In the early 1990s, Magic Eye images (or computer-generated autostereograms to give them their generic name) felt like the pinnacle of an exciting confluence of art and technology.

Rendering of the proposed magic venue The Hand & The Eye, slated to open at 100 E. Ontario St. in 2026. (Rockwell Group) The Hand & The Eye hardly will be the only magic venue in the city.

A new magic venue, described as America’s largest, will occupy the 36,000-square-foot space at Ontario and Rush. The Hand & The Eye should open next year at 100 E. Ontario Street.