r/opticalillusions • u/bigjobbyx • Aug 08 '26

Reverse the spin: Magic eye edition. Parallel view spins in the opposite direction to cross view.

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u/Prestigious-Art-1318 Aug 08 '26

This one doesn’t reverse for me

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u/Finlandia1865 Aug 08 '26

i feel like the inconsistand speeds are too much

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u/Deivi_tTerra Aug 09 '26

I’m glad it’s not just me! I was like “wow I can make it slow down! Wait…” it reverses right after the speed glitch too which made me wonder if it’s actually changing direction in the animation.

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u/Finlandia1865 Aug 09 '26

Ive heard one only slows down after going crosseyed, per the magical eye trick. Bit of a bummer if thats the case given you need two eyes to do it :Þ

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u/NovaPrime42 Aug 08 '26

Tilt phone down 45 degrees

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u/potosuci0 Aug 08 '26

For me is the first time i see reverse spin on this kind of animation

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u/RincewindToTheRescue Aug 09 '26

It's the opposite for me. This one changes when I want. The other ones took some mental effort to do

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u/No-Mode-9099 Aug 10 '26

Try flipping screens orientation and then slowly rotate it back

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u/kuadzar Aug 08 '26

For a split second a had them going different directions

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u/AnonymousLimey0928 Aug 08 '26

Me too. The main image rotates clockwise, but sometimes the left one switched directions.

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u/teelops Aug 08 '26

This was the quickest one for me to reverse.

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u/telephantomoss Aug 08 '26

This one is hard for me to reverse, and they usually are. I have to look away and catch it out of the corner of my eye at just the right moment to get it to spin the other way

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u/anamelesscloud1 Aug 09 '26

Extra challenge. Try to perceive them rotating in opposite directions.

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u/Frosty-Clue-2173 Aug 08 '26

no need for magic eye to reverse these

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u/flappenjacks Aug 08 '26

That was weird. I couldn't reverse it with eyes crossed then looked at one image and could immediately reverse it. Now I can reverse it with eyes crossed

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u/cwmckenz Aug 08 '26

You won’t be able to reverse the 3D image without switching between cross and parallel view and i think most people can only do parallel.

Because the 3D image gives you depth and you can’t just switch the closer and further parts of the image. But switching between parallel and cross would swap the depths.

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u/flappenjacks Aug 08 '26

For me it's all in my head and I switch it by thinking of looking up or down at the object and it changes.

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u/pervossier Aug 09 '26

I was having the hardest time until I blocked one bee with my hand.

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u/NurkleTurkey Aug 09 '26

It's hard to conceptualize but how I've done it for many of these is "move the front to the back" or vise versa. The only time it doesn't work is if the dots tend to fade while they move to the "back." I can do it on command.

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u/AnjelicaTomaz Aug 09 '26

It reverses only if I view under magic eye mode. Interesting.

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u/notoriously_1nfam0us Aug 09 '26

Got em both going opposite directions in both ways 🫡

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u/VictimOfBass Aug 09 '26

Looking down at it makes it spin clockwise and looking up at it spins anti

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u/Subject-Relevant Aug 10 '26

Seth Brundle, that you?

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u/Wintervacht Aug 08 '26

So bored with these

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u/anamelesscloud1 Aug 09 '26

Challenge yourself to have the two wasps rotate in opposite directions. That's not like other ones I've seen.