Sure, folks who are into the whole live Internet video chat thing have noticed one dire shortcoming of the medium: it’s very flat. In the same way photographs taken through a typical lens system lack depth and walking around town with one eye closed can be a challenge, typical Webcam images aren’t very impressive because they have a single vantage point. Now some British designers are looking to change that with the Minoru 3D Webcam, which features two cameras spaced roughly like human eyes to create a stereoscopic field effect. Of course, there is a downside: you’ll have to wear special 3D glasses to experience the effect.
