3D video cannot be viewed on a computer monitor and will require special equipment. There are multiple options for 3D viewing which are outlined below from best to worst.

A large screen 3D TV would be our preferred recommendation although they may not be easy to get now since the 3D fad has passed and TV manufacturers have stopped making them. If you do not currently have a 3D capable TV eBay may be your only source for this. The type of 3D glasses you will need depends on what type of 3D TV you have and these glasses would come with the TV. If the TV is active 3D then the glasses will be active 3D glasses. If the TV is passive 3D then the glasses will be passive 3D. Anamorphic 3D glasses will do nothing for our 3D videos.

One surprisingly good option for 3D is the snap on case and software made by Mopic http://www.mopic3d.com. This has some limitations but it perhaps the easiest and most effective way to view our 3D videos. Currently this option appears to be available only for Galaxy and iPhone devices. You will need to purchase Snap3D phone case which converts your screen to 3D and download the free Mplayer3D app for your phone. Results are very good with the added advantage that you do not have to wear glasses or a headset. It does not function when streaming the video in browser. You will need to download the video and import it into Mplayer3D. Simply playing the video from your videos folder will not work because the video has to play from within the Mplayer3D software. Transferring files to Mplayer3D may require a desktop or laptop computer for downloading and iTunes – file sharing to transfer the files. Be sure to read the user manual on Mopic website for details.

A little less satisfactory solution for 3D is any of the Oculus products. Advantages with oculus are the built in browser allows you to browser the website with most functions working normally and Oculus can download the video with their built in browser. 3D videos do not display correctly when streaming in browser but do function well after downloading. The disadvantage is that you must wear a clunky headset on your head and the video clarity is not so great as with the above two options. When the screen is so close to your eyes you cannot help but see the individual pixels of the screen. On a side note, 4K videos on Oculus are a waste of space because they exceed the resolution of the screen and look absolutely no better than HD versions.

If on a budget there are multiple VR headsets that you can simply insert your phone into. The results on these are accordingly crappy. You will definitely see the individual pixels of the screen, you may not see the entire picture and focusing is fidgety.

The 3D fad seems to come around once every 10 years and it is currently not in fashion. Thus 3D devices (other than VR headsets) may be difficult to find. Likewise decent 3D video cameras are non-existent. Most of our current 3D video has been shot on an old basic consumer lever 3D camcorder and therefore does not match the quality of the rest of our videos. We continue to bodge together experiments using 2 pro level cameras, action cameras, rigs, rail systems and beam splitters and have not yet come up with the ideal solution without sacrificing some other aspect of the video or functionality. We do have a number of very high quality 3D videos on the site from our experiments although the model appears miniaturized and close up shots are not possible with these.