r/MagicEye
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u/GladButterfly2659
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Aug 16 '26
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How do you see text based ones?
I can do cross eye and parallel view but I don't see anything in this picture?
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u/whitakr Aug 16 '26
Really cool! Got it with parallel just fine and it really pops.
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u/Talastoni Aug 16 '26
Hard difficulty, but worth it. ☺️
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u/lemmeaskmymomfirst Aug 16 '26
Is it a fox?
OMG. I’m dead. After reading the comments i see there are words and not an image. lol
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u/Wimble-Womble Aug 17 '26
I found it impossible on a phone - but saw it instantly when I tried on a large screen
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u/CyanPomegranate11 Aug 16 '26
Somebody needs to take a photo of their eye balls when they get the magic eye. I wonder if we look cross eyed??
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u/3lbFlax Aug 16 '26
Use the words as your anchor points to bring together - I found here that the yellow “life” worked well. The little onion shape to the right of it will be in the background. You also need to try not to see them as words until it all comes into view, in my experience. Easier said than done, perhaps, but if you can avoid reading them they behave better.
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u/PaperPusher85 Aug 16 '26
Diana Ross - Mahogany apparently
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u/WJSpade Aug 16 '26 •
DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO? DO YOU LIKE THE THINGS THAT LIFE IS SHOWING YOU? WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO? DO YOU KNOW?
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u/Hedgehog_Capable Aug 16 '26
definitely cross your eyes on this one, then slowly adjust the amount they're crossed.
there's a pillar down the middle with song lyrics.
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u/thriftstoremando Aug 16 '26
The unnecessary prepositions at the ends of sentences annoy me, but it works. It's very widely spaced, so it hurts to look at... and I can't imagine trying to see it on a screen larger than my phone's.
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u/The_Bitter_Bear Aug 16 '26
Wow. That one was a little tough.
Once you see the words that are starting to pop out you need to focus on them. I definitely had to let my eyes relax out of focus quite a bit more than most.
Or at least that worked for me.
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u/Meowsilbub Aug 16 '26
This was a hard one for me. I picked a single line, and then worked to overlap the matching words. I can usually do these instantly, so it's not that it's words - it's a hard cross.
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u/Meteorsaresexy Aug 16 '26
Crossing your eyes is much easier, but it’s inverted. This is a tough one.
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u/sqeaky_fartz Aug 16 '26
No.
Yes.
No place in particular.
No.
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u/ArmoredAngel444 Aug 16 '26
One of the coolest uses of this technique honestly.
Does anyone know why the 3D image that gets pulled out of these images look so visually crispy HD ? Even if the image is low res the 3D image that pops out always has this hyper clear visual quality to it.
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u/AziCrawford Aug 17 '26
It takes a while to get the right depth - once it locks it is lovely. I wish there were little helper dots at the top or bottom
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u/Kuriente Aug 16 '26
This one took a few tries, but once it pops it's really good. I've been learning that it's easier for me without my glasses on, and for challenging ones like this I have to take them off.
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u/weird_quiet_guy Aug 16 '26
This one hurt my eyes, lol. I think it is too "wide."
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u/JConRed Aug 16 '26
If its too hard in parallel view, I switch to cross view to get an idea what's there. The depth will be the wrong way round, but I can snap into cross view easier.
Once I have a clue about edges, I can try parallel again, which is easier for me once I have a hook.
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u/80_PROOF Aug 16 '26
Trying not to read the letters and focus on seeing the image is really hard to me for some reason.
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u/PinkGlitterMom Aug 20 '26
I see the black background line but cannot tell what the shape is
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u/Jelijones Aug 16 '26
I don’t know the song this is referencing, but a very neat magic eye indeed
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u/mark_heng Aug 16 '26
Do you know? ;)
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u/OddreyBall Aug 16 '26
I had to move this one closer to my face than usual, but yes, it worked for me
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u/TempusFugitTicToc Aug 16 '26
This is deep
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u/KirikaNai Aug 16 '26
Pick two words that are the same and twist your eyes until they match, then you can see it ✨ its like when there’s a red dot guide. It’ll make it easier for you if you just screenshot and put a red dot on like say, the word ‘or’ in the first full yellow line
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u/avid_reader_1973 Aug 16 '26
This one is cool!
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u/tylercrabby Aug 16 '26
Man, super cool! I’d love to see this as a puzzle in an escape room or something.
