MagicEye.js
Creative
stereogram generator
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
3 positive, 22 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 8 critical, out of 33 comments about the project. Thread score -0.12.
Design: 1 for, 2 againstIdea: 1 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun idea and cool to see stereograms generated in the browser
From 3 comments
What a fantastic idea! Just drew my name, love it.
prezjordan on HNWow, this is awesome! Have an upvote.
calebm on HNRelax your eyes! I've never been able to see one of these things on a screen until now. Now that I have, I really want too see an animated one. The coolest thing so far is that…
zachrose on HN
Objections
Many people cannot see Magic Eye images, so they fail as a captcha or for everyone
From 4 comments
they don't work on a significant portion of the population. edit: like myself.
zbowling on HNI wonder if we could use Magic eye as a replacement for captcha.
ivanceras on HNnever in my life i managed to see this things. even back then when they were in fashion. no matter how hard i tried. I'm starting to get worried something is wrong with me.
kyriakos on HNIt's actually quite hard to see the 3D images. I remember giving my mom a book full of this 3D stereoscopic images as a present some years ago. She still hasn't been able to see…
thomasfl on HN
The demo image is hard to read and needs an explanation
From 2 comments
It would have been better if the demo image was not a random generated shape thing. I spent a few minutes trying to figure out what the hell I was looking at in there. Is it a…
mkoryak on HNSome explanation of what this is supposed to be would be helpful I think. Just looks like a strange grainy image to me.
tokenizerrr on HN
Letters drawn twice or repeat period causes multiple images to appear
From 2 comments
Wait, did it get your name right? It's kinda buggy for me, it draws every letter twice for me (twice in 3D, of course it has to draw it twice in 2D).
sika_grr on HNNevermind, I managed to squint enough to get the letters to combine into a perfect image. It should not be possible to get more than 1 correct 3D image, the period of the…
sika_grr on HN
Requests
Animated stereograms
From 3 comments
Relax your eyes! I've never been able to see one of these things on a screen until now. Now that I have, I really want too see an animated one. The coolest thing so far is that…
zachrose on HNWould be nice to make animations with this. And with textures that aren't dots.
runeks on HNReally cool! I've wanted to see a dynamic animated MagicEye in action ever since I saw an Oculus Rift demo video with side by side left/right views and was able to get a 3D…
jasonkostempski on HN
Textures other than random dots
From 2 comments
Would be nice to make animations with this. And with textures that aren't dots.
runeks on HNThat's my opinion too. I love 3D. I've made lots of 3D images, classic LR pairs, and SIS, but I'm not enamored of RSIS. One thing about the random stereograms commonly produced,…
jrapdx3 on HN
Questions
How to get the 3D effect to appear
From 3 comments
When Lord? When the hell do I get to see the goddamn sailboat?
happyshadows on HNI hate these things. Ever since I was a child I've never been able to see them, no matter how far away, how much I squint, nothing, nada. As a child I became convinced that…
junto on HNThis is how I do it. The problem is that this inverts the depth map, because your right eye sees the left eye image and vice-versa. To properly view them, you need to go…
jdpage on HN
Alternatives named
SIRDS and bitmap stereograms by other tools
From 1 comment
That's my opinion too. I love 3D. I've made lots of 3D images, classic LR pairs, and SIS, but I'm not enamored of RSIS. One thing about the random stereograms commonly produced,…
jrapdx3 on HN