NVIDIA and YouTube made a slightly caveat-heavy announcement today that promises to bring stereoscopic 3D YouTube videos to NVIDIA 3D Vision PCs and notebooks, running Firefox 4 . If you are rocking an NVIDIA GeForce GPU-equipped machine, sporting driver release 275 or later, a 3D Vision monitor, notebook, projector, or DLP HDTV, and Firefox 4 with streaming HTML5, you’ve gotten access to the entire 3D goodness YouTube has to present — given you are not attempting to access content via a traditional YouTube channel, because the outfit’s HTML5 support remains limited. And do not forget, you will need your active shutter 3D glasses handy, too. So, for those who fit each of the aforementioned criteria, look into the demo video after break (and ensure to hit the HTML5 function under options) — otherwise, be at liberty to move on using the old cyan and red method for viewing YouTube in 3D. Full PR after the break.
Users Can Easily Share and revel in High-Quality, Stereoscopic 3D Videos on YouTube With Their NVIDIA 3D Vision PCs
SANTA CLARA, CA — (Marketwire) — 05/26/2011 — NVIDIA today announced that YouTube is for the primary time giving users the power to view thousands of 3D videos in rich, high-quality stereoscopic 3D on their NVIDIA® 3D Vision™ PCs and notebooks when using the most recent version of the Mozilla Firefox Web browser.
“We’re excited to introduce HTML5 and WebM support to the thousands of 3D videos available on YouTube,” said Jonathan Huang, 3D Product Manager at YouTube. “By embracing these open standards, NVIDIA 3D Vision users now have an effective way of experiencing YouTube’s library of 3D content.”
“Firefox with 3D Vision creates a beautiful and smooth 3D video experience using HTML5 video according to open standards,” said Jay Sullivan, VP of goods at Mozilla. “3D Vision from NVIDIA is a smart example of the wealthy, innovative experiences which are being built on top of the velocity and graphics power that Firefox delivers to the net.”
“Sales of our ASUS G series notebooks with 3D Vision were strong,” said Ben Thacker, vice chairman of Systems Business Group-Distribution, ASUS North America. “Now that users can view YouTube videos in high-quality 3D, we think interest inside the ASUS 3D Vision models to grow significantly.”
With quite a few new, consumer 3D video cameras launched this year, YouTube’s support of NVIDIA 3D Vision technology extends its existing commitment to 3D, enabling much more consumers and 3D enthusiasts to share their 3D videos online. With attractively priced models now available from JVC, Sony and other leading vendors, users now have another easy thanks to capture and post high-quality 3D videos on YouTube, 3DVisionLive.com, and even their very own websites by embedding the YouTube 3D video player.
To further showcase the brand new YouTube stereoscopic 3D video streaming capabilities and a few of the most recent professional and user-generated 3D YouTube videos, NVIDIA is now hosting the end YouTube stereoscopic 3D videos on its 3D web community site at www.3DVisionLive.com/YT3D.
“YouTube 3D on an NVIDIA 3D Vision PC is a terrific experience,” said Phil Eisler, general manager of 3D Vision at NVIDIA. “Now 3D Vision PC users can enjoy over 525 games, YouTube videos and photos in theater-quality, full-resolution 3D.”
To view YouTube stereoscopic 3D videos an NVIDIA 3D Vision-equipped PC or notebook and the newest NVIDIA GeForce® drivers (version 275 or above) are required, in addition to Firefox (version 4 or above), which include support for HTML5 video streaming. Users will even should select the HTML5 viewing option when viewing a YouTube 3D video: http://www.youtube.com/select_3d_mode.
Additionally, with NVIDIA 3DTV Play™ software, users can connect their PCs to their 3D HDTVs to enjoy 3D YouTube videos at the “big screen” within the comfort in their living rooms.
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