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Last year we
kicked off a beta feature that let creators convert YouTube videos into
3D with a click, and since then you've converted hundreds of thousands
of your videos to 3D. Today we're expanding the beta to all of you by adding automatic 3D conversion for short-form videos uploaded in 1080p. Meaning,
you can select 3D viewing in the Quality settings (click on the gear
icon) on the YouTube player, then pop on your 3D glasses and see YouTube
in another dimension. Here's one of our favorites:
To give you more dimension on 3D, here's some background how the conversion technology works at YouTube. Since last September we've been constantly improving the underlying technology, which now uses several techniques:
* We use a combination of video characteristics such as color, spatial layout and motion to estimate a depth map for each frame of a monoscopic video sequence
* We use machine learning from the growing number of true 3D videos on YouTube to learn video depth characteristics and apply them in depth estimation
* The generated depth map and the original monoscopic frame create a stereo 3D left-right pair, that a stereo display system needs to display a video as 3D
How we're making even more 3D video available on YouTube
How it worksTo give you more dimension on 3D, here's some background how the conversion technology works at YouTube. Since last September we've been constantly improving the underlying technology, which now uses several techniques:
* We use a combination of video characteristics such as color, spatial layout and motion to estimate a depth map for each frame of a monoscopic video sequence
* We use machine learning from the growing number of true 3D videos on YouTube to learn video depth characteristics and apply them in depth estimation
* The generated depth map and the original monoscopic frame create a stereo 3D left-right pair, that a stereo display system needs to display a video as 3D
