YouTube now lets you watch any video with a VR headset
It’s not just the New York Times getting ready to present virtual reality videos on Google Cardboard; YouTube is today announcing support for 3D VR videos. To be clear, YouTube has been able to play 360-degree videos since March. You can watch those by moving your phone around in the air, or clicking-and-dragging with your mouse, Street View-style. Today’s announcement is different in that in addition to spanning 360-degrees, the videos are now in 3D as well. Using Google Cardboard (or any other smartphone-powered VR headset), each of your eyes sees a slightly different image, allowing you to perceive depth and differentiate between near and…
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