That's fun, it worked for me as well. I could spot the difference in all images, including the 'impossible mode'.
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#12Who's been doing this since they we're maybe 7 years old :)
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#13Neat. If this isn't working for you, try on mobile. It's easier if the images are small.
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#14For some reason when attempting this my neck starts cramping
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#15Who's been doing this since they were maybe 7 years old :)
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#16Wait, that's not crossing your eyes, it's uncrossing them. Ordinarily if you look at something nearby, your eyes aim at a common spot. But when viewing a stereogram, you need to convince your eyes to aim at a spot more distant than the subject. This is easy with practice, however IMHO it helps to be significantly nearsighted. Then you simply take off your glasses, and can look at something nearby with infinity focus,…
Both work equally well if you just want to spot differences. Cross-eyed view is somewhat easier to do, since people naturally cross their eyes when looking at something close to their face, but there is no natural reason for one’s eyes to diverge. But cross-eyed view also gives a subjectively smaller image, and is also not the usual way autostereograms are made to be seen.
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#17I used to use that trick with some arcade game that was popular in bars in 00s Spain. People were just impressed!
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#18Neat. If this isn't working for you, try on mobile. It's easier if the images are small.
This helped, thanks.
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#19I was really good at the random dot stereograms. This is a really cool recasting of that skillset.
I think thats the best part of this skill. Everyone did 'Magic Eye' images as a kid, but to be able to take that useless skill and apply it to something more useful and interesting is really cool.
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#20Very cool. Even the impossible mode one was relatively easy!