Can you see this?

Post by **Nanohedron** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:25 pm

Cool. Yeah, I'd never seen one of those moving. Gotta love computers, sometimes.

I just get my face somewhat close, maybe a little more than a hand's length (left my reading glasses on), initially focused behind the screen, let the pixelly box fill my vision, stopped any kind of attempts at focussing anywhere, and then let my eyes feel like they're going "flabby" or "melting". The shark soon materialises.

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:41 pm

I used to be able to do those. Don't have the patience now.

djm · Post by **djm** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:07 pm

Its a trick. You just have to keep trying until you stumble over it. Once you get the hang of it, you'll reallize its no big deal, but until you cotton on to how to do it, it can be very frustrating.

djm

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:13 pm

Do both eyes have to work well for you to see it?

Post by **Nanohedron** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:19 pm

Well, I had to use reading glasses or it would have looked like a blur. I'm pretty sure my right eye's stronger than my left. So, I dunno. Maybe not.

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:31 pm

I am nearsighted in one eye, far sighted in the other and I can see it if I get close, take off my glasses and let my eyes"go".

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:47 pm

I can't see it either, Cran. Although, I don't think I'm doing it long enough. It just makes me all dizzy trying to look at it for more than a few seconds

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:50 pm

Nanohedron wrote: I just get my face somewhat close, maybe a little more than a hand's length (left my reading glasses on), initially focused behind the screen, let the pixelly box fill my vision, stopped any kind of attempts at focussing anywhere, and then let my eyes feel like they're going "flabby" or "melting". The shark soon materialises.

I tried that.

Didn't happen. So I took off my glasses, focused both my eyes on the tip of my nose, tried to let my vision wander, held my breath in anticipation and very soon I could hear the theme from "Jaws" playing in my head.

Nearly there, try again tomorrow.

Slan,
D.

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:53 pm

dubhlinn wrote:
Nanohedron wrote: I just get my face somewhat close, maybe a little more than a hand's length (left my reading glasses on), initially focused behind the screen, let the pixelly box fill my vision, stopped any kind of attempts at focussing anywhere, and then let my eyes feel like they're going "flabby" or "melting". The shark soon materialises.
I tried that.

Didn't happen. So I took off my glasses, focused both my eyes on the tip of my nose, tried to let my vision wander, held my breath in anticipation and very soon I could hear the theme from "Jaws" playing in my head.

Nearly there, try again tomorrow.

I tried all of that too...I was beginning to feel like I was having a bad acid trip or something

Charlene · Post by **Charlene** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:04 pm

These things always give me a headache, with or without my glasses.

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:21 am

I couldn't see it at all without my glasses. Does that count?

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:24 am

I saw a shark. But I thought I saw another fish (or something long and thin) in front of the shark. Maybe a smaller fish.

I didn't remove my glasses. I just made sure I didn't focus and it came out very clearly.

Edited to add: first time arouund it wasn't moving—I have dial-up at home and images can be a problem. But second time it was moving and again I saw a shark and a fish in front of it, both moving.

I don't know what failure to see pattern shows. Tests with dots are used to reveal colour blindness but this is about depth perception.

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:56 am

Yep. Depth perception is it. One of my Brothers-in-Law has Amblyopia, so he just can't see these yokes at all. Unless you have reasonable stereoscopic vision, it won't work.
Lambie, if you see them inside out it's because you are crossing your eyes the wrong way. Try putting your face up close to it.

It's the first time I've seen a moving one.
It gives me a headache, too.

avanutria · Post by **avanutria** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 2:16 am

I can see it (Never seen a moving one before either, very cool).

I have to wear my glasses, because I can't see anything without them.

Cran see if your library has a copy of a Magic Eye book, they teach you how to see them.

Martin Milner · Post by **Martin Milner** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 4:03 am

Nice - never seen one moving either. Took me all of three seconds to see it.

There was a big craze of these some years ago (I saw my first one over ten years ago) and I've got several books of them. Some are easier than other to brign into focus.

I don't cross my eyes, I uncross them and focus way beyond the screen or page. I guess I'm used to looking through stuff.

I believe looking at these (if you can see them) is good exercise for the eye muscles.