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Re: Show HN: MagicEye.js – Generate Magic Eye in Your Browser

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Post by RobotCaleb »

robert_tweed wrote: post #9

If you don't quite have the knack for relaxing your eyes to see these, here's "one weird trick". Position yourself with something behind you (such as a window) that you can see reflected on the screen. Focus on the reflection so you are looking "through" the screen. Now re-focus on the screen, but not immediately! Hold your focus and let it "slip" as slowly as possible. At some point your eyes will converge at the ri…

I bounce my eyes in and out of this many times a day. Whenever I see two like things next to each other i'll line them up. Eyes, light switches, books. I've been able to do this at will since I was a young child.

Re: Show HN: MagicEye.js – Generate Magic Eye in Your Browser

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Post by zbowling »

lukifer wrote: post #37
zbowling wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nope. Doesn't work. Everyone's advice fails to work for me. I tend to think this is just a mass conspiracy or giant elaborate joke. I'm going to use this JS script to generate tests to see if I can get people who can do this to tell what the number is behind this "magic eye". Call everyone on their bullshit.

Here's how I (accidentally) learned to do it: hold up a forefinger from each hand, pointed at each other, with a very small gap in between. Now look at something in the distance through the gap: you should see a magic "hot dog finger" floating in the air between them. Once you can see this, alternate between looking at your fingers and looking at the distance. Once you've got the mechanic down, you can start intentio…

Nope. Doesn't work.

Re: Show HN: MagicEye.js – Generate Magic Eye in Your Browser

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Post by junto »

Sarkie wrote: post #27
junto wrote: post #25

I hate these things. Ever since I was a child I've never been able to see them, no matter how far away, how much I squint, nothing, nada. As a child I became convinced that everyone was taking the piss out of me. Aged nearly forty, I stand by that! I still can't see the damn things ;-)

So I learnt how to do it as a kid. Basically, what I do is, imagine you are looking through the image and past it, like if you were looking through a tiled window and wanted to focus on the on something outside small. Then after refocusing your eyes (you can't blink or else it'll reset your eyes) keep doing it, it can take you ages, what you'll see are the tiles. Also what helped me, is focusing on a single point and…

To be honest, I actually think it is something (medical) to do with my eyesight. I have poor eyesight in one eye, and a bit better on the other. I also have astigmatism in both eyes.

Re: Show HN: MagicEye.js – Generate Magic Eye in Your Browser

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Post by lukifer »

zbowling wrote: post #45
lukifer wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here's how I (accidentally) learned to do it: hold up a forefinger from each hand, pointed at each other, with a very small gap in between. Now look at something in the distance through the gap: you should see a magic "hot dog finger" floating in the air between them. Once you can see this, alternate between looking at your fingers and looking at the distance. Once you've got the mechanic down, you can start intentio…

Nope. Doesn't work.

Out of curiosity: did the finger hot dog trick not work, or did it not translate to the magic eye?
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