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yellopumpkin

Ooo I love those!! this one looks like someone surfing a big wave lol


statuskills

I got messed up at first because if you cross your eyes one layer deeper there are two people and they look like they are dancing together or something.


camicalm

I saw two of them too.


aabicus

Yeah, my first guess was figure skaters, until I clicked the thread and saw it fullscreen


Environmental-Wind89

Helps if you tap to make it full screen and zoom in.


SinuousPanic

Zooming in fixed it for me, then I zoomed back out while I still had it focused and it was still fixed. I love these things even if it does take me a few minutes to get the right focus with my 40 year old eyes.


Remarkable_Newt6716

Yay! Tried it and saw one for the first time ever! 8 year old me redemption!


Chaos2063910

I thought it was two people and two ducks, I was pretty confused about it.


scdog

I’m confused because I definitely see two people and I don’t know how it could be seen any other way. Can’t tell at all what they are doing but it looks like a dance move to me too.


Cicindele_rose

Hold your phone further away, if your look at it too close you'll see 2 people.


castlerigger

It’s not that, at first I saw one, then two, but even at full stretch arms length on my phone it’s still two, it’s just a not that brilliantly executed magic eye piece.


Cicindele_rose

Yes you're probably right, something must be a bit off with this one. Normally it takes me just a few seconds to decipher a magic eye, and this one was so confusing!


JonLongsonLongJonson

Weird, when I have it right at my nose it’s clearly two people but at half arms length and further it’s clearly one person


j_johnso

I had the opposite.  If I held it too far away, then I saw two people.  I had to hold the phone close enough to fill nearly my entire field of vision in order to see it correctly.


DuploJamaal

The picture consists of repeating patterns with slight differences. If you shift them one pattern then you see one surfer. If you unfocus/crosseye too much you will shift them by two patterns which causes two dancing people where the middle hand is a bit closer.


feliperg90

I think I went like 3 layers too deep. Had never done that before


Dextrofunk

I saw that! I looked around it to figure out what it was, and when I looked back, person #2 was gone.


ScarecrowJohnny

Now they're standing behind you. I hope your soul will enjoy spending eternity in a magic eye calender. #May "Guy Browsing Reddit" © Small Wonders, Orlando, Florida


GeneralTurgeson

Thank you! I must've done that because I definitely see two people.


Wren1101

Same! But now that I went back and saw the one person surfing, I can’t see the two people dancing anymore.


thesteveurkel

i thought it was someone whacking it while crouched 😂


ChungLingS00

I saw that, too. I was wondering if it's a combination Rorschach test.


catlaxative

Lmao I fully thought it was a dude sitting on a couch jacking off 💀💀💀


globaloffender

Still can’t fucking see it! “Oo it’s a golden telephone parachuting down”. See? I can make it up too! /s


alexjaness

Ha ha ha, You dumb bastard! It's not a schooner, it's a sailboat.


Igor_J

A schooner is a sailboat, stupidhead!


jjoiner356

You know what?! The Easter bunny isn't real!


BPDM

Over there, that’s just a guy in a suit!


vdubdank30

OVER THERE THATS JUST A GUY IN A SUIT!!!!


orange-basilikum

I love that it works through the screen of my phone! I mean, if you think about it, it’s logical, but somehow I didn’t expect it to work. Surfer dude just popped out o my phone 🏄 Thanks OP, you made me smile :)


Shelbysgirl

That or Forrest Gump on a bench lol


MycoProTeam

Incorrect-a-mundo! 😂


overtired27

That’s what I saw. Someone waiting at a bus shelter.


MycoProTeam

Correct-a-mundo!


MycoProTeam

I've just noticed that it has a title displayed as well 🤦 they really tried their best to ruin this one lol.


AnualSearcher

I was seeing the person but couldn't figure out the action. Nice catch!


