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Youtube’s Universal 3D Video Player has Vanished

All my tech decided to fail at once – you can read about that here – which is why this blog has been offline much of today and not updated much recently.

Separately, Youtube’s universal 3D video player disappeared last night. Previously, the 3D player did not work in Chrome but was usable in FireFox, IE and Opera.

As reported on the 3D TV Yahoo Group the 3D video player has vanished from Youtube.

The Youtube video uploader still has options for selecting 3D video options during upload. Does that mean the 3D video player is coming back? No one knows.

We can only make some guesses – presumably the 3D video player relied on the Adobe Flash Player, which nearly everyone hates and is trying to eliminate. HTML5 supposedly provides some new support – Chrome tries to use HTML5 for the player that always ends up with an error on 3D videos.

 

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“Testing the Effectiveness of 3D Film for Laboratory-Based Studies of Emotion”

Full text of study published in: PLOS ONE: Testing the Effectiveness of 3D Film for Laboratory-Based Studies of Emotion.

The authors found little difference in emotional response of watching film clips (not entire films) in 2D versus 3D.

The study had 408 volunteers view selected clips from 4 films in 2D or 3D while hooked up to cardiac monitoring machines. Physiological data was used as a proxy for the viewer’s emotional state.

The British press has concluded this proves that 3D is worthless and announced that all British reporters plan to cover one eye with an eye patch, in their future lives.

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Brian May’s collection of 3D stereoscopic photography to go on display at Tate Modern

The Victorian craze for 3D stereoscopic photography is to be the subject of a major gallery exhibition for the first time – thanks to former Queen guitarist Brian May.

via Brian May’s collection of 3D stereoscopic photography to go on display at Tate Modern – News – Art – The Independent.

Perhaps lesser known, Dr. May is also an astrophysicist. He’s been collecting historical 3D stereoscopic photos for decades.