[HN Gopher] Adventures in Stereograms
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Adventures in Stereograms
Author : archagon
Score : 25 points
Date : 2022-03-30 01:50 UTC (21 hours ago)
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| robga wrote:
| Fascinating. As a teenager of the 80s I could never see them. 35
| years later, and with (more) deteriorated vision, I wondered if
| I'd have a revelation. Still nothing. Strangely affirming. I feel
| 15 again.
| dylan604 wrote:
| This was the first time I had seen this kind of thing as video. I
| was locked into it for a long ways through the video until I
| blinked and then lost it. I wasn't able to get back the 3D image.
| However, I did suddenly become aware that if someone was to walk
| past me staring deeply into the static, that they might have some
| concerns for my well being.
| schwartzworld wrote:
| Stereograms were always a sore point for me. I could never see
| them. I can't see any of the ones in the post. I couldn't see the
| ones in the newspaper or the magic eye books. I've tried every
| suggestion I came across, squadoosh.
| JKCalhoun wrote:
| Hurts my head. I finally got the music video to work by trying to
| focus on my _reflection_ in my laptop screen (so focusing _past_
| the screen). But twice I was distracted and suddenly "lost
| focus" and unable to restore the stereo effect.
|
| I took a stab at a stereo game for the Mac over three decades
| ago, ha ha. Hilariously reviewed here:
| https://youtu.be/uGheXtrOWrA
| dylan604 wrote:
| Thanks for that link. Needed a laugh and that worked.
| danw1979 wrote:
| I haven't looked at a stereogram since the Magic Eye books of the
| 1990s but it came back pretty easy ! Highly recommend the music
| video linked in the article and also the horse by 3Dimka is
| really cool.
|
| This is how much this kid-of-the-80s loved 3D stuff like this: I
| used to spend hours drawing my own Anaglyph pictures and comics
| with red and green biros, and putting on shadow puppet shows with
| red and green backlights for my completely unamused little
| sister.
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| There was just something magical about a 3d image popping out of
| a flat surface.
| dylan604 wrote:
| >There was just something magical about a 3d image popping out
| of a flat surface.
|
| Is that how you see it so that the object is coming out at you?
| The way my brain sees it is that the background retreats away
| from the screen plane so that the object is just at the same
| level as the screen. More like I could crawl into the world
| that just opened up through my screen vs catching something
| coming at me from out of the screen.
| ammojamo wrote:
| I always experienced them 'back-to-front' as well, and I
| believe it is what happens if your eyes are focusing on a
| point _in front_ of the picture ( 'cross-eyed') instead of a
| point _behind_ it.
|
| With a lot of effort, I can see it the right way by putting
| the image very close to my face, and relaxing my eyes to
| focus on an imaginary point beyond the page/screen. Then I
| slowly back away so that the image fits more comfortably in
| my field of view. However, I still find it _very_ hard to
| bring the image into sharp focus, and at any moment the
| illusion can suddenly disappear and I have to start again.
|
| I have excellent vision but after trying to look at these
| stereograms for a few minutes I am suddenly having difficulty
| focusing on normal objects around me. Quite unnerving.
| mmastrac wrote:
| The first encounter with Stereograms I had was in the DOS days
| with this software: https://archive.org/details/stare-eo-workshop
|
| This still works in DOS but there are much better alternatives
| now: https://github.com/exoscoriae/eXoDOS/files/5523691/STW.zip
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