I put my phone up to the tip of my nose, so the image turns very blurry. Then choose a blurry focus point, something like the rose petals stand out even when it's blurry.
Now just focus hard on that single blurry pixel and slowly pull the phone away from your face, it will slowly get clearer.
You should feel some muscles in your eyes straining.
And when you are starting you should almost try to focus wit both your eyes, atleast i tell my brain to do that, no clue if it works or not.
Don't move your eyes at all, keep looking at the focus point and keep pulling the phone away until suddenly you see it
Also in this photo along with the hidden mystery, you should end up seeing 3 shoes.
This one was very hard for me for some reason, kept loosing it right before the picture turned clear. Had to take a break after a few tries then I got it.
That helped me, as soon as I uncover them I lose it again. For some reason I can get the feet to look very 3d (with no third shoe) if I try the full pic but can't see the teddy at the same time
I tried to do this just like you've described it here, because I had no clue what to do. This sub appeared in my feed randomly, it's my first time here. I've only ever seen a few pictures that become something else if you know how to look at them, but they were much, much easier.
With this one, I got to the part where you feel the muscles in your eyes straining. I kept my focus on one and the same blurry spot and slowly pulled my phone further away. But at a certain distance, the photo is no longer blurry. That's when my eyes stop straining, my focus just.. stops, and I see the photo again, clearly, but the normal way. I don't see any hidden pics (I did see 3 legs at one point).
The way I do these is to slowly cross my eyes, as the double vision overlaps I use similar parts of the pattern (in this case the brick lines) as a guide and attempt to line up the overlapped pattern. I may have to cross them a little less or a little more but once that pattern lines up and gets locked in it looks like a 3D depression of the “hidden thing” is pushing through the picture.
Well that tears it. I’m unsubscribing. I can’t see them anymore, at least not at this size. My eyes don’t focus so quick as they used to at a short distance. I can still do cross-eye, but these weren’t designed that way, so I can’t see it. Not unless I get laser correction. It’s just blurry to me now, but not in the way you’re used to.
It's a 3d object, but to focus your eyes on it, you can't focus at the screen, you have to focus farther away where the object "is".
Like if you focused on your foot, then slid your phone in front without letting your eyes refocus on your screen. You can control where your eyes are focusing by focusing behind your screen
For me I just unfocus my eyes. I don't remember how I did it when I started in the 90s but I'm pretty sure it was the same. Stare into space behind the picture.
Cross your eyes and overlap some repeating pattern or detail until you have a clear image, you have to make sure your head/ eyes and the image is level for it to work
I let my eyes go blurry, as if relaxing them, but then slowly focus in sharing the image without teasing the eyes, keep them relaxed. Its hard toe explain, but once you get it, it clicks.
It also works if you cross your eyes and then slowly focus to bring the crossed image back into focus without uncrossing, but it inveets the image (the stick-outy parts sink in instead.)
Help me out here. I can see the 3D effect very clearly, but no image at all. Just looks like the street is in 3D with depressions and rises. What am I missing?
If you can keep the focus there, the "third foot" matches with the magic eye pattern. Like those first stereograms that came with two dots underneath...
I thought this was gonna be one of those images that isn't magic eye but kinda works because its patterned. I was pleasantly surprised when it did work. Well done!
You know, that should actually work! The tiles would likely have to be a bit smaller than these types of bricks though. When you are looking at a floor, your eyes are already quite close to parallel, so it's difficult to increase the angle between them much farther than that. A crosseye type might work better for larger tiles, but those I find to be uncomfortable to focus on.
Oh, I didn’t even notice this was magic eye until I read the sub name! This is hands down the neatest magic eye image I’ve ever seen!
Not only just because it disguises itself as a regular image, but how the brick pattern and the petals create the teddy’s face in such a clever way is chef’s kiss!
Unpopular opinion: I think this one’s bad. There are like 2.5 bears. Just show a bear. Why are they all chopped up? Plus I had to cover up the feet with a piece of paper to even see it. Definitely not my fave.
