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Magic Eye #2
Magic Eye II: Now You See It
MAGIC NOW YOU SEE IT - 3D ILLUSIONS NO. 2: A NEW WAY OF LOOKING AT THE WORLD
32 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1993
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January 16, 2023
It's cool, it really does pop out like a 3-D picture! I remember how excited I was about this book when I first got it (like, 30 years ago):
I wanted to experience "a new way of looking at the world" or whatever they claimed. I'm a little out of practice now, but once I was able to see the images once again, it was a fun trip down memory lane.
I wanted to experience "a new way of looking at the world" or whatever they claimed. I'm a little out of practice now, but once I was able to see the images once again, it was a fun trip down memory lane.
November 2, 2015
I found this on Friday at a used book shop and it was a GREAT buy! I was so awful at these as a kid, but I'm brilliant at it now. Maybe not a 5 star book, but definitely a 5 star experience!
December 1, 2023
Fun! I’m getting better at it! But some of the images didn’t match the answer key, and not just because I am not good at doing the images. The tea leaves one was an Omega symbol and there was a pirate ship that was supposed to be something completely different.
February 8, 2024
I love Magic Eye pix & this book did not disappoint!
July 23, 2018
More fun with art that is guaranteed to give you a migraine! Just like the first volume, some images are simple, some more intricate. Some pop out easily, while others require a good deal of patience to discover. But none of the pictures are worth the eyestrain and headaches they induce.
November 25, 2017
I re-read a bunch of old books at the beginning of 2016 when my mum gave me some boxes to look through. I actually got this one relatively recently, probably around ten years ago. I've had the previous book in the series probably for twenty years. Doing these illusions is like coming back to an old friend!
November 30, 2018
Love these simple pleasures!
May 24, 2025
Excellent 3D hidden image book. Some experiments with colors are not good but as a whole the book is excellent.
March 3, 2022
I love these books. I've been doing these since the 1990s. It's fun! It's great that they have illustrations at the back that show what to look for on each page. Just relax your eyes. Once you "get it" it becomes easier and easier.
I own this book and will keep it forever.
I own this book and will keep it forever.
March 30, 2014
I hesitate to review a non-book book. Yet to experience a "magic eye" moment is surprisingly pleasant and revealing. Coming with a good dose of concentration fatigue and mental exhaustion, a realized autostereogram compensates all the frustration and irritation. As I try to divert my eyes while still observing the picture, I notice the changing of the pictures liking the shimmering of oil sleeks on the water. Yet the input is the same, yet the mind is working furiously trying to workout a representation. Until an unknown moment, something emerge in front of me, often sharper and crystalline, like the cone-shaped mount in the first page, in a glittering black/blue/gray coloring, replacing the flat pink streaks.
Nothing in my visual experience alerts me more of the unconscious workings of our visual cognitive process. The habitual "focusing" defeats the process. Except the first picture, I have more miss than hit for the rest of the book. Sometimes I see, but often I don't. There is no location or light or posture to give me clues of why the mysterious figures would choice to float up to my visual field.
Although autostereogram is an amusing visual trick, it serves a useful reminder of how little we know and control our own cognitive process. Even the old saying "the eyes see what the mind wants to see" is not entirely correct since the "want" implies attentional direction of our own mind.
Nothing in my visual experience alerts me more of the unconscious workings of our visual cognitive process. The habitual "focusing" defeats the process. Except the first picture, I have more miss than hit for the rest of the book. Sometimes I see, but often I don't. There is no location or light or posture to give me clues of why the mysterious figures would choice to float up to my visual field.
Although autostereogram is an amusing visual trick, it serves a useful reminder of how little we know and control our own cognitive process. Even the old saying "the eyes see what the mind wants to see" is not entirely correct since the "want" implies attentional direction of our own mind.
March 19, 2010
I suddenly remembered these books. Now these are something that should be on an episode of VH1's I Love the 90's. I vaguely remembered the colors of the covers and when I saw them listed here, I assumed that these are them, but I could be wrong. I might have read others besides these published by other companies. I know that my father brought one home and then my 9th grade social studies teacher had a couple of them, too. These would make a great addition to my fun classroom stuff (like Waldo books, Magic 8 Ball, Rubik's Cube, Slinky, etc).
May 22, 2016
I got as many those as I could find. I enjoy them and when I want to relax, concentrate or just have a few moments of enjoyment for no reason, but sit back and let my eyes wonder into a "parallel" universe, I grab one of those books and flip through a few pages. They are all great. If you are unable to see the wonder within them, keep trying and give it a chance, but I guarantee you, once your eyes are able to get what you are looking for, you will not be able to get enough of them.
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August 14, 2008You will be with this book for hours. 3-d images that have a a hidden picture underneath the immediate one you are looking at. It is so addictive you will be hooked for life. I urge everyone to try this!
October 18, 2011
These books were all the rage while I was in elementary school. No matter how hard or much I tried, I could never see the darn "magic" picture though! I would like to come across one of these now to give it a try.
January 26, 2008
I love these Magic Eye things. Excellent for those of us who are fairly equally right brained and left brained. Some people don't even believe it can be done!
December 7, 2008
These books are totally awesome and cool. I only need a few seconds and the pictures jump off the page. Cool!
September 12, 2009
Fun books to play with, but you couldn't call it reading.
October 29, 2009
If you like pictures hidden within pictures this is the book for you. Kids like this one because it takes time to find the amazing 3-d pictures, but they are worth it.
January 17, 2010
I think Mom bought me these just because she got tired of me thumbing through the copies at B. Dalton's.
February 19, 2010
If you're looking to go cross-eyed in a hurry, this will do it! Great fun!!!
March 18, 2010
Beware, you might get cock-eyed...
September 19, 2010
I never did see anything...
February 15, 2011
These magic pictures are always fun to try to see...some trickier than others, but fun none the less. We enjoyed trying to guess what it would be before skewing our eyes to see them.
January 8, 2012
Igual que el libro pasado pero con menos impacto. Más complejas imágenes como quiera. Divertido un rato y ya.
March 10, 2012
The plot was pretty thin and the characters surprisingly 2 dimensional.
November 18, 2012
The cover is an elephant!
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July 15, 2014
Muy bueno! No sé donde habrá ido a parar. Algunas imágenes eran más fáciles de "ver" que otras.
April 17, 2016
I love this series!
January 15, 2020
Tal relevante quanto o primeiro, foi comprado provavelmente por quem não esperou tres meses após pagar pelo primeiro.
May 31, 2008
What can I say? I like these books.
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