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#15 Dinosaur

 
Many claim that Magic Eye can actually improve your vision. You must use certain eye muscles to focus on the image, bringing clarity to your viewing.
 

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15: Dinosaur
Many claim that Magic Eye can actually improve your vision. You must use certain eye muscles to focus on the image, bringing clarity to your viewing.
14: Face
Magic Eye takes practice before you can see the 3D image clearly. Once you master the technique, the beauty of Magic Eye can be memorizing.
13: Earth
Don't look at the edges of the Magic Eye picture. This will often break your focus as you try to view the 3D image.
12: Eagle
Relax your eyes as you are viewing a Magic Eye image. Try to focus on the middle of the image, but with each eye focusing on a different part of it.
11: Guitar
To see a Magic Eye picture, place the image close to your face. The image should be blurry, and then slowly pull the image away from your face.
10: UFO
When printed images are repeated across the page, it can play tricks on the brain. It refuses to focus on any single image, allowing a hidden 3D image to emerge.
9: Ant
Magic Eye images can be highly elaborate or very simple. They can contain three types of elements: hidden, floaters, and 2D/3D.
8: Crystal Ball
Magic Eye images contain a horizontal repeating pattern. This gives the illusion of depth as each eye focuses on a different area of the pattern.
7: Rose
Most people who have proper depth perception are able to see Magic Eye images. Those who have eye problems can use different techniques to see Magic Eye pictures.
6: Soldier Girl
The first Magic Eye image was invented in 1959 by Dr. Bela Julesz as an experiment to test 3D viewing. Her image showed a series of randomly distributed dots.
5: Airplane
To view 3D Magic Eye images, your eyes must work as a team to "pull out" the image. Misalignment of one or both eyes can make it difficult to solve these puzzles.
4: Dragon
A trick to seeing a Magic Eye image is to diverge the eyes to focus at a plane behind the images. Many people recommend actually looking "through" the image to find the three-dimensional object.
3: Teapot
Magic Eye first became mainstream in the 1990s, during the 3D craze. The original Magic Eye books stayed on New York Time's Best Sellers list for 73 weeks.
2: Telephone
Once constructed, Magic Eye images are viewable without any equipment. They can be printed or digitally viewed in any size.
1: Sports Car
Magic Eye images are three-dimensional pictures hidden within two-dimensional patterns. Talent and artistic ability is needed to create a Magic Eye image.