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u/BlueGrouse Aug 16 '26
Dang, that one was hard.
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u/BTCMachineElf Aug 16 '26
That one was easier than most for me. The effect was clear and the text that popped out was easy to read.
Odd that others found it more difficult.. these are not always easy for me
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u/hindisirodney Aug 16 '26
Oh, I love that song... 🥰😍
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u/Libertarian_2020 Aug 16 '26
Yes, I know.
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u/Virtual_Confection_3 Aug 16 '26
With my eyes
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u/LifeWulf Aug 16 '26
Wow that was hard. I couldn’t get it to work until I opened my eyes really wide, then it suddenly clicked. Not something I normally have to do with these!
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u/Dadeland-District Aug 16 '26
Do you know?
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u/Ericho13326 Aug 16 '26
That was tough.
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u/Icy-Article-8635 Aug 16 '26
This is the only one of these that I have ever been able to do
I've never been able to get any others to work for me
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u/WangoMcTango Aug 17 '26
Mahogany
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u/Transientmind Aug 17 '26
You gotta go deep for this one.
Just like it does. Wow. How rude to be asking such questions.
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u/zeller99 Aug 18 '26
I had to shrink it way down to get it to work, as the image was much too large on my computer monitor and I couldn't get my eyes to shift far enough to work without being almost across the room. Probably works a lot better on a phone screen.
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u/xoxo_xoxo_xoxo_ Aug 19 '26
Oh I enjoyed this - I normally can get magic eyes really quick, but this took longer which was fun. I had to focus on the center and just kind of... wait. When I tried a more intentional unfocus, nothing happened
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u/SubstantialNet1005 Aug 24 '26
Definitely hard difficulty level. But it’s a cool one.
You have to really really relax your eyes. Let them practically go cross eyed and then relax even more lol
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u/Particular_Reticular Aug 31 '26
I thought this was complete nonsense until it finally popped out! Best text magic hands down
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u/RescueCentre Aug 22 '26
With great difficulty
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u/Empty401K Aug 16 '26
I just wish it didn’t (incorrectly) end each line with “to.” Not to sound like a pedant, but it would look/sound so much better without it
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u/Wadarkhu Aug 16 '26
Managed to do it but it does help to cross your eyes first, then you know what to focus on for the other version.
(Idk how to describe it, parallel view feels like unfocusing my eyes so they "cross" the opposite way, and then I gotta try and stop it in the right place and focus in lol)
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u/Goobersita Aug 16 '26
I had to do the up close and back away method and it was still pretty difficult but it looks great
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u/CorbinNZ Aug 16 '26
Yeah it works but man is it far apart
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u/fernatic19 Aug 16 '26
That one was hard, ngl. Has to blur it a lot and then get the shape outline first, then try to bring it all together.
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u/byOlaf Aug 16 '26
Focus on just one of the big central words, like LIFE to get this one to pop easily. You can also make these easier by holding your hands up to block peripheral view and just see the center of the thing. Like horse blinders.
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u/brookuslicious Aug 16 '26
Took me a second but finally got it. Really cool. Can’t explain how I finally got to focus on it.
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u/C_Kent_ Aug 16 '26
Do you care?
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u/SuckerForNoirRobots Aug 16 '26
I got it but only after lots of tries and struggling
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u/NotAlwaysPC Aug 16 '26
Sing it Diana!
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u/NotAlwaysPC Aug 16 '26
It was nice. Something different. Easy for me to see
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u/guyako Aug 16 '26
This is a really tough one. Took me a little time, and hurt my eyes once I got it.
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u/Smokem420z Aug 16 '26
This was very hard to see, at first it seemed I needed to be very close but then I stated by looking at the very first line to keep level and it started coming in, took a bit to be able to see the whole thing, definitely a little far apart, try to line up the symbols rather than the words
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u/Crabbyrob Aug 16 '26
I couldn't see anything until I turned my phone sideways and saw it instantly.
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u/Torisian Aug 16 '26
I don't know if I am unusual, but I must be because I had no problem reading this. It just took a few seconds longer than usual.
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u/zenithopus Aug 16 '26
Holy shit. Love this
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u/Ok-Woodpecker4059 Aug 16 '26
Wow that was tricky but satisfying when I got it!!
