As a not quite middle aged dude, I only just now figured out how to see magic eye stuff. I tried a couple times in elementary school but didn’t get it so I stopped. Had a few drinks earlier, stumbled on some magic eye pic that I could see clear as day and it blew my mind a little

  • Hugin@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Yes. They require stereoscopic vision. When I was doing research on 3D displays about 10% of subjects had to be rejected because they were stereo blind. They had no idea they were that way.

    One woman said that explains why she had the nickname clunk in high school. She had a habit of rearending cars.

    • Bwaz@lemmy.world
      2·
      19 hours ago

      I’m one of the stereo blind. I was kind of glad when I found out from the eye doctor. It explained why I could rarely catch a baseball without getting hit.

      • Hugin@lemmy.world
        1·
        16 hours ago

        So depending on why you might be able to train it. If you don’t have a lazy eye and have good vision you may want to look into it.

        If your brain is just not fusing two good images there is a good chance you can train it to do so. Having done experiments in this field I can tell you it makes a measurable difference in performance.

        A good read on the subject is below. The part where she first sees a tree in 3D is a good example of what you are missing.

        Fixing My Gaze: A Scientist’s Journey Into Seeing in Three Dimensions by Susan R Barry