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Stereogram
A collection of three-dimensional stereogram images encompasses the work of leading contemporary stereo artists, including Christopher Tyler, facts about the development of the technology, and a look at it as an artistic medium. Original. 35,000 first printing.
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First published December 17, 2002
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Howard Rheingold
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I'm 65 and live in Marin County, California -- just north of the Golden Gate -- and when I'm not writing (and when weather permits, when I am writing) I'm usually to be found in my garden.
I've been a writer my entire adult life, starting at age 23, although I do a lot of other things, teaching at Stanford among them.
Judy and I have been together for 45 years! Married for 35 of those years. We have a grown daughter and two dogs that we pamper.
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February 19, 2017
I find it amusing to read Stereogram in 2017: "The present popularity of stereoscopy may be just another turn in this cycle and may fade . . . but I can't help feeling that the current boom is in some respects qualitatively different from previous booms . . ."
Nope! The people of 2017 are interested in stereograms only as a nostalgia item. Still, I do enjoy this book because it tackles not just the hideous Magic Eye stereograms (which this book suggests are beautiful -- they are so tacky!) but the dual-image stereograms along with some really neat Salvador Dali stereograms.
As for the claim that looking at stereograms is meditative . . . it makes me feel nauseated when I do it. I still find it fun, but I can't do it for too long because I end up feeling so sick. Absolutely not calming or meditative in any way.
Nope! The people of 2017 are interested in stereograms only as a nostalgia item. Still, I do enjoy this book because it tackles not just the hideous Magic Eye stereograms (which this book suggests are beautiful -- they are so tacky!) but the dual-image stereograms along with some really neat Salvador Dali stereograms.
As for the claim that looking at stereograms is meditative . . . it makes me feel nauseated when I do it. I still find it fun, but I can't do it for too long because I end up feeling so sick. Absolutely not calming or meditative in any way.
November 19, 2015
A book where you have to give it that certain look
In one of my previous jobs a co-worker brought in a large stereogram and I would look at it periodically but would fail to see the internal image. Then one day something happened and I could see it and from that day forward I have had little difficulty in seeing the images embedded in the stereogram pictures.
This book contains a series of stereograms as well as a history of the art form, a description of how they are constructed as well as an explanation of how human eyes transform the two-dimensional into the appearance of three-dimensional.
Stereograms are something that is challenging and fun to view, for all of them there is that moment of transition where suddenly the image is transformed from the flat to one that either comes at you or goes away from you. Therefore, I found this book entertaining to stare at in that certain way that makes it all clear.
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In one of my previous jobs a co-worker brought in a large stereogram and I would look at it periodically but would fail to see the internal image. Then one day something happened and I could see it and from that day forward I have had little difficulty in seeing the images embedded in the stereogram pictures.
This book contains a series of stereograms as well as a history of the art form, a description of how they are constructed as well as an explanation of how human eyes transform the two-dimensional into the appearance of three-dimensional.
Stereograms are something that is challenging and fun to view, for all of them there is that moment of transition where suddenly the image is transformed from the flat to one that either comes at you or goes away from you. Therefore, I found this book entertaining to stare at in that certain way that makes it all clear.
This review also appears on Amazon
December 15, 2015
I love stereograms, this is a great book to just sit down and stare at.
November 5, 2012
Fascinating.
March 25, 2023
I've looked at this book many times since I bought it new in about 1994. I love it!
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