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Presumably another April Fool's day prank. Click on the streetview man to lower his glasses. For more fun, ask for directions which involve paying a toll...

Is that actually 3D or just an offset on the images? (I might just have bad 3D glasses)

I'd have thought google, would have used a combination of the depth maps produced from the laser range finders they use when they take the street view pictures. Then using the depth map offset the image as appropriate.

Even then it doesn't seem very effective, the navigation arrows seemed to stand out more than the actual street.

Considering that when you rotate the view, the image offset doesn't change at all, I don't think this represents any additional information beyond the standard 2D streetview.

dear google,

please add an option so I can invert the x/y lookaround axis like I can do in a video game.

When looking up, we clearly see a box

Google Street View Goes 3D