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Mind Tripping Stereographics
August 04, 2009
Ok, this is a completely different approach to photography. Stereographics are 3D photographs... usually set by 2 or 3 pictures from slightly different angles. It might be hard to see at first, but once you do it, you'll love it!
These are commonly called "parallel" stereographics, and what you have to do to get the 3D image is make a single image out of each pair, with your bare eyes. Need a little more explanation? Check out here, here and here (thanks @aledagostin). Actually, the success or failure of this post depends on whether or not you guys get to see these in 3D, so come on!! Try it out! I hope you all get to see it! Cheers. ;)




























55 Comments
Heheh that's really cool! I was able to see them!
I remember seeing something like this on Turma da Monica's gibis (or comics) :)
I must have some trouble in my eyes.
Couldn't see that, and i've never could see Turma da Monica's 3D comics too!
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Awesome i can't see all but at least i see some :)
Mind tripping .. got to try this effect by myself
I'm a BIG fan of stereographics. I have a couple of books that I trip out on every once in a while. I've never tried to see them on screen, but I'm happy to say that yes, the 3-D images are appearing just fine. You have to cross your eyes then adjust them a bit until you see the third image in the middle, but it does appear.
Thanks for breaking up my morning with another great post!
Amazing!
Ok I took the test from those links at the beginning of the article and it worked but I don't get it how to look at these images using the same technique.
Those techniques for testing worked but on these images I still don't get it :)
oh, that's awesome! took a minute, but the effect is really cool.
You end up seeing a 3d image in the middle, with a 2d-image on either side. (don't look at those)
nice!
I can see them. A little bit of fun. I have a knack for being able to see these things. I can see the Magic Eye 3D pictures in reverse as well as normal (that is I can see them falling back into the picture as well as popping out)
I can't see these. Two is not enough
It should be pointed out that "parallel" and "cross eye" stereoscopes are not the same thing; they are actually opposites.
As the names imply, one works when you make your eye's view axis parallel to each other (when your focus point is farther from the object you're looking at), while the other works when the focus points is closer than the object, making the eye's view axis converge to the center.
The images posted are really parallel stereoscopes, which I find to be much harder to view than cross eye ones, because it causes a lot more strain on the eye's muscles. Unless you use a partition between the images to force each eye to see only one image; this makes the eyes easier to trick.
But to make cross eye images is just a matter of inverting the sides. This directs each image to the opposite eye, which enables you to view it by crossing the eyes, a much more natural movement.
I see absolutely nothing....what am i supposed to see
I could see them easily. I could even scroll from one to the next without losing the 3D effect.
...and these seem to be parallel, not cross-eyed. I can't do cross-eyed ones.
Wonderful set! Thank you! Slanting eyes, you can easily see the volume thing. It is true :)
Yay it's so amazing :D I love it
I had to zoom out a bit so that I could get them to go parallel. the images were just too big for my eyes to drift apart to see it in 3D. Once I did that it was a piece of cake. The bigger ones work better if you can do them cross-eyed, which would mean reversing the order of the images.
Cool! So many fond memories of Magic Eye books ad posters. :)
Awesome collection.
I find that the images "overlap", leaving the 3d one in the center. You're right, get the 1st and you're goo to go.
I don't know how I'm supposed to look at the images or where I'm supposed to look. I just keep looking back and forth between the two pictures.
They just look like 2 pictures at slightly different angles. Nothing to see here for me.
i see some but later my head and eyes hurt :S
asome but painful
I don't see a single thing in 3D. Now it can be because half of the pictures made are from buildings and statues of Rome, which I have seen personally.
Knowing things are 3D (and remembering it very well with the pictures from Rome), I can imagine it, but not really see it.
Can anyone please explain how exactly to look at it?
BTW, there's nothing wrong with my eyes.
Joseph Francis, I can scroll without losing the 3d effect too! It's awesome... but my eyes are burning like hell. *_*
I seriously don't see it
Worst abduzeedo post evaaa
Woah! Now I feel sick!! lol
I can't see anything, I can get the a 'third' image someone has talked about, but only if I put my thumb in front of my screen and look at that. The image behind is completely blurry of course.
