could see until the VERY END when you said it could be because of my vision.

@ShierLavarias February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

Can this help us bruh

@blackfishgaming7145 February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

At 49 years of age I recently figured out how to see these. Amazing stuff.

@Lukesh30253 February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

wow, I didn’t realize you were in Wayne’s world

@Mr12161969 February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

I had that book đŸ‘đŸ»đŸ‘đŸ»

@rogansayson February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

"wow you did it" "good job"

@anshumantiwari794 February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

Who saw this one >> 😉

@JaimeRojas-fc6jv February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

This is what the simpsons portray once you train the eye you will see thru the subliminal messages

@kmktruthserum9328 February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

Yeah I just try to see double vision and overlap the two dots without doing the extra step of trying to get four dots and then three dots. I just try to overlap the two dots that are already there and that's how I see it and it usually goes a lot quicker. And it's the same idea in the picture because it's always repeating patterns. I picked two of the patterns that are right next to each other and I just get those two to overlap instead of trying to do it that way because when you're actually trying to put it into practice when there are no dots then it gets hard to do because you can't make four of the patterns so that's why I just tried to get two patterns to overlap and then go from there.

@Skyf1ght February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

It took me a week to figure it out when I was a kid. A week in kid time is like a year😅 I felt so proud of myself though

@whoaX_ February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

You lost me at glance down 😂 how tf

@FuneFox February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

Getting it to 3 dots is hard but actually seeing the image is impossible for me.

@jonathansantos2271 February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

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Love those books and posters.
Thank you friends💌

@BrandonBilker February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

l like my Nintendo 3DS as well also too..

@BrandonBilker February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

l saw it pop as a 3D image..

@TheSapientGod February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

6:49 Uh I see six. I can’t figure out how to see just three

@edgarmalagon3922 February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

I remember seeing this video years ago and not being able to see any of them for the life of me… and only 3 days ago was I finally able to see them. I CAN FINALLY SEEEEEEEE

@JimCoder February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

If you're nearsighted it can help to remove your glasses.

@johndee2990 February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

It's simple, it was a scam from the 90's that everyone fell for.
You're supposed to buy all the expensive art and believe everyone who claims they can see it.
We proved this in Science class, you are just seeing what has been hypnogogically suggested, as in if I suggest every singe one actually has the F-Word in it then you'll start seeing that..

Anyway, I had an Rage inducing moment when a Zoomer tried to explain this to me.. Don't get fooled kids

@stevensonjr February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

5:30 I do it the opposite way… must use the cross eyed technique, don't know to use the other, I have only 5 cakes and the plane is the furthest away

@kiripotimung3730 February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

😉

@claytonisaac6488 February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

I have laxy eye so its easier for me

@craigrowles3576 February 16, 2025 - 6:35 am

I could see 8 planes, Dinosaurs not 7

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