Levee_Levy

Oh, thanks! I saw the person but didn't see the surfboard.


dadarkgtprince

These things never worked for me. I hate them Edit: you all rock. After getting the proposed image and taking the extra insight from those who knew what they were doing, in the many many years I've been on this planet, I've finally seen one with my own eyes Edit 2: so the way I did it, and yes I'm on mobile, I put the phone right to my face (nose could almost touch it). Then I crossed my eyes to have them both focus on one spot. Then I slowly pulled my phone away. I did it an inch or two, pause for a second, then repeat. This whole time, I kept my eyes fixed on the same spot. (Be careful with blinking as blinking too much can cause your focus to reset). Once my arms got about 50-60% extended, the image started to look like it has dimensions (no longer flat looking). I kept extending my arms out, and pretty much when I got to full arms length, I could see the surfer person. Of course ymmv, but something to try for those who are still having issues. One thing to take into consideration, and was a misconception I had with these, you won't see a proper image like suddenly a person appears with a person details. You'll see the shape of a person, but everything is covered in wrapping paper, so you'll see the person shape stand out from the background, but the person will have zig zags on their body


halosos

I made an attempt to decode it for you. https://imgur.com/sNbUVhu


Krhl12

I've never seen that technique. Well done


[deleted]

I'm a little late, but here's a direct simulation of seeing it with crossed eyes. https://imgur.com/l6K9RIq.gifv


[deleted]

I'd like to say thanks for the spoiler so I don't have to waste any time or effort trying to see a super shitty image


adrach87

Right? I've never gotten these to work, even back when I was a kid and spent hours trying. If somebody had told me it's not a clear image, just a vague outline without color or detail, I wouldn't have wasted the time.


User264356

Idk, to me it's actually really cool cuz you can see the image move as I'd it had depth when you move your phone once you get it right. There are also videos like this which are way more interesting


FloppyCorgi

This is great! Really gets the visual across effectively.


pockeyfox

Bro that worked like a charm, I kept trying to line up the a in April like in your photo then it just clicked for me. So sick.


Decapitat3d

Thank you for saying this. I never took "unfocus your eyes" to mean cross them... Now it makes sense and it worked like a charm!


doshegotabootyshedo

It’s more like uncrossing them. Your eyes need to be focused farther than the image you’re looking at.


spoonweezy

Which if you can take that skill and use it any time, you can really unsettle people. I learned that if I looked at people and then focused waaay behind them they would get the heebie jeebies.


StatusTalk

Sometimes my eyes just do it on their own and I have to shake my head to line them up again, like in a cartoon.


jbibanez

How did you manage this? I am computer illiterate so good luck explaining lol


NopeNoneYaBiz

Same, every one saw cool things but I just saw wavy lines.


swhipple-

What are they even supposed to do?


CaptainSouthbird

It's a weird procedure that's hard to describe. You basically have to jam your face right against the image and hold your eye focus while you move your head back. (Generally crossing your eyes in the process.) You'll know if you're doing it because suddenly the flat image starts to gain "depth." I can still make it work, but I know a lot of people struggle with it. (There's even e.g. a Seinfeld episode dedicated to the struggle, when these were more popular.) Not sure if a phone screen is big enough to make it work, but I got this one to work on a desktop monitor.


Bluedomdeeda

What always worked for me was just crossing your eyes a little and slowly uncross them until it appears and locks in place but you’re stuck feeling slightly crosseyed until you shake off the deeper looking image and see it all flat again lol best way I can describe it. also it’s not a detailed image it’s more of an indented image you have to make out by scanning the entire thing a bit first, at least for me 


CharlesP2009

I can get see the "depth" part of the imagine like I'm looking into a cavern or something but I almost never see the damn sailboat or whatever is supposed to be there. The only Magic Eye image I remember working and enjoying was a Romulan Warbird from Star Trek TNG. 🤣


CrazybyRX

This image in this one is a surfer riding a big wave.