It could also be because half of the pictures are from buildings and statues in Rome, where I have been and have seen them personally, but I don't think that that's the reason.
Are there any techniques?
BTW, my eyes work fine.
OMF this is the most amazing thing ever
O_o
this is so so so so so cool. I have for many years done tricks by crossing my eyes just to amuse myself (am a creative so am excused) but never imagined this. For thos of you who cant get it follow Cat's simple instructions - You have to cross your eyes then adjust them a bit until you see the third image in the middle. the 2 images form hologram effect i actually reached out with my hand to try and touch.
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Could only 'see' about half of them. :(
I don't see anything happening at all.
man! that´s awesome ! paulo and joseph francis i can scroll too without losing the effect too !!!!!! GREAT POST ! thanks !
Some of these were much harder to see than others. It seems to be related to the distance between the two images. When the two images have a large separation, I couldn't get them to resolve to one picture.
In one case, I measured the distance between two of the images, and it was *larger* than the distance between my eyes. I think they are impossible to resolve in that case (because my eyes would actually need to be pointed outward - with no focal point). I think people's ability to resolve the images into a single image will depend on the size of their monitor and which resolution they're running. (High screen resolution = easier to combine the images into a single image. Large monitor = more difficult to combine images into a single image.)
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I was able to see it, too! Once you learn the technique, it becomes easy!
ok i guess i need to get my eyes checked.
that gave me one hell of headache and since i strained my eyes to much I am having trouble focusing enough to type this comment.....
dam it i need vision insurance :(
haha i saw the images. cool 3d, especially with the red abstract sculpture and the mannequins. :) i want to try this sometime ;)
this doesnt work for me :(
I saw some of these, Now my eyes Hurt
cant really see the difference, and don't really see the point?
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excellent. took a while to adjust as Ive not looked at this kind of stuff for a while, able to switch to and from stereotype vision now - cool!
it doesn't work out for me. :( but I will try it out till I get. :)
This is all so cool :)
Thanks for put one of my 3D Stereograph photo in your review sir.
Greeting from Malaysia.
This guy has done masses of them, have a peek.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/skill0/
Thats where I first came across them.
This is sweet. I too can see the images in reverse (background pops forward) as well as normal (background is back) as kate mentioned above.
Anyone know what causes that to happen? Is it something I can switch myself or just due to the picture?
Awesome!
I had to read the articles first, but it works! amazing, i've never seen or hear about this. Thanks, great post.
Like DivinoAG mentioned, most of these pics are parallels and should viewed with a stereoscope. Like some other commenters, I can easily see cross-eyes & parallels ones but sometimes it's hard to prevent your eyes from viewing them as "cross-eyes" and force the parallel view...
I believe some of you see the photos with the cross-eye technique so the 3d depth is wrong (kind of inverted and irreal).
I then realised that you could easily convert these photos to cross-eye with photoshop :)
Give it a try : http://twitpic.com/cycam
Use the thumb technique : put your thumb in front of you and make the focus on the image so that you see 2 thumbs... each one exactly below the girl. Then make the focus on your thumb and by slightly looking up your thumb, you should see the 3d effect.
I didn't see a thing here. I need to be with someone and help me see. Anyhow, am very happy to know we got another Kenyan guy here Levi Wanyoike from the comments above. We'll catch up with you. Check out his site http://www.equestnewmedia.com/.
Ha. Amazing. My eyes hurt but it was fun.
hehe.. these are awesome..
gets tiring after a while tho.. my fav is the fallen pine tree poking its tip toward you.. cool effect
not work for me...
exept for the pic that a girl standing (black n white one).
i can see... she got really nice ass
LOL.....
kidding... :)
Wow this is brilliant. Basically you cross your eyes untill the two images meet at the centre. Then make sure you're still looking at the centre but keep the same focus. After a while your brain will automatically sharpen the vision. Just brilliant!
at first i didn't understand the technique to getting a 3D effect but now i do and its AWESOME!
cross your eyes and a third middle image will appear!
this is cool.... thankx
wowwwww amazingggggggg
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