The Outer Limits Intro: Stereogram Version

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This is a stereogram animation to, in my opinion, one of the creepiest show intros ever. I played with facial animation in this one.

The monologue:
There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image, make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear. We repeat, there is nothing wrong with your television set. You are about to participate in a great adventure. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to... The Outer Limits.

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.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• 3d
• stereogram
• SIRDS
• magic
• eye
• hidden
• picture
• animation
• the
• outer
• limits
• creepy
• strange
• scifi
• show

[andros1984]

Why aren't there more of these? How are they made?

I'm a visual effect artist and totally confused.They're so neat.

[ThePhantomChick]

@andros1984 -- I don't know why there aren't more... maybe not enough people can view them? Sad thought. I made these by making a greyscale depth map animation with Art of Illusion (but any 3D software package should be able to render as a depth map). Then I imported the depth map animation to 3DMiracle and turned it into a video. Thanks for watching and commenting! :)

[11m4357r0]

I love these, the only problem is they cant be colored, or else you dont get the cool effect, if only there was a way.

[ThePhantomChick]

@11m4357r0 -- Thanks for the comments! :)  I've only seen one guy make colored stereograms, but they are very impressive. Do a Google image search for "3dimka pink panther" (without the quotes) to see my favorite one.

[Jaclynxmariex3]

I can only see stereograms sometimes, i saw this video and your oragami one. There so cool once you get '' in the zone'' :D It sucks cause i only saw this one once, and only a few still images.. i guess ill just keep trying, any moer tips !? 

[ThePhantomChick]

@Jaclynxmariex3 -- Thanks for the comment! Did you try the tips in the video description? My dad has the best luck by starting up close to the screen then slowly backing away while keeping his eyes unfocused. He pauses the video until he can see the stereogram, then clicks play.

[vtorialyn]

The way it's always worked really quickly for me is, you know how you get that feeling, when you just stare at something, you're kind of zoned out, just staring? You're not "trying" to stare, it's looking at something but not really looking at it to look at it...just a tired stare...then it just happens.

[vtorialyn]

he heeheeee that's freaking awesome. Wish there were more of these, I could watch them all day. I've always been able to see these things within seconds, my fiance gets so pissed cause he stares and stares and can't see it.

[mase5701]

one person has something wrong with their television set

[RigorMortisRabbit]

nice!

[InsertDeepLyrics]

These are so much easier to watch than the "cross your eyes" videos.

[edybeast]

Cool. It's been some years since I've seen the old "Magic Eye" stereograms, and I'm glad I can still pick out the image.