magic eye
Stare-and-see picture
A magic eye is a small cathode-ray tube used as a tuning indicator in older radios, glowing brighter or changing pattern when a station is properly tuned.
The term also refers to an electric eye or photoelectric sensor that detects motion or presence—the kind that opens automatic doors.
In the 1990s, Magic Eye became a trademark for autostereograms: those patterned images that reveal hidden 3D pictures when you unfocus your gaze: I could never see the dolphin in those Magic Eye posters.
Image with concealed dimension
- hiddenKept out of sight
- 3DThree-axis spatial representation
- depthDistance below surface
- revealMake something visible
pattern · diverge · convergence · fusion · wallpaper · focus · trick · image
Final twentieth-century decade
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
- wonderAmazement or curiosity
- booksBound written works
- postersPrinted wall advertisements
puzzles · patience · discovery · revelation · retro · vintage · gimmick · amazement
Concentrated attention point
gaze · convergence · divergence · stereopsis · binocular · parallax · accommodation · fixation
Condensed version of text
- surrealismIrrational, dreamlike aesthetic
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
- psychedelicInducing altered perception
- fractalShape repeating at every scale
kaleidoscopic · computer-generated · digital · colorful · mesmerizing · repetitive · geometric · algorithmic
autostereogram
Image with concealed dimension
reveal · pattern · diverge · convergence · fusion · wallpaper · focus · trick · image · viewing
1990s
Final twentieth-century decade
posters · puzzles · patience · discovery · revelation · retro · vintage · gimmick · amazement · concentration
focus
Concentrated attention point
relax · gaze · convergence · divergence · stereopsis · binocular · parallax · accommodation · fixation · unfocus
abstract
Condensed version of text
- surrealismIrrational, dreamlike aesthetic
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
- psychedelicInducing altered perception
fractal · kaleidoscopic · computer-generated · digital · colorful · mesmerizing · repetitive · geometric · algorithmic · tiled
- 90sTamagotchi, pogs, Furby, slap bracelets, Tickle Me Elmo
- 3D3D model, 3D graphics, 3D rendering, 3D render, 3D effect
- mystic eyesspiritual vision, inner sight
- mind bogglersriddles, paradoxes, logic puzzles, brain teasers, trick questions
- depth perceptiondepth perception, depth, stereopsis, binocular disparity, parallax
- visual phenomenaoptical illusion, phosphenes, mirage, afterimage, afterimages
magic eyedigital display
Electronic visual output
LED indicator · LCD screen · digital meter · touchscreen interface
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