The Tunnel: A Stereogram Animation

This one is more challenging to focus on than the other animations I have done. It has more depth, so you'll need to look farther into the distance to see this one. Also, as usual, it is easier to see this in the small player size rather than full screen.

This started out as just a depth test, but even though it's simple, I liked it so I decided to add in music and colors, and post it.

Never seen a stereogram before? The goal is to unfocus your eyes and look through the screen, until the repeating pattern merges and you see the 3D image.

Three tips that might help to look through the screen:

1) Try focusing on the wall behind and above your computer screen, then *keep your eyes focused at that distance* but move them down so that you are looking through the screen.

2) If you have a CRT monitor, try focusing on the reflections in the screen.

3) Start up close to the screen, unfocus your eyes so you're looking through the screen, and slowly back away.

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Anyone else just fell down this awesome rabbit hole of optical illusions

[GoldDRoger-lunt]

I saw it begin and move around but I lost it and I saw “The End” at it

[Gabitza]

This is very cool, but it took me a minute to understand that those circles are what I was supposed to see and represent the tunnel.

[Timitoc]

This one is a little bit harder to see but if you succed it's amazing

[VictorLovegood]

It took me a while to be able to see the circles. I had to go back 10 seconds several times for the effect to work. Crazy to think this video is almost 15 years old.

[schneesturmsohn]

I didn’t understand what I was supposed to see. I just read the end at the end. What did I miss?

[vtorialyn]

Love it! Had no problems focusing. I love these darn things! Nice work!

[SethComposerGuy]

very cool. I had to scoot back a foot to see this in full screen. Worth it as it's so much more trippy full screen than windowed.

[snazzysportstacker]

at the beginning, it says "FOCUS...", then the tunnel goes, up, down, down, right, down, left, up, down, left, up, up, right, then says "THE END"

[ThePhantomChick]

@jijbentgoed - The crosseye technique is where you focus your eyes closer like you're looking at your nose, and the parallel method is where you focus on something in the distance, like looking at something out your window. If the stereograms look normal (not like cut-outs) then you probably are already using the parallel viewing method. If you want to see some designed for crosseye viewing (to see if they look inverted), check out YouTube user xyoureyes. Thanks for the comments!

[rvwinds]

I zoned it to read “the end” and the video was over 🤦‍♂️ time to try again

[ThePhantomChick]

@SoFreakingLegit -- Thank you, I'm glad you liked it! :D

[ThePhantomChick]

@joeelipo -- Thank you for the very nice comment! I'm glad you liked the video.

[kaykiekid]

I saw it, too! The tunnel was moving around in a wobbly motion, and then some words came out at "the end!"

[Nightkrowler]

Took me some time, but I didn't give up. My problem was not reading the description. I tried at full screen. Once changed to the smallest window possible, it worked like a charm! :)

[joeelipo]

A well done job.
Great piece of art.
Awesome video.
I think to do this kind of video requires too much dedication.

[RUSHrGOMZI]

So beautiful.. The end was was disappointed... Wanted to see more 😂

[ariasmoroasmoro]

The first is FOCUS and then the moving hole, and THE END

[cyan]

took some time cuz it was spaced out really far but finally got it

[ThePhantomChick]

Sorry to hear that... but this one is harder to see than my other stereograms. Were you able to see those?