Physorg reports:

Apple has filed a patent application for electronic video spectacles that will allow wearers to watch films in 3D on the inside of the glasses.

Users would attach their iPhone, iPod, or other device to the spectacles, which have a special lens that can split the image into two frames — one for each eye — and then project the image onto the spectacles. The two images would create a stereoscopic effect since they would appear to have been taken from slightly different angles, and this would simulate 3D.

... which then turns your iPhone into a vintage stereo viewer.

Although patent applications are a far cry from actual product news, it's interesting to see Apple exploring 3D. In reality, the glasses-free Nintendo 3DS approach will be a gazillion times more practical.

Read more at Physorg.