Some of you may or may not remember the 3D Stereogram pictures craze in the 90′s. I discovered it when I was in school around ’95-’97, don’t remember exactly when. All I remember is seeing the back cover of the Tamil weekly magazine, Anantha Vikatan, which had this crazy random picture and was advertized as a 3D picture. Reading the instructions and trying to find the picture took me a whole day. But I tell you, it was worth it. Once you see the hidden image, you can never not see it. It was as easy as that. Then I was hooked. I waited every weekend to buy Anantha Vikatan just for the 3D pictures. I used to buy the magazine, tear off the last page, and then promptly sell the magazine to the old book vendor for half the prize. I had no use for the magazine, you see.
So here’s an example of a 3D image. ©Gary W. Priester – Image used with author’s permission at www.Custom-Stereograms.com
All you have to do is concentrate on a place beyond the picture. Keep trying and you will see a 3D picture. If that does not work, you can cross your eyes to see the picture (it will be a reverse 3D, but still ok).
And another example, with animation.
For more of them, all you have to do is do a Google search.
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Machan.. please tell me what is there in the 1st and 2nd Stereograms. Atleast the I’ll try adn figure it out.
1st one is a volcano and the 2nd two hoops
Hahahaha….machan, remember those days we used to take the “bikes” and go down to Tower junction and buy em…..hehe, also that one time they gave a colour 3D image….with glasses……..damn!!
Karthik – the first one is more like looking into an upturned cone but with a cone inside..err…whatever…and the second one is two rotating interlinked rings……
Nice ones dude….
Ok, a volcano sounds better….
yep… those were the days when we got hooked to these 3d pictures
First one… I don’t know what the hell it is.
However, I see marching soldiers in the animated one.
P.S. I never liked those things when they were “the shit”.
hi, can u guide me where can i get more of these 3 d sterograms images .m looking for a particular picture.
Please be so kind as to post a ©Gary W. Priester – All rights reserved notice under the Volcano image. I don’t mind your posting the image but I earn my living creating and selling these stereograms and when someone posts one of my images with attribution it can confuse people about who created the image.
Thanks
Gary W. Priester
Hi Gary, I have updated the copyright information. Thanks.
Can’t see the objects in stereograms images?
Colin Ord, author of the bestselling Magic Moving Images – animated optical illusions book introduces a quick and easy Photoshop technique for everyone to see the 3D objects in sterogram images without straining, crossing or squinting their eyes.
A fantastic solution to ‘prove’ something exists in these dotty patterns!
Please view the video tutorial on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oqThhzSF4k
or visit my personal project website for more details or to download the
Stereogram – 3D Object Viewer v1.0 (experimental stereogram viewer application)
http://www.colinord.com
Kind Regards
Colin Ord
Magic Moving Images
quiciera saver si hay algun concurso de estos stereograms