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From: u-jmolse%sunset.utah.edu@wasatch.UUCP (John M. Olsen)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: 3-D perceptual abilities
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Date: 9 Mar 89 06:29:37 GMT
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In article <8499@watcgl.waterloo.edu> jdchrist@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Dan Christensen) writes:
>u-jmolse%sunset.utah.edu.UUCP@wasatch.UUCP (John M. Olsen) writes:
>>Okay, all you cross-eyed folks.  Read this:
>>[funky random looking text]
>>Cross-eyed, the text is recessed.  Going diverged makes the text poke out.

>I can't make my eyes do this, but shouldn't the text poke out when you
>cross your eyes and be recessed when you diverge your eyes?
>Dan Christensen, Computer Graphics Lab,	         jdchrist@watcgl.uwaterloo.ca
>University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont.	         jdchrist@watcgl.waterloo.edu

I was speaking about the "secret message" with reference to the background
random text.  There will be two apparent depths in the image, and I was
completely ignoring the fact that the whole thing would appear closer or
farther with respect to the screen it's shown on.

If you examine the data closely, you will find that each letter is one of
two offsets from it's previous or following ocurrence.

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