Growing up the idea of seeing 3D movies was fascinating. Nowadays it’s become a norm, with 3D movies released regularly and even video games are now 3D. But never did I expect even YouTube would be able to provide 3D videos also.
In an article by Marty Katz titled YouTube Will Now ConvertVideos to 3D for the NewYorkTimes it focuses on the fact that YouTube users will now be able to make already existing uploads or new uploads 3D. The reason they choose to make this change is because of the rise in uploads from
consumers that have 3D capable phones. To please the people that use YouTube they essentially had to change the way in which they were able to view the video online to fit the format from of their phones.
If you’re like me I bet your wondering how exactly this 3Daffect works on YouTube of all places. Well in an article for PCMAG.COM by Mark Hachman titled YouTube Adds 3D Option for 1080p video it explains how this process would work. What would happen is "basically, stereoscopic 3D requires the left and right eye to "see" a slightly different, offset image, which the brain then combines to create the illusion of a 3D object. Google processes the original 2D video and creates a "depth map," looking for a combination of video characteristics such as color, spatial layout, and motion that it has "learned" from other, dedicated 3D videos uploaded to the site. The creation of the depth map adds the second image that's needed for the 3D video." Through this process people that use YouTube would be able to view video content in 3D.
I honestly never imagined something like that happening. The Digital Revolution has managed to take the concept of 3D which to me was very complicated and simplified it to the point where even someone like me can create a 3D video. I love that.