Magic Eye Beyond 3D: Improve Your Vision

Looking at the images in this book just makes my brain happy. It puts me in an altered meditative state instantly. Sometimes I can feel my body just wants to look at the book again. I wish the other magic eye books were as good, because I do feel sometimes I'd like some new images, but the other ones are not as good and don't do as a good a job of putting me in that state. The text is mediocre but it doesn't matter. The book is great...it's all about the experience for me. I think it does also improve vision. I've given it as a gift to many family members and recommend it regularly, especially to those who "can't meditate" or those who want to improve their eyesight.

I am always amazed as to how they produce the images. However it is done, it provides great fun.

The last book like this that I reviewed was Magic Eye II ;which I reviewed on May 25,2004. That book was published in 1994 ,several years after we first became familiar with these 3-D or Stereograms. This book was published in 2004 and we can see that there has been considerable advances in this artform.The one characteristic of these pictures has been that thay are easy to identify because of the repeatibility of about 6 panels or bands. This has always been a dead giveway. The thing most noticeable is that the bands are much less obvious.The picture on page 11 is so good that one would hardly suspect as having floating beans within it.The picture on page 33 is very obviously a 3-D picture but at the same time is an excellent "floater".Of all the pictures,the one of the gravel on page 39 was the most interesting to me. It is so good,that one would likely not even suspect it to be a 3-D picture,unless it was in a book like this.I guess the ultimate would be when a picture is created that shows no signs of repeatibility at all. At that point you would have the perfect "hidden picture". By far the biggest difference with this book in in the claims of how these images can be used to improve vision and all other sorts of things. The book is sprinkled with many testimonials from people who have experienced great things.I have considerable problem with accepting this stuff without the research and science to back it up.Otherwise;it has to remain in the area of "alternative medicine".It does not surprise me that there is a Disclaimer to the claims on page 2. Nonetheless this is a good book showing how much 3-D pictures have improved since the early 90's.

I bought this book shortly after getting Magic Eye II, and I can see how much they've improved their techniques in the intervening years. There are some gorgeous images in this book. I particularly like the butterfly floaters. They've also made it easier to see the images with the help of the two squares at the top of each page, that let you know when you've diverged your eyes just enough. The vision improvement info is another story. Why does Marc Grossman claim you can only do the "palming" exercise for 3 minutes? What terrible thing does he think would happen if you did it longer? (Such as a 1/2 hour, which is how long I routinely do it, without a problem.) Also many of the claims seem over the top. Magic Eye can bring you serenity? Make you more intuitive? Even give you feelings of love? C'mon. Nevertheless, for fans of stereograms, this is well worth adding to your collection.

the best magic eye book ever !!!! it discusses how just by using magic eye pictures a person can tap into how their brain works. the 3D pictures are amazing and fun and the text helps us think about vision in a whole new way. way to go magic eye!!