Magic Eye Quake

[methanewarfare]

has anyone seen or used this mod before?

www.leweyg.com/download/SIRD/q2/index.html

i've never used it but from the description, it breaks the image into a sterogram (magic eye picture) and you play it like that. I was just curious as to what anyone else thought about it

[grieve[Q2C]]

no, never used it before.
not sure if I get what it does actually, all it creates to me is a tuttifrutti of pixels.

[tmg]

Well, I wouldn't be getting this mod any time soon (read "at all") as I'm colour blind and can't see squat in those magic eye books at all...trust me my sisters had one of them books and I couldn't see crap in 'em.

[Mikemc]

I don't get it. Prolongued sitting in front of the computer is supposed to be bad on the eyes and now someone wants you to play with your eyes wonky? *Most useless mod ever*

[Sabotuer [Q2C]]

Mar 21, 2009 2:26:12 GMT -5 Mikemc said:

I don't get it. Prolongued sitting in front of the computer is supposed to be bad on the eyes and now someone wants you to play with your eyes wonky? *Most useless mod ever*

It's not a mod and the deal is not that they are playing quake2 in a different program either.
It's that this program (SIRD) is able to play quake2, a 3D game

This is quoted from the website

Why?
First of all, Quake II is a great game, and a shining example of purity in design. Secondly, I have wanted to play a 3D game in SIRDS for a LONG time, and this lets me do just that without having to design a full game by myself. Also I think now that everyone can see that it is not only possible, but a lot fun, and not difficult to impliment, we will start seeing this in more games. Remember that Quake II was not designed for this type of visualization at all, and yet it still plays pretty well, I believe is a sign that if a game were actually designed for this, it would be simply amazing.

on the other hand, what is SIRD?

[methanewarfare]

Single Image Random Dot Stereogram

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autostereogram

btw, this link is pretty cool..it actually shows how those magic eye things work...

[Paril]

It's that this program (SIRD) is able to play quake2, a 3D game

This isn't "Quake2 running on SIRD", this is Quake2 producing SIRD.

I thought this was rather interesting, but I ended up navigating the base unit on instinct (having played the game on a monitor-less machine at one point.. I was lonely )

-Paril

[methanewarfare]

lol wow...

so you played the thing? is it like a colored tv-static?

[Panzer]

I can't see it being a viable solution for 3D, but it's cool nonetheless. I love these types of things, especially when other people can't see the image...lol

[methanewarfare]

yeah its definitely interesting...

i wonder who thought to create such a thing and for what reason

"hmm...I can make anything into a magic-eye...i know! quake2!"