Magic Eye
Magic Eye is a series of books that feature autostereograms, a series of two-dimensional (2D) images that can create the optical illusion of a three-dimensional (3D) scene. After creating its first images in 1991, creator Tom Baccei worked with Tenyo, a Japanese company that sells magic supplies. Tenyo published its first book in late 1991 titled Miru Miru Mega Yokunaru Magic Eye ("Your Eyesight Gets Better & Better in a Very Short Rate of Time: Magic Eye"), sending sales representatives out to street corners to demonstrate how to see the hidden image. Within a few weeks the first Japanese book became a best seller, as did the second, rushed out shortly after. The first North American Magic Eye book was Magic Eye: A New Way of Looking at the World. Magic Eye stereograms have been used by orthoptists and vision therapists in the treatment of some binocular vision and accommodative disorders.
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Magic Eye is a series of books that feature autostereograms, a series of two-dimensional (2D) images that can create the optical illusion of a three-dimensional (3D) scene.
After creating its first images in 1991, creator Tom Baccei worked with Tenyo, a Japanese company that sells magic supplies. Tenyo published its first book in late 1991 titled Miru Miru Mega Yokunaru Magic Eye ("Your Eyesight Gets Better & Better in a Very Short Rate of Time: Magic Eye"), sending sales representatives out to street corners to demonstrate how to see the hidden image. Within a few weeks the first Japanese book became a best seller, as did the second, rushed out shortly after.[1][2]
The first North American Magic Eye book was Magic Eye: A New Way of Looking at the World.[3][failed verification]
Magic Eye stereograms have been used by orthoptists and vision therapists in the treatment of some binocular vision and accommodative disorders.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Grossman, John (1994-10-01). "In the Eye of the Beholder, Marketing Methods Article". Inc. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
- ^ Intro to Magic Eye II
- ^ "About Magic eye". Magic Eye. Archived from the original on 2010-12-14. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
- ^ "Magic Eye stereograms, vision therapy, visual training, eye exercises, eye training, Anaglyphs, stereo photography". Vision3d.com. Rachel Cooper. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- US Patent 5,371,627[permanent dead link]; Random dot stereogram and method for making the same
