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Originally Posted by 4691mls
I have a vague memory of the pictures you're talking about but honestly can't remember if I was able to see the illusion or not! Though I'm thinking not.
EDIT: found this article that says people with convergence issues who have difficulty merging two images into one have trouble with stereograms. I do have this difficulty - my eyes only work together properly if I am looking straight ahead. Otherwise I tend to default to my better eye and ignore the image from the other eye. So maybe I would be able to see the illusion if I looked at it from exactly the right angle....
http://www.math.brown.edu/tbanchof/Y...wing.html#cant |
Wow! It took me a really long time to be able to see it, but I finally did. Don't know if it's at all relevant to the situation or not, though. I was sort of hoping that you would have been one of those who sees them right away.
Related to complaints of glare when trying to read on LCD, focusing on your own reflection in the glass covering one of those stereogram images is one of the techniques mentioned to help people see them.
Not sure what the science is behind those who seem to be able to easily "tune out" glare when looking at a screen, but I'm certainly one of them. Darker backgrounds definitely make it more difficult for me to tune them out than lighter ones, though. I code (and do general computer work) with a dark background and light text, but I can't read a book for any length of time with a dark background/light text.