because whenever y'all say it "pops out", to me, it looks like it's dug in for some reason. it never "pops out." like the popular planet stereogram, it looks like a planet-shaped hole in a wall sorta, not a planet that pops out from the background. anyone else relate?

I have managed to see stereograms by putting my phone against my nose and zooming back. And yet when I try the see through method I also see an image jump out except it is basically the inverse. What I mean is that I see a square with a silhouette of the image as if it was imprinted on.

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I tried looking online, but havent found it. Maybe its impossible, idk.

Has anyone ever created an image showing what a magic eye image looks like - for those whose eyes cant solve them?

I've seen the basic solution drawn separately, but not one actually showing what the whole thing looks like irl... I've always been curious what other people are seeing.

So I discovered stereograms 2 hours ago from this trending mildlyinfuriating post and hadn't been able to see anything after practicing with all types of techniques until I found this link. That image has really effective guiding dots I think because they're huge and red against a white background compared to when you'll have little black circles on a blue background for example lol. Also helped me to switch to my laptop instead of my phone. Locked onto the middle dot of the three (make sure that you're perfectly locked on, that the dot is sharp and still, it should be as if it's actually on your screen) then shifted my gaze down to the image and the hidden image--a planet--pops out perfectly clear and 3D. Now I can see any magic eye image really easily by using the same mechanism.

Also helped me to practice first on my finger in front of my face (trying to see it in double then playing around with the distance between the doubles by increasing/decreasing focus)

Instructions from link: Hold the center of the printed image right up to your nose. It should be blurry. Focus as though you are looking through the image into the distance. Very slowly move the image away from your face until the two squares above the image turn into three squares. If you see four squares, move the image farther away from your face until you see three squares. If you see one or two squares, start over!When you clearly see three squares, hold the page still and the hidden image will magically appear. Once you perceive the hidden image and depth, you can look around the entire 3D image. The longer you look, the clearer the illusion becomes. The farther away you hold the page, the deeper it becomes. Good Luck!

Anyvody knows a site where can i download or make a printable magic eye for print in a full t shirt, not only in chest?

Another one from my childhood Amiga. I started getting a bit more creative around this time.

The app's answer was >!compasrose!<

!The letters at the bottom make no sense and just threw me off, not to mention the answer was 10 letters so "compassrose" is impossible.!<

If anyone can make sense of >!the letters at the bottom!<, please leave a comment.

Another one of my childhood creations on the old Amiga. A few artifacts on this one showed i needed to improve the algorithm to remove echoes.