Ever watch a YouTube video, and wish you could see things differently?
Well, now you can. The popular online video service announced a new feature on Wednesday that lets users upload multiple camera angles for a YouTube video. Viewers can then switch camera angles on the fly as they watch.
There are a few caveats, though. Only desktop users in the U.S. can play around with the feature, right now. And the only video that currently uses it is one from Madilyn Bailey, an indie artist YouTube selected as a test partner. But Bailey has a wide reach: 1.9 million YouTube subscribers, with her most popular videos — a mix of mellow covers from artists, including Ed Sheeran and Sia — easily fetching 5 million views or more each.
"We want to give artists as many ways to connect with their fans as possible, and this experimental feature brings fans even further into creating the experience they want," YouTube spokesperson Matt McLernon told Mashable
The news makes sense given YouTube's announcement in January that it would support video captured with new (and pricey) 360-degree cameras, such as the Kodak SP360 and Ricoh Theta. So soon, every YouTube user equipped with a 360-degree camera will be able to upload a multi-angle video like Bailey's.