POP CULTURE

The Brains Behind the 90s Magic Eye

A brief history of the global phenomenon that left everybody cross-eyed

Reductionist. A stereo ‘perceptual portrait’ that combines elements of texture perception and random-pattern stereopsis in the Julesz style. Image from MDPI

For a brief moment in time, the world revolved around certain fads and crazes. In the schoolyard, pre-mobile bliss, children would bounce from wall to wall off their space-hoppers while exchanging Garbage Pale Kids and typing 80081355 on…