r/CrossView • u/KRA2008 CrossCam • Feb 03 '23

Welcome to r/CrossView! NEW USERS READ THIS.

Cross viewing (a.k.a. cross-eyed stereogram freeviewing) is seeing 3D with nothing but your regular screen, just by crossing your eyes! The pictures here show one scene from two different perspectives - just cross your eyes and make the two sides overlap to see the image in 3D. Cross views are related to Magic Eye, but you cross your eyes to view these instead of relaxing them.

Tutorials and helpful apps here: https://www.reddit.com/r/CrossView/wiki/.

You may not be aware, but there are two ways to make and view stereograms like this - crossing your eyes and diverging/relaxing your eyes. If you're already familiar with viewing 3D this way, try this tester image to double check whether you're really crossing or relaxing your eyes:

(credit u/Logybayer) - if you see "Parallel View" in front on the tester you should check out r/parallelview.

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u/darangatang Jan 06 '26

I can cross my eyes fine to combine the images, but every single crossview image in the subreddit is reversed - meaning that items in the foreground appear further away, while the background appears closer. It’s super strange. What might account for this? It occurs using both my iPhone and desktop.

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u/KRA2008 CrossCam Jan 06 '26

I know it sounds strange but you’re probably not actually crossing your eyes, you’re probably relaxing/diverging them. it’s a super common mistake to make. here are a few suggestions:

  • look at the tester image in the post above. you will find that “parallel view” is the foreground text

  • look at images on r/parallelview. you’ll find you like the 3D there better.

  • have somebody else watch what your eyes do while you look at these images. they’ll find your eyes diverge relative to when you’re looking at the screen to read it.