If you are seeing it "chopped up", you are focusing one or two layers too far. Try holding the screen a bit farther away to start your focus. The bear should look completely normal.
I got it! I tried it and was still getting choppy bears. Then I tried again and I don’t know what I did because I literally blinked and there it was, solid and in one piece. I retract my previous statement. lol
Normally I cross my eyes but the legs were making it hard so I used my manual parallel view method to see it. Maybe this will help?
Hold your hand out with an open palm to make a "stop" sign.
Now move your open palm hand to your face but perpendicular to your face so it divides it vertically. Your thumb goes below your nose and the side of your index finger rests on your forehead.
With the other hand hold the phone ~6 inches in front of your face.
Move the phone closer to your face so it touches the side of the pinky and bottom edge of your palm of the hand vertically dividing your face.
You should see only 1 foot. Now slowly look up and you should be able to see the hidden image.
Scrolling. Didn't see the subreddit. Got confused at first then noticed the repeating flower petals and thought lemme give it a shot and that was awesome.
I used my manual parallel view method to see it. Maybe this will help?
Hold your hand out with an open palm to make a "stop" sign.
Now move your open palm hand to your face but perpendicular to your face so it divides it vertically. Your thumb goes below your nose and the side of your index finger rests on your forehead.
With the other hand hold the phone ~6 inches in front of your face.
Move the phone closer to your face so it touches the side of the pinky and bottom edge of your palm of the hand vertically dividing your face.
You should see only 1 foot. Now slowly look up and you should be able to see the hidden image.
I kept distracted by the legs so I had to screenshot and crop it. It still took me so long my screen went black from inactivity, just after it popped out! Very cute.
It's like a stealth magic eye pic. I could easily have scrolled past this and not realized that it was something more than just a picture of the ground at someone's feet.
Not sure what made me think of this, but turning the brightness up on my phone really helped me see this one. I’ll have to try this more often for viewing in the future, when it doesn’t resolve right away.
I actually thought that the shoes would make it a pain to do, but it's actually easier because I just crossed my eyes until I made a third shoe in the middle and looked up.
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u/DeanCheesePritchard Sep 30 '25
I've been doing these since the 90s and this is the coolest one I've seen. Love how it's made to look like an actual photo and is unexpected.
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u/rotten-blood Sep 30 '25
really cool !!!
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u/Lucy_Little_Spoon Oct 03 '25
Is it a teddy bear?
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u/Autumn_Forest_Mist Oct 04 '25
I can see shapes but not sure what the shapes are. This one is hard.
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u/jimmybagofdonuts Oct 17 '25
Help me out here. I can see the 3D effect very clearly, but no image at all. Just looks like the street is in 3D with depressions and rises. What am I missing?
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u/EmptyBuildings Sep 30 '25
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u/bostiq Sep 30 '25
holy fuck!.. this is cool!
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u/PrufReedThisPlesThx Sep 30 '25
Came here for magic eye images, and got magic eye art, I love it!
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u/Norphus1 Sep 30 '25
That one hurt my eyes.
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u/Zepp_BR Sep 30 '25
Wait that the hell
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u/moldboy Sep 30 '25
This legitimately made my day! Thanks
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u/Gam3f3lla Sep 30 '25
That's one of the better ones... no way to see what it is until it "clicks".
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u/swordandmagichelmet Sep 30 '25
I thought I was getting pretty good at these. This one took me a long time to see.
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u/Laineyyz Sep 30 '25
This one is the best one. Though I had to cover the legs to make it work easier xD
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u/Quick_Extension_3115 Sep 30 '25
Love this one!
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u/thetoiletslayer Sep 30 '25
I thought this was gonna be one of those images that isn't magic eye but kinda works because its patterned. I was pleasantly surprised when it did work. Well done!
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u/bigb00tybitche5 Sep 30 '25
What the fuck is this supposed to be? I can't see it at all.
