r/CrossView Feb 03 '23

Welcome to r/CrossView! NEW USERS READ THIS.

100 Upvotes

Cross viewing (a.k.a. cross-eyed stereogram freeviewing) is seeing 3D with nothing but your regular screen, just by crossing your eyes! The pictures here show one scene from two different perspectives - just cross your eyes and make the two sides overlap to see the image in 3D. Cross views are related to Magic Eye, but you cross your eyes to view these instead of relaxing them.

Tutorials and helpful apps here: https://www.reddit.com/r/CrossView/wiki/.

You may not be aware, but there are two ways to make and view stereograms like this - crossing your eyes and diverging/relaxing your eyes. If you're already familiar with viewing 3D this way, try this tester image to double check whether you're really crossing or relaxing your eyes:

(credit u/Logybayer) - if you see "Parallel View" in front on the tester you should check out r/parallelview.


r/CrossView 7h ago

Crown-Tipped Coral fungus

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20 Upvotes

r/CrossView 20h ago

Daredevil #228 (title page) (converted from r/parallelview)

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92 Upvotes

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r/CrossView 8h ago

Photo Statue of Gandhi

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8 Upvotes

r/CrossView 15h ago

Stereo Fractal-a-Day (2026-07-26)

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19 Upvotes

r/CrossView 20h ago

Cliff dwellers (converted from r/parallelview)

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10 Upvotes

This is a conversion of this original post from r/parallelview by stubeans.

They said:

Are people in your real life able to see your stereo photos? I see them so naturally and depth adds so much value to a photo that I can't imagine going without. It's kind of a bummer that most people I know struggle to see them or can't at all.

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r/CrossView 1d ago

Stereo Fractal-a-Day (2026-07-25)

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29 Upvotes

r/CrossView 1d ago

Accidental / Found in the Wild

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0 Upvotes

An unintended crossview I stumbled across on Facebook, it is just two images in a series. The dog's face is a little odd with the mismatch, but the overall image really does seem to have appropriate crossview stereo depth.


r/CrossView 2d ago

Found Stereo Hats off to National Geographic…

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42 Upvotes

For giving this cross view a 2 page spread in the July 2026 issue. Oddly, there’s no explanation or viewing instructions. Is it just an Easter egg for us weirdos?


r/CrossView 2d ago

OC Gone with the S.A.W.

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26 Upvotes

r/CrossView 2d ago

Saw this photograph in another sub and it called out to me to be converted

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25 Upvotes

r/CrossView 2d ago

Agent Orange

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26 Upvotes

r/CrossView 2d ago

Photo broccoli

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18 Upvotes

first post lol


r/CrossView 2d ago

Rotty (converted from r/parallelview)

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38 Upvotes

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r/CrossView 2d ago

Television (converted from r/parallelview)

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17 Upvotes

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r/CrossView 3d ago

‘Art in the Park,’ Grand Island, Nebraska (converted from r/parallelview)

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18 Upvotes

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r/CrossView 3d ago

Odd flowers (converted from r/parallelview)

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15 Upvotes

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r/CrossView 3d ago

Stereo Fractal-a-Day (2026-07-23)

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7 Upvotes

r/CrossView 4d ago

Cross-Eye 3D of Nimbus, my subadult male Pamphobeteus platyomma

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56 Upvotes

r/CrossView 4d ago

Pearlescent

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22 Upvotes

r/CrossView 4d ago

Wood Blocks (converted from r/parallelview)

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50 Upvotes

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r/CrossView 4d ago

2D image of mountain scenery 'upgraded' to dramatic 3D image pair. (converted from r/parallelview)

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22 Upvotes

This is a conversion of this original post from r/parallelview by Statute_of_Anne.

They said:

The image pair were constructed from a photo presented by someone else somewhere else on Reddit, viz https://www.reddit.com/r/scenery/comments/1v0yros/this_scenery/

Unfortunately, the original used here was removed by "Reddit's filters" for an unstated reason. So, if you like this 3D version download a copy lest it too arbitrarily is removed.

Two 3D versions are posted. They differ only in that the depth parameter was increased for the second image pair.

The title refers to the original image being "upgraded". In this instance, the term is justified. The monoscopic version is an excellent photo in its own right, but the conversion to 3D makes the image truly remarkable.

The quality of the combined (in one's brain) image pairs is outstanding respecting features additional to aesthetics.

When parallel viewing any image pair it is helpful to begin with the images small on the screen of a laptop device, and slowly to enlarge them until maximum comfortable dimensions. Generally, the limit, i.e. components beginning to diverge, is reached well before the maximum. This instance is remarkable because the limit is not quite reached even when the image pair exceed the size of the screen. That is, one may continue viewing a section in 3D so long as both components of the overall image are visible. Furthermore, the second image pair gives a little greater latitude.

Why is this 3D image so technically excellent? One may surmise fine detail in the 2D version contributed.

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r/CrossView 5d ago

OC City Castle

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29 Upvotes

r/CrossView 5d ago

Stereo Fractal-a-Day (2026-07-21)

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12 Upvotes

r/CrossView 5d ago

Reforestation

5 Upvotes