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I've acquired a new superpower

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Re: I've acquired a new superpower

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Post by physicles »

soco wrote: post #65
Workaccount2 wrote: post #43

At a local bar they had a game machine, and if you got a high score on any of the games, your tab for the evening was free. One of the games was a "spot the differences" between two pictures with an ever decreasing timer for each round. Using this trick I was able to easily surpass the high score, and garner a crowd watching me perform this mind numbing feat. Probably my peak fame right there.

I can't overlap the images to save my life - they get like halfway there and that's it...

Are you crossing your eyes (focusing nearer than the object) or diverging them (focusing past it)? Diverging is a harder skill to learn.

Re: I've acquired a new superpower

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Post by soco »

physicles wrote: post #71
soco wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can't overlap the images to save my life - they get like halfway there and that's it...

Are you crossing your eyes (focusing nearer than the object) or diverging them (focusing past it)? Diverging is a harder skill to learn.

Not even sure which one I should try :) but yes tried both to no avail. Maybe it's just not something to achieve in the first try...

Re: I've acquired a new superpower

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Post by waffletower »

soco wrote: post #65
Workaccount2 wrote: post #43

At a local bar they had a game machine, and if you got a high score on any of the games, your tab for the evening was free. One of the games was a "spot the differences" between two pictures with an ever decreasing timer for each round. Using this trick I was able to easily surpass the high score, and garner a crowd watching me perform this mind numbing feat. Probably my peak fame right there.

I can't overlap the images to save my life - they get like halfway there and that's it...

That happened to me too but I persisted and eventually succeeded. I think I needed to cross my eyes slightly more than I was initially. I have been diagnosed with a minor eye convergence issue which makes it difficult to focus on near field objects in motion -- gaining this superpower was difficult but I did it without a headache thankfully.

Re: I've acquired a new superpower

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Post by anarticle »

Incredible! This technique is also used for the 3d visualization of protein structures, it was called "cross viewing": https://imgur.com/cross-views-are-commonly-used-to-view-prot...

You cross your eyes to get the two images to line up, hold it there and then try to adjust the focus of your eyes. It's a neat skill to have.

Re: I've acquired a new superpower

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Post by waffletower »

bicx wrote: post #49
a1o wrote: post #5

A new way of doing git diff, leave both versions of the code side by side and cross your eyes.

New business idea: git diff, but it uses Mechanical Turk to hire an army of cross-eyed diff spotters.

There is a wonderful stable diffusion prompt here.

Re: I've acquired a new superpower

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Post by rufus_foreman »

ThrowawayTestr wrote: post #13

Neat. If this isn't working for you, try on mobile. It's easier if the images are small.

You can also just back away from the screen. For the 3rd one I had to back up about 6 feet from my monitor before it clicked into place, once it is in focus you can move closer to see the difference better.

Re: I've acquired a new superpower

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Post by the__alchemist »

SoftTalker wrote: post #69
the__alchemist wrote: post #33

If you've done Magic Eyes, this is straightforward. Was able to get all 3 of the test images quickly. This is with focusing beyond the screen. Focusing in front of the screen is something I am unable to do, and not for want of effort. Also, your eyes might accidentally do this if looking at tiled patterns, e.g. wallpaper. Relative image size (e.g. view distance) is important.

I can get the images to merge but the differences don't stand out.

Are you able to confirm the images are completely aligned? You can do this using landmarks, like the brightest stars on the telescope pic. I.e. if you see more than one of any landmark, it is not aligned. You may need to adjust zoom, and distance from face.

Re: I've acquired a new superpower

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Post by piva00 »

idiotsecant wrote: post #60
voidUpdate wrote: post #27

I've heard about this before, but I've never actually managed to do it until just now. I needed to sort of "tune the parameters" a lot so that my eyes were crossed but also focused, since I've had a lot of trouble actually getting them in focus when I'm doing it, and the effect isn't as pronounced as I expected it to be

I think you're still not doing it quite right. The effect is really quite obvious and pronounced.

It took me some attempts but I agree, it's very obvious, the 2nd image made it glaringly obvious after I managed it well on the 1st one.

My eyes get very watery after just a few seconds though, curious to hear from others how common this side-effect is.

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