The magic eye books had a better way of explaining it. 😅 Also, my friends back then couldn’t see the images, either. They must mave thought I played tricks on them!

On Wednesday, Magic Eye, those tricky 2D patterns with the 3D images hidden inside, turns 15. And we couldn’t in good conscience throw Waldo a party without at least mentioning Magic Eye.

Magic Eye's granddaddy was the random dot stereogram invented by neuroscientist and psychologist Bela Julesz in 1959 to test people’s ability to see in 3D. Julesz would generate one image of ...

Magic Eye pictures have been called “the world’s most famous—and infamously frustrating—optical illusion.” Here’s what might be going on if you can’t see them.

Figuring out how Magic Eye pictures work. You know what I mean: Those images that look sort of like a random collection of dots... until you look at them in just the right way, at which point they ...

YOU have to have 20/20 vision to be able to spot the two hidden images in this Magic Eye-style optical illusion in under 10 seconds. Only those with the eyes of a hawk will be able to figure this m… ...

Although Magic Eye puzzles were all the rage in the 90s, ... To view 3D stereo images, your peepers have to work together as a coordinated team - if they aren’t 'pulling together', ...

I n 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. They were ...

While helping my mother clean out her attic, I found boxes of toys and books from my childhood. Among the stuffed animals, board games and Nancy Drew books were my two “Magic Eye” books.Back ...

Ah, the Magic Eye. For years, it made dolphins and sharks extrude from the bedroom posters of '90s teenagers, and now it's bringing an entire music video to life.