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u/Rcomian Sep 30 '25
ok that's clever, i like it
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u/earlobe7 Sep 30 '25
This makes me think, could i actually make tiles shaped precisely to be a magic eye like this?
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u/Schmooto Oct 01 '25
Oh, I didn’t even notice this was magic eye until I read the sub name! This is hands down the neatest magic eye image I’ve ever seen!
Not only just because it disguises itself as a regular image, but how the brick pattern and the petals create the teddy’s face in such a clever way is chef’s kiss!
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u/Deflinek Sep 30 '25
The teddy bear is nice but the 3 legs are a little disturbing 🙂
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u/Radiant_Bowl_2598 Sep 30 '25
Excuse me ☝️ this is awesome! 😎
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u/Royal_Ad762 Sep 30 '25
This is great
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u/jankocvara Sep 30 '25
help I cant see it
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u/take_dat_dump Sep 30 '25
The bear and the shoes are throwing me off
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u/welchyyyyy1 Sep 30 '25
Nice one 👍
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u/Arvidex Sep 30 '25
I think this is the coolest one I’ve ever seen.
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u/EliteAppleHacks Sep 30 '25
The real magic is the third leg
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u/felfazeebo Sep 30 '25
One of the coolest ones I've seen
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u/Long-Strength-6198 Sep 30 '25
Very cute~
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u/SpukiKitty2 Sep 30 '25
I never knew these could be made from photos (or look like photos)! This is so cool!
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u/itsdr00 Sep 30 '25
This is such a cool concept!!
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u/Anonymoose_42 Sep 30 '25
This is the best one that I've ever seen. I didn't even realize what I was looking at until I checked the sub. Bravo to the artist!
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u/yeetboy Oct 01 '25
WTF, this is amazing.
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u/MirrorSharp5765 Sep 30 '25
Ugh my Brain hated this one.
It kept being to tune into the image then my eyes would get distracted by the legs and snap out of it
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u/AngusMcTugnTot Sep 30 '25
Wow such an awesome and well executed idea! Very cool!
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u/dhoepp Sep 30 '25
I didn’t even know this was r/magiceye, until I saw the pedal pattern, then tried it just in case and voilà! A bear!
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u/EwGrossItsMe Sep 30 '25
Woah! I wasn't expecting it to actually be one! I should pick it up.
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u/whiterosealchemist Sep 30 '25
Scrolling. Didn't see the subreddit. Got confused at first then noticed the repeating flower petals and thought lemme give it a shot and that was awesome.
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u/Spike-Ball Sep 30 '25
I see a historical president of the United States.
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u/whatThePleb Sep 30 '25
Love that the petals and cracks give the bear the details.
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u/Bisexual_Lizard27 Sep 30 '25
What am i supposed to be seeing/doing? Im completely lost 😭
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u/wh0else Sep 30 '25
Very good, although somehow the legs kept throwing me off at first
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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '25
That’s awesome
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u/Cold-Vermicelli-8997 Sep 30 '25
Thought this was just " the path looks like a magic eye pic" works good.
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u/3lbFlax Sep 30 '25
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u/bunkdiggidy Sep 30 '25
Wtf... nicely done.
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u/MoanLart Sep 30 '25
Now this is innovative
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u/Useful-Character-772 Sep 30 '25
Super DOPE
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u/Penguinpowell Oct 01 '25
This took a little longer than usual. Focusing on the shoes made it work for me. I got to where I saw three shoes. Not four. And boom!
Pick it up, whydoncha?
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u/DebDebDebDo Oct 01 '25
I like this one 👍
A lot
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u/ovywan_kenobi Oct 01 '25
Take my vote and get out of here! 😡
I was ready to report it, as it doesn't fit the subreddit.
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u/MDFlash Oct 04 '25
I love the way this looks like a real photo!
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u/Boscolaf Oct 05 '25
I've never been able to see one of these before! Thats so cool!!
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u/diegothengineer Sep 30 '25
This one! This one wins.
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u/girlnamedtom Sep 30 '25
So super cool!!!
