crwmike 0 #1 June 29, 2004 Stereograms delight me. I've shown stereograms to a bunch of skydivers and nurses over the years. It still puzzles me, it's a rare skydiver who cannot see the images and a rare nurse who can. Why is that, I wonder? Have fun! Michael Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lainey 0 #2 June 29, 2004 I can see them all but i wont say what they are and spoil it for others. i just go crosseyed and then when i slowly go back to normal vision i can see them . And you shed not a single tear for the things that you didn't need 'Cause you knew you were finally free - Death Cab For Cutie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keith 0 #3 June 29, 2004 I owe BEER. This is the First time I've ever been able to see them Keith Don't Fuck with me Keith - J. Mandeville Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #4 June 29, 2004 nope can't see them. never could.I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
damion75 0 #5 June 29, 2004 Well I am that 'rare' skydiver - I can never see through those things... *************** Not one shred of evidence supports the theory that life is serious - look at the platypus. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crwmike 0 #6 June 29, 2004 QuoteWell I am that 'rare' skydiver - I can never see through those things... Bet you can Look at it this way You're flying toward 6-way base on an slow, smooth 30-way. You're 25th. You don't look at your slot, you open your gaze to take in the whole (3-D) picture. Now ... Open your gaze through the pic don't focus relax Don't be goal oriented (tell him, girls ) Don't look for the image. Stare through it at allow it to form. Once you get it, it's amazing. Good luck, Michael Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rainman 0 #7 June 29, 2004 These are nice! Even *I* could see them...problem is I have to look cross-eyed to see them, which inverts the depth of the image...the parts that should stick out towards you are 'lowered' into the image. I have a book of these things, my wife reads them like a comic, but it takes me much longer...Rainman Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 4 #8 June 29, 2004 You seem to spend a lot of time around nurses? Number 3, can you say IUD? SparkyMy idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #9 June 29, 2004 I'm another one of the rare skydivers... Let's make an association or something, and let's post in the disabled section scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AirCav 0 #10 June 29, 2004 Thanks, the crossing tour eyes makes them come into view quicker but except for #2 I 'm not sure what I'm seeing. Are the images supposed to come out at you or go in? I can only see them as going in.GW685,D3888,C5052,SCS843 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #11 June 29, 2004 ok i take it back i can see them!!!!I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #12 June 29, 2004 i can see them but i cant make out what two of them are supposed to beMy photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeJD 0 #13 June 29, 2004 It's just a knack, like lots of other things. Once you've seen one or two, you should be able to instantly see others. I found the best way was to have the image behind glass or another reflective surface (unfortunately most computer screens are pretty non-reflective these days). If you focus on your own reflection in the glass rather than the image itself, then you're effectively doing what you need to - focusing beyond the image. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pawl 0 #14 June 29, 2004 Ok. I see them...WOW How do they work ????"Africa is not for sissies" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeJD 0 #15 June 29, 2004 QuoteOk. I see them...WOW How do they work ???? By fooling the brain into thinking that your left and right eye, which are actually looking at two different parts of the image, are seeing two 'sides' of the same object. The parts of the pattern that your two eyes are focusing on individually are very similar but just different enough to give a sense of perspective. The most basic stereograms comprise two photographs side by side, each taken from slightly to the left or right of the subject. Once you can get your left and right eye to concentrate on the left and the right image respectively, then it's as if you're seeing a real-world object in 'stereo', like we do in the 3d world. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
samhussey 0 #16 June 29, 2004 Yeah, I have to cross my eyes and uncross them too, so it makes some of them quite difficult to tell what they are. I could tell 1 and 2, but I couldnt tell what 3 and 4 are. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeJD 0 #17 June 29, 2004 QuoteI could tell 1 and 2, but I couldnt tell what 3 and 4 are. I think they're all fairly obvious, so I suspect you're not quite seeing the last two properly. Keep looking! By the way, I remember hearing that the principle of stereograms was first noticed by someone gazing at wallpaper (jeez, that guy must have been bored!) Slight imperfections in the repeating pattern gradually gave him the impression that it was 3-dimensional. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cajundude 0 #18 June 29, 2004 You really don't have to cross your eyes. Just let your eyes go out of focus. Meaning, don't focus in any particular place. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themitchyone 0 #19 June 29, 2004 I can never see these things. I try the cross eyes, letting my eyes not focus, but nutting! "If the Bible has taught us nothing else, and it hasn't, it's that girls should stick to girl's sports such as hot oil wrestling and foxy boxing." - Homer Simpson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #20 June 29, 2004 oooh look - A schooner!I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 7 #21 June 29, 2004 QuoteI can never see these things. I try the cross eyes, letting my eyes not focus, but nutting! Look over your monitor and focus on something at the wall, then look back down at your monitor without refocusing your eyes - just pretend the monitor isn't there and you're still trying to see something on the wall.it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mailin 0 #22 June 29, 2004 Hehe seeing as I am cross-eyed, I can't get them to work, even with my glasses. Oh well! JenArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vt1977 0 #23 June 29, 2004 OMG! That is without a doubt the time I have ever been able to see those things. They're cool! I always thought they were some kind of joke on me but now I've seen them! Vicki Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #24 June 29, 2004 WTF is the 3rd one supposed to be? I can see the image but can't tell what its supposed to be.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brains 2 #25 June 29, 2004 QuoteWTF is the 3rd one supposed to be? I can see the image but can't tell what its supposed to be. some gear head you are its a coil spring silly. Never look down on someone, unless they are going down on you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