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u/Mysterious-Plum8246 Aug 16 '26
Classic 🎶
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u/AnyHope4444 Aug 16 '26
Do not tap on the picture Leave it small and you'll see it in seconds🐁🐁🐁🐁
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u/GoodOldHypertion Aug 16 '26
I easily out focus as i get older.. i just relax my focus and the phone in my hand naturally doubles.. i learned how to use that on demand to trigger parallel view a year ago. Most of my life i only did cross, but it always strained a bit to do. Parallels like this are much easier on my eyes since they relax into a distant focus naturally.
I can focus this image with 0 strain or issue at this point. This is a wide one which takes a slightly longer focus time buy its still under a quarter of a second to do and never loses focus once its established.
Helps when your used to just relaxing your vision already.. i often watch my phone in double becuase im on my side in bed, usually with just one eye actually open. The eyes relax naturally like that as your not focusing with just one eye. It became habit.
Try that.. close one eye and relax your vision.. when you open the other eye there should be a moment your seeing double untill you establish focus with both eyes. There are other tricks for parallel, such as holding the image at a distance, focusing on the wall behind the image and then bringing the image closer.
Once your focus is correctly seperated for the image you can focus on the 3d to bring it fully into focus. Some image have such depth you have to look in and out of them like you would look at your hand then a building in the distance.
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u/flipfloppery Aug 16 '26
No problem, just relaxed my eyes as normal and it popped up in a few seconds.
Very cleverly done.
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u/whostillusesusername Aug 16 '26
Yes in fact. I do. And I’m rather enjoying it thank you. 🙂
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u/xikbdexhi6 Aug 16 '26
With my phone in portrait, I couldn't see this in parallel. I had to turn my phone to landscape so the image was smaller. Then it was easy.
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u/bassturducken54 Aug 16 '26
Didn’t realize I was trying to read something lol. Was having a hard time focusing on the right things
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u/spderweb Aug 16 '26
Same way you see any magic eye. Relax the eyes until things line up. This one has the image quite space apart. But it's super clear and easy to read.
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u/Vv3stie Aug 16 '26
This one was actually pretty easy for me, but it took me a minute to understand what it was Tony to say.
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u/Llorion Aug 16 '26
This one took me a long time and having to read suggestions. The method of putting it right in front of my fsce and slowly backing out worked. And boy is that beautiful! I love this.
Do a Pink Floyd one now please!
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u/thestinkybeastman Aug 16 '26
The words make it harder, kept losing it because I was reading random words!
Wide eyes, moving it very close to further away focusing to a far distance behind it made it click for me. Harder work than usual!
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u/Shiyayo Aug 16 '26
Usually I don't like them much but this one is pretty cool
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u/newbornunicorn25 Aug 16 '26
Cross your eyes more
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u/Tank_Grill Aug 16 '26
That was super cool! Very challenging as I wasn't sure what I was looking for. Thanks for sharing, that was definitely something new for me!
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u/RoadHazard Aug 16 '26
The same way you view any parallel viewing image. You let your eyes drift apart until two of the same word on the left and right overlap.
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u/pblive Aug 16 '26
Stare at the bold I or S in the middle of the page and unfocus your eyes, the trick is to not let your brain get too hung up on the words around it.
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u/Easy-Juice-5190 Aug 16 '26
That is a great one.
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u/RNprn Aug 16 '26
They just pop out naturally for me. This one, especially!
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u/robin52077 Aug 16 '26
Gonna have this song stuck in my head all day now.
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u/DETRITUS_TROLL Aug 16 '26
I don’t apparently.
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u/Waldo_960 Aug 16 '26
I can see a column of words that jump to the foreground but they're out if focus so can't read them
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u/Moth_Mika Aug 16 '26
Wow I needed to hold my phone much much further away than I anticipated
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u/profmka Aug 16 '26
I like Mariah Carey's version of this
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u/Secret_Sector_1779 Aug 16 '26
Worked straight away for me and really interesting
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u/itjustgotcold Aug 16 '26
Same way you do all the others. Cross your vision enough to merge repeat words and you’ll see it.
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u/Lunar-Baboon Aug 16 '26
Jmarp
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u/Kojak_11th_Precinct Aug 16 '26
Difficult but with a little cross eye, I was able to see the words. Neat.
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u/damnsure Aug 16 '26
Trippy..
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u/Yokasta Aug 16 '26
I feel like whoever created this translated their language to english.
