Tomorrow night, CBC will be hosting a very special presentation of Queen Elizabeth II’s 1953 coronation… in 3D! As a result, Canada Post’s across the country are offering free pairs of 3D glasses so you can enjoy the experience from the comfort of your own home… but you knew that already, didn’t you?

While checking the Queen out in three dimensions is all kinds of patriotic cool, there are lots of fun things you can do with those free glasses after the event. Here’s a few ideas;

• Make your own 3D movies/pictures – It may sound like a crazy idea that requires a frightening amount of technology, but doing this falls under the “if they could do it in the 50’s, you can probably do it on your phone” school of thought.  All you’ll need is a digital camera and some photo editing software.  Here’s a great tutorial to make images, and here’s one to make videos.  Videos are a little tougher — you’ll need two cameras and a basic understanding of video editing — but it’s still well within the range of a DIY film geek.
• Be Biff Tannen’s friend for Hallowe’en – Back to the Future is the greatest film ever made.  It’s better than Citizen Kane, The Godfather, and Soul Plane combined.  Name one movie better than Back to the Future, and I’ll hop in my DeLorean and make sure that it doesn’t get made.  Here’s a quick pic to remind you of how cool Biff’s gang looked, and how easily you could be a part of it with your free glasses this Hallowe’en.
• Play 3D games on your iPhone – A number of iPhone games in recent months have offered a special 3D mode that takes advantage of the old red and blue technology.  Both Crash Course and Ground Effect support 3D glasses, but if you want to just fiddle around for free, check out the trial version of Fly Effect Real 3D for the low low price of $0.
• Search out 3D images online – Just want to use your 3D glasses without having to bother closing your browser window?  No worries!  Do a Google image search for “anaglyph” and you’ll instantly be delivered to hundreds of different 3D pictures to check out.  The same goes for a search of “3D” on YouTube.  Or even just stick “3D images” into your favorite search engine.  The results are seemingly endless. My personal favorite? These 3D images of the sun that NASA released a few years back.
• Fall asleep with them on, wake up FREAKED OUT! – On second thought, this might not be that great of an idea.  Maybe keep a spare pair in your pocket to slip on the next stranger you find sleeping on the bus.

Even if you’re not interested in the Queen, there’s lots to do with a free pair of anaglyph 3D glasses.  If you haven’t yet, be sure to grab your pair at Canada Post — and let us know what cool 3D fun you end up having with them!