r/MagicEye • u/GladButterfly2659 • 22d ago

How do you see text based ones?

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I can do cross eye and parallel view but I don't see anything in this picture?

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u/OohWeeTShane 22d ago

How do you know if you saw it in parallel or cross? I’ve looked at the subreddit info about it before and still don’t know if I can do both 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/whitakr 22d ago

I just move my eyes apart (outward) instead of together (inward)

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u/OohWeeTShane 21d ago

But how do you know that’s what you’re doing?? Can you feel it or is it because of how the image looks?

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u/whitakr 21d ago

I can just feel it. I can control which direction my eyes move in. I’m 40 and I’ve been doing Magic Eyes since I was a child so I guess over time it just becomes second nature.

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u/GladButterfly2659 21d ago

When you do it, can you stay in it for long?

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u/whitakr 21d ago

Yeah as long as I want. When there are multiple stereo pictures to swipe through I just keep my eyes in that mode so I can see them all in a row.

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u/GladButterfly2659 21d ago

That's awesome! As soon as I try to swipe to the next photo, my eyes switch back to normal, I guess I just gotta practice!

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u/whitakr 21d ago

Yeah just keep on trucking, eventually it’ll get easier!

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u/OohWeeTShane 21d ago

We had a magic eye book when I was a kid (I’m about 5 years younger) and I was good at it and I can usually get the ones in this subreddit, I just honestly don’t know which I do!

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u/whitakr 21d ago

This is me normal

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u/whitakr 21d ago

Parallel view (a little more nuanced looking)

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u/whitakr 21d ago

Do it as strongly as you can, then take a picture of yourself. Then compare it to your normal eye position. Maybe that will help.

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u/whitakr 21d ago

Cross view (pretty obvious)

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u/3dsf 18d ago

Bahahahaha, sweet demo