The Enworld background as a 3-D effect?

[der_kluge]

Stereograms NEVER worked for me until today...

I tried Storyteller's method, but then instead, I ended up focusing in on the reflection of a brightly lit window on my screen - as soon as I focused in on the reflection instead of the screen proper, the image that curtis posted snapped into view.

Weird.

[EDIT: Now I am going to surf the web for stereograms to try out my new-found powers!]

That's actually a very good way to do it. A lot of times, if the stereogram is in a picture frame, and has glass in the frame, they are easier to see.

 

[Knight Otu]

Stereograms NEVER worked for me until today...

Ditto... odd, really. For me, it to choose two reference points on the same horizontal line, and try to get those together before attempting to view the whole picture. It may take a few seconds to get the 3d image.

The second one was tricky, though. [sblock]The round section was rather distracting, and the right part was almost evoking a scorpion, or a space station with a disc-shaped ship, before the Enterprise popped put.[/sblock]

 

[Ferret]

I just cross my eyes and let the image settle into focus, it works better up close, but not much.

Whilst I can see the magic image in the second one I can't work out what it is. It looks like a hand, or something.

http://www.flavorj.com/~skysea/Images/stereo.htm

 

[Storyteller01]

Whilst I can see the magic image in the second one I can't work out what it is. It looks like a hand, or something.

Think Star Trek...

 

[Storyteller01]

[EDIT: Now I am going to surf the web for stereograms to try out my new-found powers!]

Be careful. After a while, your eyes automatically 'focus though' stuff. It's a pain whennyour driving...

 

[JimAde]

I have never seen one of these things work. I strongly suspect it's because my eyes don't quite point in the same direction.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

I've pretty much alwayas seen it as a 3D effect. Most likely designed as subliminal advertising that Wotc bought!

 

[Knight Otu]

Whilst I can see the magic image in the second one I can't work out what it is. It looks like a hand, or something.

http://www.flavorj.com/~skysea/Images/stereo.htm

After several tries, I strongly suspect it is "simply" a 3d view of the clouds.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

After several tries, I strongly suspect it is "simply" a 3d view of the clouds.

Yeah, most likely.

 

[Captain Howdy]

After several tries, I strongly suspect it is "simply" a 3d view of the clouds.

It's stereo photography. It's really tricky, but you can get your eyes to form a 3-d image of whatever picture you see. Throw your eyes out of focus like you would with one of those magic-eye things, then an image should start to appear in between the two photos. Focus on that center image, and ignore the right and left one. You should see a really cool 3-d image... But it takes more practice than those computer generated designs do.
I guess the stereo photography used to be a really big thing, cause I have seen special glasses that do the focusing for you. I have seen old pairs at antique stores, but you can get modern ones, I think.