Make Your Own 3D Glasses (with Sharpie Markers!)
Every now and then I get in the mood to try a project just for the fun of it. Not because I need it. Not because it will greatly enhance my life. No, there’s just no good reason except it sounds like fun and I’m just a little too curious for my own good.
And that’s why today I decided to make my own 3D glasses. Just for the fun of seeing if it could be done. And guess what? It worked! Just follow these instructions and you too can waste time enjoy watching 3D videos on YouTube like I did today.
To make your own homemade 3D glass, you’ll need some cheap safety glasses (I bought mine at the Dollar Store) as well as a red Sharpie marker and a blue Sharpie marker.
Now that you have your supplies, you’ll get started making your own 3D glasses by doing some coloring. First – color the right eye area with the blue marker
Next – color the left eye area with the red marker.
And that’s all you need to do. Now you have 3D glasses! Just remember the magic formula:
Right eye = Blue
Left Eye = Red
Now you get to put on your new DIY 3D glasses and start looking at some 3D pictures. See, I knew this was going to be fun! Here’s a sample picture below. When searching online for 3D pictures you might want to also search them as Anaglyph photos.
Keep the fun going a little longer and enjoy this 3D video of a roller coaster and dinosaur:
You’ll be able to have lots of fun with your homemade 3D glasses!
Love your posts! Very interesting and well written, engaging voice. I got started and read like five in a row. Keep it up. 🙂 Blessings!
Can you use permanent markers for this?
Yes, you can use permanent markers for this. The Sharpies I used are a type of permanent marker too.
Why right eye = blue and left eye = red?
And can these two can be interchangeable?
Well,this is the standard way it is done and I’m not quite sure what would happen if you reversed them. 3D works because two images are overlaid over each other (one in red and one in blue) and each eye sees one of the images giving the effect of depth. I tried to do some research if you could switch which eye sees which color but could not find anything to say for sure it that would work or not.
Your are brilliant! I will have to remember this for the future.
That is cool, the kids would totally dig that. Actually it is worth making because they end up breaking the paper ones in a matter of minutes..
Bev did I ever share with you my cooking blog? I think they are all pretty frugal and all delicious enough to post.
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