YouTube to offer 3D Videos?

Most people know that Googlers get to spend 20 percent of their time working on side projects. Well, Googler Peter is now talking about how he is working on a stereoscopic player for YouTube with his “free” time. According to the developer, it’s in very early stages but Peter does give you some advice on how to view videos using his experimental 3D player.

The Googler’s project was discovered by seroundtable.com when Peter, the Googler, posted a thread about it on YouTube Help.

You can see one of the 3D test videos at this link

Since it’s a Googler’s 20 percent time, there’s no word on when new features will come or if this particular project will ever officially be released. In the meantime, it’s cool to see what a Googler decided to play around with. Imagine if any video could suddenly go 3D on YouTube? I can see pros and cons associated with that, of course.

Read more at SeroundTable.com