* [Quick tutorial on how these work](http://www.softsource.com/tutorial.html)

* [Vox 10 minute exposé:](http://youtu.be/v8O8Em_RPNg)

    ["The secrets of Magic Eye"](http://youtu.be/v8O8Em_RPNg)

* [Handy image to tell if you are viewing Cross View or Parallel View](https://i.imgur.com/F77tqQj.png).

    ^(Be advised, Parallel view Magic Eye images are the most popular here. For Crossview content,) [^(check out /r/CrossView.)](/r/CrossView) ^or ^/r/MagicEye_CrossView.


* [Online Magic Eye Solver/Viewer](http://magiceye.ecksdee.co.uk/)

* [Offline Magic Eye Creator for Windoze (old)](http://www.aolej.com/free.html#StereoCreator)

* Versions of "Sistem", Offline Magic Eye Creators made by u/Pixelfest:

    [GUI](https://github.com/Pixelfest/Sistem/tree/master/Binaries) for Windows

    [Commandline Only](https://github.com/Pixelfest/Sistem/releases/tag/v1.0-beta.2) for Win, Mac, Linux, and whatever else can run the .net runtime libraries.

* Text-only Autostereogram Creator:
* [Newer!](http://lightsecond.com/ElmAutostereogram/)
* [Older..](http://lightsecond.com/ascii_stereogram.html)

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Magic Eye images, more generically known as stereograms, became a wild hit in the 1990's. A stereogram might be described as an image within an image, where the second image requires the eyes to focus *behind* the image as opposed to *on* it.

While technique differs, many seem to agree that some combination of crossing your eyes (not entirely though, remember you're trying to look *past* the image, not at a point between the image and you), letting your eyes go unfocused, and getting your nose all up in the image's business assists in determining what the hidden image is. Once you do find the hidden image, don't get too excited and try to focus on it, or you'll likely lose it and have to start over!

Submit some of your favorites or even make your own!

Also, check out our friends at /r/CrossView, /r/ParallelView, and /r/MagicEye_CrossView!

<div class="md"><ul>
<li><a href="http://www.softsource.com/tutorial.html">Quick tutorial on how these work</a></li>
<li><a href="http://youtu.be/v8O8Em_RPNg">Vox 10 minute exposé:</a>

<a href="http://youtu.be/v8O8Em_RPNg">&quot;The secrets of Magic Eye&quot;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://i.imgur.com/F77tqQj.png">Handy image to tell if you are viewing Cross View or Parallel View</a>.

Be advised, Parallel view Magic Eye images are the most popular here. For Crossview content, <a href="/r/CrossView">check out /r/CrossView.</a> or <a href="/r/MagicEye_CrossView">/r/MagicEye_CrossView</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://magiceye.ecksdee.co.uk/">Online Magic Eye Solver/Viewer</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.aolej.com/free.html#StereoCreator">Offline Magic Eye Creator for Windoze (old)</a></li>
<li>Versions of &quot;Sistem&quot;, Offline Magic Eye Creators made by <a href="/u/Pixelfest">u/Pixelfest</a>:

<a href="https://github.com/Pixelfest/Sistem/tree/master/Binaries">GUI</a> for Windows

<a href="https://github.com/Pixelfest/Sistem/releases/tag/v1.0-beta.2">Commandline Only</a> for Win, Mac, Linux, and whatever else can run the .net runtime libraries.</li>
<li>Text-only Autostereogram Creator:</li>
<li><a href="http://lightsecond.com/ElmAutostereogram/">Newer!</a></li>
<li><a href="http://lightsecond.com/ascii_stereogram.html">Older..</a></li>
</ul>

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Magic Eye images, more generically known as stereograms, became a wild hit in the 1990&#39;s. A stereogram might be described as an image within an image, where the second image requires the eyes to focus behind the image as opposed to on it.

While technique differs, many seem to agree that some combination of crossing your eyes (not entirely though, remember you&#39;re trying to look past the image, not at a point between the image and you), letting your eyes go unfocused, and getting your nose all up in the image&#39;s business assists in determining what the hidden image is. Once you do find the hidden image, don&#39;t get too excited and try to focus on it, or you&#39;ll likely lose it and have to start over!

Submit some of your favorites or even make your own!

Also, check out our friends at <a href="/r/CrossView">/r/CrossView</a>, <a href="/r/ParallelView">/r/ParallelView</a>, and <a href="/r/MagicEye_CrossView">/r/MagicEye_CrossView</a>!
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<div class="md">A place for Magic Eye Illusions!
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Posting rules — more details in the sidebar:

1. Must be an autostereogram, or directly relate
2. Must link directly to the media in question
3. Don't repost popular or recently posted content
4. Everyone is just here to have fun so play nicely
5. Mark NSFW even when one has to cross one's eyes to see something NSFW
6. Images must be larger than 800x600 and title must be in some way unique to the image

<div class="md">Posting rules — more details in the sidebar:

<ol>
<li>Must be an autostereogram, or directly relate</li>
<li>Must link directly to the media in question</li>
<li>Don&#39;t repost popular or recently posted content</li>
<li>Everyone is just here to have fun so play nicely</li>
<li>Mark NSFW even when one has to cross one&#39;s eyes to see something NSFW</li>
<li>Images must be larger than 800x600 and title must be in some way unique to the image</li>
</ol>
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So hot! And that's not a sailboat.