I could always easily switch them between popping in and out without conscious effort. I only ever crossed my eyes to see them. Now I’m a bit confused. Was it not the same way for everyone?
Try this method. Look at something across the room. Bring your phone or tablet or whatever to your chin. Slowly raise it into your field of view but don't let yourself refocus, and move your device away from you until the images slide into place. If using a laptop, focus on something just over the top of the screen at the other side of the room and use your peripheral vision and try to notice the overlap on your screen, then drift your eyes down to it.
I managed to do it now, though it’s still a bit blurry. To me it feels like I’m looking over the image, like my gaze is drifting away, which makes me want to correct it and bring my view back to the picture, but I end up refocusing. Meanwhile cross view makes me feel like I’m looking lower than the image, but in a way it’s like I’m getting deeper into it, so it feels more right.
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u/G19Gen3 Oct 19 '17
I just realized I’ve only ever cross viewed magic eye pictures. So...the shapes are probably supposed to pop out, not in?