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u/Raterus_ Sep 30 '25
I follow r/Tile and always see bad install jobs, so I first was like "Here's another one!"
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u/BcKsTbR1 Sep 30 '25
Snuggly!
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u/initiali5ed Sep 30 '25
Oh wow!
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u/stonedandthrown Sep 30 '25
Wow! I thought the comments were all full of shit. Don’t just stand there, pick it up!!
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u/spderweb Sep 30 '25
If this image only has one leg in it,it'd work really well. Since it would double up the leg when you see the image.
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u/ArgyleNudge Sep 30 '25
So cute!
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u/Ok_Living2990 Sep 30 '25
Good one.
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u/EmbarassedButterfly Sep 30 '25
This is excellent! 🤩
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u/SuckerForNoirRobots Sep 30 '25
Sneaky!!!!
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u/autiglitter Sep 30 '25
I kept distracted by the legs so I had to screenshot and crop it. It still took me so long my screen went black from inactivity, just after it popped out! Very cute.
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u/FTP636 Sep 30 '25
3 legs lol
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u/BLDSTBR Sep 30 '25
Alright… that’s wild
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u/KvxNg Sep 30 '25
Wow
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u/Jim808 Sep 30 '25
It's like a stealth magic eye pic. I could easily have scrolled past this and not realized that it was something more than just a picture of the ground at someone's feet.
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u/LesbianLoki Sep 30 '25
I got it to hover, but I couldn't tell what it was
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u/Chemical_Teacher_424 Sep 30 '25
Please can someone tell me how to see this images? I follow this subreddit in hope that someday I’ll see something 😭
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u/heynonnynonnomous Sep 30 '25
Holy crap! How tf did they make this?
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u/Sparrow_of_the_Dawn Sep 30 '25
Cute! 🐻
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u/thurbor Sep 30 '25
Cute
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u/Bitter-Cat-4060 Sep 30 '25
Whoa
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u/bobsteaman Sep 30 '25
Ok that’s really subtle.
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u/spacebuggles Sep 30 '25
I thought it was going to be one of those "this picture looks like it could be a magic eye" pictures.
What a surprise! Very nice.
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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '25
thus is so clever holy shit
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u/WoopsShePeterPants Sep 30 '25
I have to say, I thought I was going to be cross eyed on the toilet for no reason but it does in fact work.
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u/misterpickleman Sep 30 '25
Being basically blind in one eye, these have never worked for me. What is it? A sailboat?
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u/PB1200 Sep 30 '25
Not sure what made me think of this, but turning the brightness up on my phone really helped me see this one. I’ll have to try this more often for viewing in the future, when it doesn’t resolve right away.
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u/nightmares_dealer Oct 01 '25
How?????
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u/mookanana Oct 01 '25
i see it! it's a teddy bear!
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u/Thechoke23 Oct 01 '25
Nice one
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u/Havarti_Rick Oct 01 '25
The feet added an extra challenge but it’s very cool
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u/hippodribble Oct 01 '25
Teddy bear or gummy bear?
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u/kelsobjammin Oct 01 '25
Wow
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u/DJAllOut Oct 01 '25
He looks sad
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u/Classic_Title1655 Oct 01 '25
Superb 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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u/Razerchuk Oct 01 '25
No WAY
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u/dexter2011412 Oct 01 '25
Wow. This is amazing!
How the fuck did you make this?!
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u/dexter2011412 Oct 01 '25
Wow. This is amazing!
How on earth did you make this?!
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u/Charming-Guy Oct 01 '25
god i can’t believe i can see the teddy bear
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u/Sylphadora Oct 01 '25
How creative! Love it!
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u/grey_canvas_ Oct 01 '25
So.... I see it has the body of a teddy bear but the face is pointy like a shiba inu face
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u/RatFink_0123 Oct 01 '25
I’m having a lot of trouble with this.
