Unlock the Magic: How to See 3D Photos with Your Naked Eyes!

Hello Fellow Readers,

This article lets you how to see 3D without need of any special 3D spectes.
The point is to teach you how to see 3D photos on the web. There are many different ways to see 3D, with just as many gadgets to help. The technique I will be showing you requires no special equipment. All you need to do is train your eyes to look at these images in what you might call an “unnatural” way.

What is crossed eyes?
When overlapping stereo pairs without special glasses, you can get the 3D effect by crossing your eyes or diverging your eyes. I prefer the crossed eye method. I find it easier to control, and it is possible to view larger 3D images than with the diverging technique.

How to do it

Sit square in front of your monitor, with the image directly in front of you, at about arm’s length

Sitting further back makes it easier – you don’t need to cross your eyes as much – but makes the image look smaller

Make sure you keep your head level horizontally, tilting your head will prevent you from merging the images

While keeping the stereo pair of images in the centre of your vision, slowly cross your eyes

The stereo pair will go out of focus and you will seem to see four images, as shown in the animation above

If you find it hard to cross your eyes, it can help to hold a pen in front of you and look at the tip with the stereo pair in the background

Gradually cross your eyes more and more – if using a pen to assist, start it close to the monitor and move it towards your nose

Continue crossing your eyes more, untill the centre two of the four images overlap and you see three blurry images, as in the animation above

Try and hold the centre image together – it is possible to “lock” it in place and see it as one image

The “locked” centre image should appear in 3D!

Now the tricky part, focus – while holding the 3D image in place, relax your eyes – drop the pen from your field of view if you are using it

If you can keep the 3D image locked and relax your eyes, it should eventually pop into focus, as in the last frame of the animation above

What you are doing here is causing your eyes to look at a space between you and the monitor, but focusing the lenses on the monitor. Our eyes never naturally need to do this, so it can be tricky to do at first.

Try it!

Try and see the 3D effect yourself with the stereo pair below.

How did you go? If you were able to see the effect, congratulations! It really is very striking isn’t it? If you couldn’t manage to do it after trying for a while, leave it aside and try again tomorrow. It can be tricky to get the first time, but the majority of people can do it. If you find you are unable to see the 3D effect no matter how many times you try, then it may be that you are one of the few who for whatever reason will never be able to do it.