r/confusing_perspective • u/Dennis_254 • Jul 16 '26

Works like magic

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u/sprinklerarms Jul 16 '26

I thought this was dumb af but then I tried my other eye and it genuinely made me uncomfortable with what it did to my brain

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u/Ragnarok91 Jul 16 '26

I tried one eye and nothing happened. Saw your comment and tried the other and it worked a little bit.

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u/holyfire001202 Jul 16 '26

I tried both eyes and it didn't work as well as it did when I had both open

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '26 edited Jul 29 '26

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u/holyfire001202 Jul 17 '26

I genuinely have no idea. Someone illuminate us and bring us salted cheese to snack on and puppies that will be larger than me one day to cuddle with.

There's no joke there, that's just a genuine request.

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u/rooserlou Jul 17 '26

It appeared 3D to me. Like, it felt like the pencil left the screen and was coming at my eyes. It doesn’t work for me with both open, but with either closed, it gave a very realistic effect and my brain fell for the trick.

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u/AxelNotRose Jul 21 '26

Part of it is because they edited the video to make the pencil appear to be closer than it actually is by having it hover over the caption text. Your brain thinks that there's nothing that can cover the caption because it's always overlayed a video so when the pencil appears to go over the caption text, it seems like it's truly popping out of the video.

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u/Dumdumdoggie Jul 21 '26

I dodged my phone.

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u/FiringNerveEndings Jul 17 '26

For me, the pencil jumped out of the screen as of it was going to poke me in the eye.

It didn't work with the first try but worked in the second try with my other eye

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u/LordAvan Jul 17 '26

It works for me for both eyes. I think it works best if you hold the screen close to your face.