/r/MagicEye

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A place for Magic Eye Illusions!

  • Quick tutorial on how these work

  • Vox 10 minute exposé:

  • "The secrets of Magic Eye"

  • Handy image to tell if you are viewing Cross View or Parallel View.

  • Be advised, Parallel view Magic Eye images are the most popular here. For Crossview content, check out /r/CrossView. or /r/MagicEye_CrossView.

  • Online Magic Eye Solver/Viewer

  • Offline Magic Eye Creator for Windoze (old)

  • Versions of "Sistem", Offline Magic Eye Creators made by u/Pixelfest:

  • GUI for Windows

    Commandline Only for Win, Mac, Linux, and whatever else can run the .net runtime libraries.

  • Text-only Autostereogram Creator:

  • Newer!

  • Older..


  • Magic Eye images, more generically known as stereograms, became a wild hit in the 1990's. A stereogram might be described as an image within an image, where the second image requires the eyes to focus behind the image as opposed to on it.

    While technique differs, many seem to agree that some combination of crossing your eyes (not entirely though, remember you're trying to look past the image, not at a point between the image and you), letting your eyes go unfocused, and getting your nose all up in the image's business assists in determining what the hidden image is. Once you do find the hidden image, don't get too excited and try to focus on it, or you'll likely lose it and have to start over!

    Submit some of your favorites or even make your own!

    Also, check out our friends at /r/CrossView, /r/ParallelView, and /r/MagicEye_CrossView!

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    Sink into the deep unknown…

    32 Comments
    2025/02/04
    09:00 UTC

    466

    A Labor of Love from the late 90's

    25 Comments
    2025/02/02
    22:16 UTC

    24

    Is there a subreddit or tag to only see posts with the 2 dots?

    I love magic eyes but I struggle to see them unless they have the 2 or 3 dots at the bottom that help you align the images (When the dots overlap, you have the right focus). Is there a subreddit specifically for magic eyes with the helper dots? Or can we create a tag system for this sub to filter posts?

    Here's an example. I can do these almost instantly, where often I stare at regular magic eyes for over a minute and still can't see anything.

    19 Comments
    2025/01/30
    16:12 UTC

    538

    I see you

    51 Comments
    2025/01/29
    17:17 UTC

    272

    He’s got nice hair

    31 Comments
    2025/01/28
    19:00 UTC

    213

    Remake of my steampunk airship / fantasy blimp

    16 Comments
    2025/01/28
    08:27 UTC

    442

    Carrot lover

    14 Comments
    2025/01/27
    20:09 UTC

    136

    I didn't realize until recently (I'm 40) that there were 2 different ways to see the magic eye illusions.

    Thought this was mildly interesting to share.

    So I've always been able to see them. Used to love the books back in school. But I had always done it by slightly crossing me eyes. Which for me results in the hidden image looking like a 3D indent in the surrounding 2D image.

    Even though I could always see them, it was hard to discern any details this way, and it could be hard to tell what it was supposed to be.

    Sometime in the past few months I decided to try the method where you hold the image close to your face and slowly back it away. The first time it focused in I was shocked. Now the surrounding image was sent to the background and the hidden image was popping out.

    Sooo much easier to see what it's supposed to be this way. I still need practice doing the right way after going so long using the cross eyed method.

    41 Comments
    2025/01/24
    14:03 UTC

    231

    Send this to your favorite person on the 14th ❤️

    10 Comments
    2025/01/22
    17:18 UTC

    394

    Deep at the bottom 🌊

    20 Comments
    2025/01/22
    17:17 UTC

    187

    Dreaming of Spring 🌷

    7 Comments
    2025/01/22
    17:16 UTC

    339

    ❄ Winter Deep Freeze ❄ ~ Object array stereogram

    40 Comments
    2025/01/21
    19:05 UTC

    106

    Wiggly

    5 Comments
    2025/01/20
    16:53 UTC

    203

    OM 🕉️

    3 Comments
    2025/01/20
    16:52 UTC

    511

    Yay or neigh?

    31 Comments
    2025/01/20
    16:52 UTC

    287

    How I solve these

    42 Comments
    2025/01/18
    20:55 UTC

    188

    They’re a bit mischievous

    12 Comments
    2025/01/17
    17:16 UTC

    203

    Sweet dreams

    6 Comments
    2025/01/17
    17:15 UTC

    600

    Reach out and take one 🍓

    36 Comments
    2025/01/17
    17:14 UTC

    143

    A simple SIRTS - Single Image Random Text Stereogram

    10 Comments
    2025/01/17
    04:59 UTC

    109

    A Simple SIRDS - Single Image Random Dot Stereogram

    8 Comments
    2025/01/17
    04:46 UTC

    140

    Hello

    18 Comments
    2025/01/16
    19:14 UTC

    298

    Layers

    34 Comments
    2025/01/16
    19:14 UTC

    226

    This one is unforgettable

    16 Comments
    2025/01/16
    19:13 UTC

    471

    🍩 Mmm...Donuts! 🍩 ~ Hidden image/object array stereogram

    25 Comments
    2025/01/16
    13:37 UTC

    240

    Abstract

    14 Comments
    2025/01/15
    17:31 UTC

    274

    The cleaning crew

    29 Comments
    2025/01/15
    17:31 UTC

    139

    There’s other fish in the sea

    7 Comments
    2025/01/15
    17:30 UTC

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