It’s been announced on the Google blog that they are now offering their books in 3-D. I’m not sure if this is a good thing or not. I’ve been wearing glasses since I was 7 years old. The idea that I now must wear a second pair of glasses in order to read seems somewhat bizarre.
The following excerpt is from the blog post:
These days, 3D seems to be everywhere. From Hollywood blockbusters to LCD televisions, those iconic cardboard glasses seem to be everywhere, even on President Obama. Our friends at YouTube released a 3D experiment, and NASA released 3D images from the Mars rovers.
This got a few of us on the Google Books team to thinking: why not offer our books in 3D? So we’ve done exactly that. Now, when you visit a book, you’ll see a new option: “View in 3D”.
For the latest on this new technology, see: http://booksearch.blogspot.com/2010/03/3d-books-google-books-now-offers.html