When you read a book, do you want the words to “jump off the page?” Google has announced that it is bringing back its 3D viewing option for Google Books. While I’m not sure that I would use it, I am always a fan of new and cool features (of which this fits the bill).
Of course, to make any use of this feature, you need a pair of red/cyan anaglyph glasses – those iconic cardboard glasses for viewing in 3D. But the point is that it’s cool and fun – and isn’t that what reading is all about?
To view a book in 3D on Google Books, add &edge=3d to the book’s URL (Note: be sure to add this parameter before the # in the URL). (Honestly, they had it right when they first released this feature with a link to the 3D version. But I guess they figured anyone geeky enough to use it, was also geeky enough to figure out how to add a query string parameter to a URL.)