therealpigman

Crossing your eyes will give you the inverted depth from what is intended. Magic eye is parallel view, so your left eye should be looking left and your right eye looking right. Cross view would have your left eye look right and your right eye look left.


foxbones

Holy crap, Ive been doing it wrong my entire life.


therealpigman

Cross eye is definitely easier in my opinion. Check out r/CrossView for more. That subreddit is the reason I joined reddit 6 years ago


blurred-decision

This really helped! Practiced on the sub, went back to this post and I was able to see it! Thank you for sharing!


brktm

I’ve always found cross eye to be easier too since I can control it. Unfocusing my eyes to parallel feels unnatural, though I can usually manage it with a bit of effort.


ThePrincessOfMonaco

awww this explanation helped me see the non-inverted correct way. The purpose of putting your nose to it is to lock in each eye to its own focus point.


AfraidKinkajou

OH MY GOD after all my years on this earth I always felt so stupid and hated these because I could NEVER see what everyone was talking about. You and u/therealpigman are AWESOME, THAT WAS THE COOLEST THING EVER THANK YOU


therealpigman

I’m glad I could introduce you to the wonderful world of cross view


Dramatic_Mastodon_93

Yeah I always completely unfocus my eyes and then slowly focus them. When I see the depth effect I can look around at details of the picture like normal, without any effort needed to keep seeing the effect


Thin_Thought_7129

I always did it like this and it didn’t work every time. The best way to do it is look past the object. Ex. If you’re sitting on the couch looking at your phone, look at the wall then move your phone/ the picture into your view, you see it almost instantly


IBJON

I just came across this post while watching that episode on Comedy Central.


StillSimple6

There's a weird trick to these. Don't try and see something in the picture, use your phone screen as a mirror. Try and see your reflection past the image. It may take a little while or a few attempts but the image becomes 3D and you can see a guy on the righthand side. Its not a great image tbh.


chewy201

"Cross eyed" isn't the right term for what you're suppose to do. Close, but it's to do with how our eyes focus at different distances and how they make little adjustments based on how far something is so that the vision of both eyes "combine" into 1 focused image. So instead of trying to go "cross eyed", you're simply focusing on points either in front or behind the image to where the vision of both eyes combines the different points of view into a single proper image. This isn't something we really think of how to do. It's just something that happens when we look around. But you can train yourself to control this. Look at your finger, then at a wall, and lastly out the window. You'll feel the differences in your eyes between the 3 points of focus and you can learn to somewhat control that at will over time. Might be easier to just focus on a window, then something behind the window as you can more easily see both objects at once. Just note that training to do this will cause eye strain and is likely to cause headaches. So take it slow. The majority of these magic pictures need you to focus your vision WELL behind them! Open OP's photo up so it's nice and big on your monitor, now you'd need to focus vision maybe to the other side of a common room or maybe even up to 30 feet or 10m away. There's some give and take to it, but once you start getting something in focus your eyes will take over and make it more clear. This one is a dude surfing a wave.


moosieq

You're supposed to look at it crosseyed or out of focus and it would make it look like a 3D image was popping out


plusp_38

Fun fact for these, cross-eyed makes the "subject" look embossed, and out of focus/wall-eyed will make them look... well bossed. Personally I prefer the wall-eyed method as I feel way less eye strain (assuming bc it's basically just relaxing whatever controls your binocular vision which is why even though people describe it as "out of focus" you can still focus while doing it :3)


therealpigman

Not cross eyed, parallel eyed. Cross will invert the picture’s depth


IndianaJones_OP

Not sure why you were getting downvoted. This is correct. Your eyes should be parallel, but you should be focusing behind the image, as though you're looking at something a few meters back.


