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Re: Optical Illusions and the like

Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 8:05 am
by OnThinIce
meu02136 wrote:So these are magic eye pictures and not optical illusions then? I was wondering what the illusion was, it was an illusion of an interesting thread.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Eye
The Magic Eye images have a horizontally repeating pattern which differs slightly with each repetition, therefore giving the illusion of depth when each eye focuses on a different part of the pattern. The stereograms were created using a patented process that allows colorful patterns to be used in creating the final images.
A magic eye picture is a type of optical illusion.

and the thread is called optical illusions AND THE LIKE