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Saturday, April 2, 2011

Yup: Actually A Fantastic Idea: Hasbro’s My3DNow 3D iPhone ViewMaster

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Original post on CrunchGear:

"by Devin Coldewey on March 31, 2011

Most people over the age of 20 will remember the ViewMaster toys that let you see slideshows from your favorite movies and cartoons in 3D. Shabby, static 3D, but still. Well, Hasbro has put out a product that, while it sounds ridiculous at first, is actually sheer genius. Replace the slide wheels with an iPhone! It’s brilliant!

What you do is download an app and some content, then attach the iPhone to the end of the viewer goggle-thing by means of a special bracket (there’s one for every iPhone or iPod touch model). It sits securely in there and shows the two stereo images, which the goggles make into one awesome, totally self-contained 3D content...."

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