My eyesight is blurry right now and my eyes will not stay uncrossed. Anything I look at is out of focus and dances merrily in front of my eyes. It first happened when I watched the Halo 3 stereographic mongoose jump video, and it happened again when I just watched the Halo 3 stereographic wraith battle video. Could be because I watched it four times in a row but it is just that awesome.
The 3D clip in this video runs an incredible ten seconds and is replayed a handful of times for maximum enjoyment. You may think that is short but considering these videos have to be put together frame by frame, that is actually quite the feat. Kroden really did a great job with the setting of this video. There are many layers of depth, from the vehicles in the background to the deep chasm in the middle to the red players in the foreground. To view this 3D video properly, you will need to cross your eyes until a third image appears between the two images that are playing on the screen. The easiest way to do this is to make the video full screen. The middle image that appears after you cross your eyes will be blurry at first but stick with it. After you get the hang of it, it will be crystal clear and the details will be sharp, vivid, and stereographic-ly gorgeous. Get ready to start crossing your eyes, and enjoy this amazing 3D video.
Hints for how to see 3D without 3D glasses :
The Logical Approach to Seeing 3D Pictures
The Single Finger Method
Posted by Fearsome Visage on April 14, 2008 at 3:39 am
I cant do that due to having major eye surgery =(
Posted by -S- on April 14, 2008 at 6:03 am
Please…be honest, is there ANYONE other than me who can’t get this to work?? Seriously, I feel like I’m back in 3rd grade with all my friends laughing at me because I couldn’t find the lion in the ‘magic eye’ poster on the wall in my classroom :(
I can NEVER get these things to work – seriously…but it’s not like I have bad eyesight…20/20! *grumble, goes to look for 3D glasses*
Posted by CrazyKinux on April 14, 2008 at 7:31 am
@ S – You’re not alone mate. I’ve been starring at it for the last 10min – full screen and not. And I still see two videos, one next to the other.
Angel, were you tipsy when you saw this?
CK
Posted by setters on April 14, 2008 at 7:56 am
bizarrely, I could get it to work which is fairly impressive considering I have never managed to see one of those dotty magic eyes pictures!!
And I’m pretty short sighted with a bit a astigmatism in one eye – don’t I sound like a catch :)
Posted by Venus Envy on April 14, 2008 at 12:49 pm
This is a disaster for me.. i have a focusing problem and even trying to get this to work was most aggravating.. oh well.. i bet its not that awesome anyways.
Thats my story and i am sticking to it.
Posted by DiscipleN2k on April 14, 2008 at 10:47 pm
Man, I can usually see these things really easily, but I can’t seem to cross my eyes far enough to get most of them to mesh right. After cranking my screen resolution up another notch I was at least able to see all of the slideshow images to work, but when I try to watch any of the vids I can get them within millimeters of lining up, but I just can’t get my eyes to cross that tiny bit more to make the images match up :(
Posted by brainwreckedtech on April 15, 2008 at 10:47 pm
Man, I learn something new everyday. Now I know why those stereoscopic images that ran in the local newspaper’s Sunday comics years ago always appeared indented to me and not to my family members that could get them.
Did any one of you check out the articles bs_angel linked to? The finger trick really helps you hone in on the crossed-eye method. I suppose years of making goofy faces with crossed eyes also helps, but YMMV.
BTW, the stereoscopic image is totally worth it.
Posted by George on October 26, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Your supposed to cross your eyes and you will see 3 images. what you need to do is stare at the middle image which really isn’t there … basically your left eye is looking at the right image and your right eye is looking at the left image. it does take time to learn this skill. (dont just stare at the image, it will never work. you must cross your eye. make sure your fully awake and give your eyes some rest :) enjoy!
Posted by Tyrone on May 15, 2009 at 6:34 pm
It’s over-rated. I can see it quite easily but after 10 seconds or so, I think I’m headed for a major migraine.