Open source Magic Eye generator

Question

Do you remember those Magic Eye images that contain a 3D object? I love them! Are there any open source programs for generating Magic Eye pictures, which ideally work on Linux.

I found a Gimp plugin, but haven't managed to get it working yet.

Answer 1

There's a package in Ubuntu for a program called Stereograph. It's website is here:

http://stereograph.sourceforge.net/index.html

Here's a tutorial on how to make them using GIMP, Blender and Stereograph:

http://linuxgazette.net/104/kapil.html

Answer 2

It's pretty basic, but you should try openstereogram, it's OS independent:

http://code.google.com/p/openstereogram/