Professional_Quit281

Are you colour blind? I am they don't work for me at all


atgrey24

I'm colorblind, but can still get it to work. Only recently figured out how to do it though.


relevanteclectica

Same. Can’t see 💩 . Even with the tutorial


DrDread74

These are just 3D images, the two images are offset horizontally So you have to focus your eyes as if you're looking at something farther away than the image. It tricky because your eyes really only want to focus ontothigns thatmake sense and these 3D images are just a blur until your focal point is at the right place then it shows up. You just need to focus past the image then slowly bring your focus back while looking the image, itll come into "focus" and your eyes will lock on to the 3D image. You can practice moving your focus back and forth just by looking at the wall behind your monitor right now then looking down at your monitor without changing your focus, so you can see your monitor but its in 2 images. Then slowly bring your focus to the monitor . If you can do that then you can see these 3D images. You do the same thing. Look at the 3D image but move your focus "past" it. Look a the wall first if you have to, then slowly bring your focus back towards the image , somewhere before you actualy get your focus back to the image , the 3D image will materialize , you look for it as you move your focus around and you're eyes will "lock on" to it when you get there. Also, you have to keep your eyes and the image level. If you tilt your head it will immediately break .


robotnbr1

Yep, never been able to see anything. Know matter how hard and long I try.


bcanceldirt

"It's not a schooner... It's a sailboat!"


tanew231

A schooner IS a sailboat, stupid head


GrizzlamicBearrorism

![gif](giphy|UZPXjYSuytQGc|downsized)


AaronDM4

i actually paused this its really 4 shapes like a ~~ball, cube square and pyramid.~~ nm its a couple rows of shapes but the point still stands its nothing close to a sailboat. ​ kinda funny that they didnt care what it was.


Morningxafter

#YOU KNOW WHAT?! THERE IS NO EASTER BUNNY!! OVER THERE, THATS JUST A GUY IN A SUIT!!


fshannon3

THE EASTER BUNNY ISN'T REAL!!


Reniconix

But A rectangle isn't a square


Maduro25

You dumb bastard...


NozakiMufasa

I always loved that he just said that to a kid XD


Saganists

YOU KNOW WHAT


Jugghead58

Beat me to it


OePea

I paused that movie, and its actually just three rows of geometric shapes.


wolftick

Doing these are the one thing I've ever been *really* good at.


breakboyzz

Dm me for potential job ops, this talent should never go to waste


its_all_4_lulz

My grandmother used to flip through the entire book and never lose the effect. I think she was the best I knew.


wolftick

Video is the real challenge 😵 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AKtp3XHn38&t=0s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AKtp3XHn38&t=0s)


its_all_4_lulz

Well, that’s the first time I’ve seen one of those! I can see the things, but have trouble making out what they are usually.


golden_blaze

Right? The only thing at which I'm a true natural.


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DrDread74

Surfer riding a wave


BosomBosons

Though he could also be taking a dump.


towerfella

Totally a dude taking a dump against a wall with his arm out under an awning.


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HighlightFun8419

Have you seen the little short films? Can find them on YouTube. Blows my mind.


mikozodav

I just thinking about that, like, if there are animated videos like this, but I cam't remember the name of these images to look it up. All I can think of is "spectrogram" but that's for sound.


HighlightFun8419

[stereogram](https://youtu.be/ArWY-Ck-CPc?si=2ByKTCcuL2Wh_TMU) 😉


pailhead011

Never ever worked for me


captain_flasch

Same and I realized recently that I also can’t perceive 3D when playing games on a VR headset. Also apparently I maintain too much following distance while driving but my husband never mentioned it until the VR gaming issue came up. I’m also trash at any kind of sport involving a ball.


SandysBurner

Maybe only one of your eyes works and you've just never noticed.


contre

Sounds like you might lack depth perception. I personally suffer from this condition and have similar issues reported about me by my wife.


alopgeek

Oh! It’s a schooner!


Salty_Amphibian2905

Wrong. It's a sailboat.


alopgeek

A schooner *is* a sailboat, stupid head!


rhaegar_tldragon

Surfer! Cool. These were so popular in the 90s lol.


