How to View

If you are having trouble viewing these pictures you are not alone. All you need is good depth perception. Which means that you can see out of both your eyes and that you have no strong stigmatisms. If you do not have these conditions you can see 3D.

Just remember that this is something you have never done before. The most important thing to know is that you cannot focus on the image itself so that it is very clear. Believe it or not this works when the image itself is out of focus as if you are looking behind the image. That is what makes this a bit of a challenge. So please be patient and give this a try. It might take 2–10 minutes and you may even have to try this several times but once you do it a couple times it is very easy to do. The good news is that you are going to love it. I promise it is worth any effort you put forth.

Technique One:

Look toward the picture but do not focus on anything. Just kind of give it a blank stare, then relax. After a bit you will start to “feel” something happen. The picture will start to change, when it does just keep relaxing and doing the same thing. You eyes will do the rest of the work when you are patient. When the image first comes in it usually is just a piece of it. Continue to do the same relaxed stare and the result will “pop” in.

Technique Two:

Place the picture or computer screen one inch in front of your eyes. The image will be totally blurry. Let your eyes get a little used to it. Then, without changing your focus of your eyes, slowly move away from the image. Then stop at 2 to 3 feet away, the image should be blurry all the way away from the image, if it is just relax and go with the flow. If it is not, then start over. After a couple of tries, it should get easier. Sometimes it just pops in before you even realize it has happened. Keep it up and if it doesn’t work for you try a different technique and maybe come back to this one later.

Technique Three:

This is called the “view through” method. It is done by focusing your eyes through and behind the picture. When you do this, the picture will begin to get blurry, and then your eyes will start to adjust. Like the other techniques, just relax. Once you get better at viewing these pictures, this method will probably be the fastest way to see the pictures inside the book.

If you view the picture like figure 1 you will never see the Eye Adventures 3D image because your eyes are focusing right on the image.

What you need to do is “view through” like in figure 2. It is as though you are looking behind the image. This helps your eyes focus the way they are supposed to and it is the best way to see the 3D.

The artist can design the picture to be viewed through or cross-eyed. All the images in our products are designed to be viewed through. However, when you get good at “view-through” try viewing these pictures with your eyes crossed (This just means that you your eyes focus before the image). It takes a bit of time to learn this too but it provides an inside-out version of the images inside and this can be interesting It can be a little uncomfortable at first because this is not the way the image was designed.