3D view in Google Maps streetview

[HansV]

Streetview in Google Maps (where available) now has an option to view it in anaglyphic stereo view. You need red/cyan colored glasses to see the stereoscopic effect.

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Click the glasses on the streetview figure to toggle this feature.

(The effect isn't very spectacular)

[John Gray]

Yes, I saw this a day or two ago - but where do you get the coloured glasses?

And notice how the 3D-effect is only experienced horizontally, not vertically...!

[HansV]

I have two pairs of 3D glasses (a red/cyan pair and a blue/amber pair), both of which were distributed for free with a newspaper of magazine. I don't know if they are for sale commercially - perhaps in toy shops.

Our own 3D view is caused by our eyes being a few centimetres apart horizontally; this effect is simulated in an anaglyphic picture.

[Skitterbug]

The simulated 3D feature in movies gives me a headache. Not sure why, but I avoid 3D. I also avoid fast moving rides, whirling rides and such not. I like my feet firmly on the ground and my visuals moving normally!

[HansV]

I agree, the effect is not always pleasant, so I can understand you prefer to avoid it!

[HansV]

Apparently this was Google Maps' April Fools feature - it's gone now.
See Google physicists discover extra dimension in Street View.