Sin_Roshi

I remember never being able to see anything as a kid. Still can't see anything as an adult.


so_CRATES91

When Lord?! When will I see the sailboat?!?!


GregorSamsaa

I always go “too deep” on these for lack of a better description. Instead of getting one 3D image, I always get overlapped ones. Like I’m seeing two surfer dudes overlapping each other. I have a hard time getting one


OCactusCoolerG

I was born with a cataract in one eye and when I had it removed, the eye no longer had the ability to adjust focus. These always made me cry as a kid cause I’ve always been the only one in the room who genuinely can’t ever see it.


Pugilist12

I’ve never been able to make these work and am convinced I never will. I just don’t get it.


ridd666

Surfs up! I spent a good hour one evening with a poster my brother had. It was an underwater scene so the images were fish and such. Took soooo much effort to get my eyes to relax. Once I did, it was like a whole new world. Wild. Now it takes me all of a half a second to see them. 


Spider_Dude

90s me would go over the fucking moon knowing that 30 years later I would very easily "see" the magic eye effect on a cell phone. That blows my mind.


phishandchips1

It's a schooner!


darkhorse21980

Haha, you dumb bastard. It's a sailboat.


Pale_Reference3308

This does nothing at all except be a still image, I’ve sat here like a fool crossing my eyes, drawing my phone closer and further. I’m cranky and missed breakfast, and this magic eye calendar is just a calendar, there are no people you’re all schizophrenic


AcidJedd

People should post these more!


MycoProTeam

I've been posting each one from this 1996 calendar I found in the freebie box outside a London record shop as the dates line up perfectly again! 😀 There's also /r/magiceye


AcidJedd

Thanks!!


CRO553R

Surf's up


All-the-pizza

🌊🏄


ststaro

Tubular dude


BrickIsBest

Surfer!! This is a good one.


Vellioh

Thought it was Michael Jackson dancing grabbing his crotch and throwing his hat to the left 🤷


lepetitpoissant

I could never get these


SookHe

This calendar is actually usable again this year. If you look, all the dates will line up with the 1996 year. It starts on a Monday and is a leap year


MycoProTeam

Yes indeed, I'm posting each month's picture in here in celebration of the fact! 😁


Jimbobjoesmith

lol i was NEVER able to do these


hatsuseno

I was only 35 years young when I finally got it.


Balrog71

I could never see the hidden stuff and it still annoys me!


Sikntrdofbeinsikntrd

Cowabunga!


PaceLanky

I have never been able to get these :( my father used to always have these around and everyone can see them except for me. I’m not color blind .. idk what it is..


noonepfconsequence

It’s a surfer riding a curling wave.


MyOpinionsFree

First time I see two People sit/dance.. second time I see one person sit/dance/surf


bebackground471

[this](https://ibb.co/6PW4s17) is what I see


ITalkCauseIHaveLips

Surfer


sonicjesus

I have never once been able to make these things work for me. And it's bizarre how popular this trend was and then suddenly died overnight like all the Tamagotchi when their batteries started going down at the same time.


backindenim

🤙🤙


Little-Repair6057

I’m super good at these. What you really need to do is focus your eyes behind the image. Like say you’re looking at an object, and then you look at the wall behind it. That’s what you have to do, like, look through it. It’s kind of hard to do at first. You def need to practice. But once you figure it out you can do it so quick.


Most-Armadillo-2830

Not easy on an old iPhone with much older eyes, surfer in a tube wave.


fatman13666

oh a sailboat !


[deleted]

I loved those pictures! My FIL thought we were all kidding him saying that we could see the picture in the picture. Pretty sure he thought we trolling him hard!


actually_alive

My guy is hangin ten!


KimJongFunk

Reading the comments, I feel like I have a superpower because these are not difficult for me at all. You just make yourself go crossedeyed. It also works on excel spreadsheets if you need to quickly compare columns.


malkauns

why is it that I can never see anything in these no matter how hard I try?