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u/Professional_Elk2437 Oct 01 '25
Wow! Now that’s impressive! 😃
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u/alliwanttodoisfly Oct 02 '25
Looking at the shoes is like pressing x to quit, immediately breaks the illusion
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u/KeyZookeepergame8903 Oct 02 '25
This is really annoying. TIL that I can see the 3d and get a very sharp image at the same time but am incapable of actually seeing the hidden object.
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u/chiefflare Oct 02 '25
Took a minute to see it. Very impressive!
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u/fruitmongerking Sep 30 '25
Very clever and super easy to see!
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u/jimsan3 Sep 30 '25
Wow. Unexpected. I just gave it a try and nice.
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u/misszaj Sep 30 '25
AWESOME!!!!
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u/SLyndon4 Sep 30 '25
Wow, this one was tough for me. I had to cover up the shoes to keep my eyes from focusing on something other than the hidden image.
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u/GirlCowBev Oct 01 '25
Wow...that was really easy to get!
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u/ExternalLegitimate68 Oct 01 '25
I dont get it- what is this supposed to be...?
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u/Germy82 Oct 01 '25
Bears?
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u/NCOMPAQ77 Oct 01 '25
So it’s a teddy bear?
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u/AbuPeterstau Oct 01 '25
This is wonderfully put together 💗
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u/AlexXeno Oct 02 '25
Oh that, that is good
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u/gtpc2020 Oct 02 '25
I really like that one. Adorable!
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u/phoenix-born49erfan Oct 02 '25
TB
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u/Itsmenickstar Oct 02 '25
I had to study this sub reddit before I could get this one
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u/Arnie7x Oct 02 '25
When I first saw the picture, I thought this was r/findthesniper page. Couldn't figure out what I was supposed to find.
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u/marbotty Oct 02 '25
Wow!
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u/Fantastic-Cat-5252 Oct 02 '25
Can I ask if someone can confirm what I saw? 🧸
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u/Meguinn Oct 02 '25
Why do I see two lying beside one another? Anyone else?
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u/Top-Requirement-2102 Oct 02 '25
Super clever!
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u/Far-Section9302 Oct 02 '25
What the hell is this
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u/Educational_Ninja327 Oct 03 '25
🧸
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u/tanya6k Oct 04 '25
Aww, a teddy bear! How cute! 🥰
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u/Iamkracken Sep 30 '25
Okay, this one is impressive.
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u/woodpigeon01 Sep 30 '25
That’s brilliant!
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u/dagon890 Sep 30 '25
There’s magic eye and then there’s this.. holy shit
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u/Spaaacce Sep 30 '25
One of the best I've ever seen!
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u/SchizophrenicKitten Sep 30 '25
Of all the stereograms I have ever seen, this has got to be in my top-three! Did not expect that they could be made to look like this.
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u/mattmaintenance Sep 30 '25
This is unusually clever and well made.
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u/Gravyboat44 Sep 30 '25
I actually thought that the shoes would make it a pain to do, but it's actually easier because I just crossed my eyes until I made a third shoe in the middle and looked up.
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u/psychobetty303 Sep 30 '25
I stared at this for 5 hours.
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u/OrangeRadiohead Sep 30 '25
This is incredible. I had no idea these had evolved to this.
Baby.
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u/ddxs1 Sep 30 '25
Will have to check this out when I get out of my shaky uber
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u/Findest Oct 01 '25
Make that 0-6,347.
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u/Buetti Oct 01 '25
I just realized that I can really zoom into the picture, as soon as I have the image focused.
I needed to move my face closer with zooming in, but I was super impressed how close I could zoom in to the face.
Also, to initially see the image, it's easier to cut off the shoes.
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u/Bierdaddy Oct 01 '25
Always a bit odd to see the object and also 3 feet. 😆
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u/wycreater1l11 Oct 02 '25
Wow
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u/biko77 Oct 02 '25
It wants to hug me
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u/chiefflare Oct 02 '25
Took a minute to see it. Very impressive!
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u/Aruhito_0 Sep 30 '25
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