autostereogram, n.
Brit. /ˌɔːtə(ʊ)ˈstɛrɪə(ʊ)gram/, U.S. /ˌɔdəˈstɛrɪəˌgræm/, /ˌɑdəˈstɛrɪəˌgræm/[see also auto- comb. form1.]
[‹ auto- comb. form1 + stereogram n.1 Compare earlier autostereoscopic adj.]
A flat picture or pattern (in later use, esp. computer-generated) which can be perceived by optical illusion as a three-dimensional image when the viewer focuses in front of or behind the viewing plane. Cf. magic eye n. 3.
| 1957 K. C. M. Symons Stereo Photogr. 200 The finished autostereogram provides a reconstruction in relief which is extremely realistic and vivid. 1990 Proc. SPIE ((Internat. Soc. Optical Engin.)) 1256 182 Such ‘autostereograms’ may be generated to contain an unlimited range of 3-D depth forms within certain constraints. 1994 Independent on Sunday 23 Jan. 17/7, I am inclined to agree with..the only British company making the posters (properly called autostereograms), that unless there are dramatic improvements in the technology, they are liable to be an 18-month wonder. 1997 A. Cromer Connected Knowledge iv. 65 From the pioneering work by Bela Julesz on random-dot stereograms, has come the popular computer-generated random-dot autostereogram. |