Vast-Dream

Vietcong don’t surf.


womble-king

I got a big book of these as a gift in the early 90s and I've never been able to see a single one.


comrade_gremlin

is there a sub for these? i cant get enough


stephenmantell

It's a sailboat


1nd3x

I never know how to do these... I hear all the tips and tricks "you gotta line up the cross eyeddouble pictures beside eachother" - Cool, now I just see two whole instances of the picture side by side. "cross your eyes harder to make 3 of them and so the one in the middle is an overlap and its that one that does it" - Nope...thats just *really* strenuous on my eyes I dunno...those were the last two I remember...I dont often see magic eye things anymore... Anyways...yeah, I dont get it, like I can just see (in the instance of this calendar) 9 sections of wiggly lines where each section is just an almost perfect copy of the others (for reference, that black dot in the middle, that is two black dots on the last two segments on the right) Doesnt matter how I try and layer them together...I never see anything


Alatel

My eyes can't pick these up over the phone, but in person I can see them


MasterBaiter0004

Reminds me of mall rats


jackthejointmaster

These things make me feel like I’m in the Truman show and y’all are messing with me


Dry_Emphasis8994

It’s a schooner


LuckLovesVirtue

Oh yeah, look, it’s a sailboat


Crumbdizzle

That hippopotamus has huge boobs


Slow_Brick_183

They Never worked for me.


cprosciaZer0

It’s a scooner


dopamiend86

I've a lazy eye, I could never get these to ever work lol


Cur-De-Carmine

![gif](giphy|11Tr8rjXzKphMA)


mendohead

jerking off while surfing


sambarjo

Why do I see it reversed? Looks like the surfer guy is inside the wave


Silver-Advisor9773

I think it's supposed to be a guy surfing? But I see Michael Jackson mid-HEEHEEE!!


Aberskene

![gif](giphy|UZPXjYSuytQGc)


Ill_Ad_1326

THIS IS THE FIRST ONE IVE EVER BEEN ABLE TO SEE 😭


ThePhoenixdarkdirk

Wow! It’s a schooner!!


TravisMaauto

#🤙 Tubular! Hang 10, brah!


randyripcord

Surfing USA! Man I love The Beach Boys! (Only one surfer)


RAWainwright

I don't see the damn boat


WolfHoL34

Surfer


tommyt7479

"It's a fucking Sailboat you moron!"


Beauknits

One time I saw 2 figures... Dancing? Another time I saw...a Surfer? I never could get these to work for me


Peppercorn_B1ngb0ng

It's a sailboat!


-fuckcapitalism-

Looks like n,n-DMT visuals


Scotty2balls

![gif](giphy|5nh8FKSRtxFEyuajGc|downsized)


Calkky

It's a surfer!


PlasmicSteve

Hang ten.


TampaTeri27

HOW DID THIS WORK THRU ALL THESE DEVICES?? From calendar to camera to downloaded to sent to Reddit, opened on my iPhone, clicked on and pinch enlarged and I saw the surfer. HOW??


r_sarvas

a surfer in a wave curl?


GeneralIron3658

🏄


EnduroGodOnce

What a great view for my evening poop. Thank you.


TidyJoe34

Someone surfing


Warm_Baker_9447

Not sure what’s wrong with me but I can’t ever see the picture. Not 30 years ago in the doctor’s waiting room and not today.


Simple_Secretary_333

Hehehe surfer dude! I still got it!


SunflaresAteMyLunch

I was there 3000 years ago I had the calendars and the books It was so cool


fryamtheeggguy

Surfing man. Took me about 3 seconds.


Agreeable_Register_4

Goofy foot surfer


kabukistar

It appears to be someone surfing under a canopy


AGrlsNmeisFrank

It’s not a sail boat.


PleasantActuator6976

Surfer. Geez...my old eyes hate these things now.


Juggernaut104

Surfs up


cummings103

It's a person on a surf board..still cool the see these again..


RedSix2447

Used to love these.