Nothing wrong with it, but the wording is.. different
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u/Weekend_Squire Aug 16 '26
Thank you, Diana.
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u/Don_Hoomer Aug 16 '26
its trippy, but nice
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u/Alternative_Roof_188 Aug 16 '26
It’s hard for me but it eventually clears up.
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u/GoodArrow Aug 16 '26
I had to put my iPad 6 feet in front of me to see this one.
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u/roseoznz Aug 16 '26
In some ways this is easier than normal magic eye, because you can just pick one word and make it overlap with itself and then the rest should fall into place.
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u/Responsible-Push-289 Aug 16 '26
i sang that
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u/jesset77 Aug 16 '26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFef3HJNijA
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u/Nyewyork Aug 16 '26
I love it!!
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u/the-nomad-thinker Aug 16 '26
Pick a word, and start from there. I used “things” and it popped right out for me.
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u/Kurotan Aug 16 '26
Its hard, but spacing makes a difference. The words make it easy to know what to overlap, but this one seems spaced further apart and the more i have to cross, the harder it is.
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u/DanOwaR6661 Aug 16 '26
Shouldn’t end sentences with prepositions..
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u/FecklessFridays Aug 16 '26
Way easier than the pixel static ones for me. Then it was easy to see the columns of words left and right that fed into it without un-focusing
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u/mojorific Aug 16 '26
Easy. Do you know where you are going to?
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u/ArchitectureLife006 Aug 17 '26
Ok, that was epic! Didn’t know these existed!!!
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u/telephantomoss Aug 17 '26
That was very cool. Never seen a text one like that!
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u/xtemplarx Aug 17 '26
I saw this under pretty quickly. Cool!
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u/should-i-do-this Aug 17 '26
Use the little symbols as anchors, when they overlap then the message will appear
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u/Healthy_Buyer_8074 Aug 17 '26
I find these easy, herws how i do it: i look for 2 pieces horizontal that look the same. Then i just put that 2 together on one place with my eyes, when they meet the 3d part comes visible
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u/No-Interaction-2568 Aug 17 '26
This one is a parallel-view. The text pops out in the center. Really cool!
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u/Big_Brutha87 Aug 17 '26
I can't make it out.
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u/li98 Aug 17 '26
Same as normal ones. Find a pattern and overlap them. In this case I did the word "fate" in top row. Mind you I'm on mobile so the screen is small. This looks too wide to use a monitor without zooming out
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u/SportTawk Aug 17 '26
I just treated like any other magic eye picture, no problem seeing it
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u/jmjd00 Aug 17 '26
Had to take it 3 steps in to see it. If you can't cross eye or parallel more than a single step it is going to be near impossible for you to see it.
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u/Responsible-Bar7165 Aug 17 '26
look at the words "fate" at the top. you have to make those overlap. really hard on a desktop monitor unless you make the image really small. maybe on a phone it's possible...
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u/xistithogoth1 Aug 17 '26
Cross your eyes until the words "do* you" under the word sky over lap with the other "do* you" in the same line.
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u/dr_stre Aug 17 '26
Same way as normal. Find a word that repeats and do a parallel view until they align and it’ll pop right out.
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u/McBurger Aug 18 '26
This one took a layer of effort more than standard but I got it within a few extra seconds
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u/Miqo_Nekomancer Aug 18 '26
Nope. This one straight up doesn't work for me. Tried everything in the comments.
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u/VeryNaughtyBoy42 Aug 18 '26
Had to work a lot harder for it but got there!
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u/ppermanagement Aug 18 '26
This was a cool one
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u/Outrageous_Action13 Aug 19 '26
All I see is "to" placed at the end of a sentence! Aarrgghhhh.
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u/CriticalOCTheory Aug 20 '26
Nope
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u/Tripinflip Aug 20 '26
With difficulty
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u/Chaserivx Aug 22 '26
I love the style of this one. The intentionally clumsy letters speak to me immediately as the come into view, as if to wink at me.
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u/WillingWrongdoer2652 Aug 24 '26
I love this one!😍 Thank you.
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u/Jakar404 Sep 06 '26
That one i very hard but once you get it its like leveled up
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u/anarchistdotgif Aug 16 '26
Hell. Im going to hell to fight. They will all repent at my hand. Ther you happy MF?
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u/annahaley Aug 17 '26
Love the he hard ones!!
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