Real-time Magic Eye 3D mod for Quake II
by Conrad Quilty-Harper 
{ Feb 2nd 2006 at 11:00AM }
A favorite of both young children (yay! that's cool) and stoners (whoa! spaced out), Magic Eye is a series of books that feature "autostereograms" which allow people to see 3D images by focusing on 2D patterns. The technical name for these images is "SIRDS" or "single image random dot stereo" images. One enterprising gamer has applied the algorithm for SIRDS to Quake II, creating a Quake II mod called AbSIRD. Once you get your eyes adjusted to the pattern you'll be able to play the entirety of Quake II in a kind of faux 3D, without the aid of 3D glasses. Just make sure your boss doesn't catch you making weird faces at your seemingly static filled monitor!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Nushio @ Feb 2nd 2006 11:19AM
That is sick and insane.
I never was able to see the images hidden inside those dots.
I'm sure that after 10 secs of gameplay your eyes will either pop out or bleed.
I've Been Jipped @ Feb 2nd 2006 11:19AM
That's just... no.
Omroth @ Feb 2nd 2006 11:23AM
All very nice, but don't forget Magic Carpet (most under-talked-about nostalgia game ever) did this back in 1995, out of the box.
Ian
PodMonkeys @ Feb 2nd 2006 11:29AM
Hah! Thats awesome!
ok...
ok...
THERE! I can see my gun!
whats that?...
ROCKETS!!!
Jason @ Feb 2nd 2006 11:38AM
This is quite old news. I've been out of college for 2 years now and I remember trying this out my junior year, so we're talking around 3 years old. Never did try it, though, but now that I have Q2 (Sorry, I'm an Unreal person), I'll give it a whirl.
mike @ Feb 2nd 2006 11:53AM
I have a lazy eye (since I was born), and those magic eye things dont work for me. Ive never been able to see one before. It bothered me so much when I was a kid because magic eye was such a big craze.
Today I think the whole world is just in a conspiracy against me and there is no 3d images.
Dignan17 @ Feb 2nd 2006 12:04PM
Oh! It's a sailboat!
neale @ Feb 2nd 2006 12:06PM
number 1 : basically all u do is go cross eyed and eventually a picture appears
Cellmate @ Feb 2nd 2006 12:15PM
i tried this mod out. pretty cool but you can only play it for so long till it gets to you. plus in a way its hard to make things out.
Crosseyed Joe @ Feb 2nd 2006 1:08PM
"6. number 1 : basically all u do is go cross eyed and eventually a picture appears"
Ack, if i go cross eyed and begin to focus 'backwards' the image is inside out. I find it's best to slowly go cross eyed from regular and you should be able to pick it up if you don't try, just zone out for a second.
I'll this in motion tonight, might be the end of my eyes though.
Crosseyed Joe @ Feb 2nd 2006 1:09PM
"6. number 1 : basically all u do is go cross eyed and eventually a picture appears"
Ack, if i go cross eyed and begin to focus 'backwards' the image is inside out. I find it's best to slowly go cross eyed from regular and you should be able to pick it up if you don't try, just zone out for a second.
I'll this in motion tonight, might be the end of my eyes though.
krylon @ Feb 2nd 2006 3:07PM
i imagine that this would feel like being smacked on the bridge of your nose repeatedly with a baseball bat. those magic eye things gave me huge headaches.