Youtube adds "Play in 3D" video option

Good news to youtube users. Now you have the options to watch any 1080p video in 3D. YouTube has come out with a tool to enable users automatically convert a short video into 3D.

In September 2011, YouTube started allowing people to turn 2D videos into 3D, however this was in beta phase and only available to YouTube creators.

The Google is now expanding the beta to all YouTube users includes both creators and viewers. Start from now Youtube users are allow to convert any short-form videos uploaded in 1080p to 3Dwith the provided option.

Therefore, YouTube users no longer need to wait for creators to upload 3D videos, as users are now able to convert any HD films themselves if they so wish.

The 3D Viewing feature is available in the Quality Settings bar on the YouTube player. Users just need 3D glasses to watch the converted videos.

Youtube said that the technology works by using a combination of video characteristics, such as colour, spatial layout and motion, to estimate a "depth map" for each frame of a monoscopic video sequence.

YouTube said that it has learned from the growing number of videos shot in true or 'native' 3D, posted on YouTube, by gauging the video depth characters and applying these in depth estimations for 1080p videos. The generated depth map and original monoscopic frame then creates the stereo left-right image pairing that the display system needs to show the video as 3D. 


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