Chrome extension lets you read YouTube comments while you watch videos

We’re not sure if it’s a good idea or not but there’s now a Google Chrome extension that’ll let you see comments on YouTube videos while you watch the clips. Product designer David Diamond released the extension called Comment Mode. It’ll show you a scrollable list of the comments the video has gotten. It won’t work automatically for each video, though. You’ll need to press on the Comment Mode icon on each video if you want to see what comments people have been leaving there. Of course, we know there are a lot of toxic and nasty comments left on these video. But if this is how you want to interact with the service or you’re actually having intelligent conversation there (or you’re in it for the laughs), then this might be worth a try.

Source: The Next Web

PlayStation VR now has support for YouTube’s 360-degree videos

While it’s been tested out last year with a few issues that needed to be resolved, it looks like the Sony PlayStation VR can now support 360-degree videos on YouTube. And you won’t be limited to watching the 2D versions of videos, there are even some 3D 360-degree videos. You can check out a list of that here in this Reddit thread. Bringing in access to more content is a boon for the PSVR and that is something this fledgling industry needs.

Source: Digital Trends

YouTube helps businesses create video ads

You don’t have to be a big corporation to be able to share your online ads on YouTube. The streaming video giant is now helping out small businesses create their own video ads with its new suite of products called YouTube Director. The free YouTube Director for Business app is available for iOS users in Canada and the U.S. and allows you to create video ads right from your smartphone. You don’t even need to worry about editing as well. You can check out the app in action in the video above where YouTube challenged five video owners to create their ad.

Or if you want YouTube to create a video ad based on your app, if you have one or if that’s your business. YouTube Director can generate a video ad based on the assets you have like logos and app screenshots in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

Source: YouTube

Watch YouTube videos in sync with others using ShareTube

ShareTube is offering a rather simple yet rather useful solution for when you want to watch YouTube videos simultaneously with your friends or family without having to crowd one screen. It lets you create playlists and sync playbacks for everyone in the room. It’s not an entirely new concept but what does set it apart is it isn’t just for music videos. You can create shared video playlists of any YouTube video and talk about each one. Just search for the video you want and you’re good to go.

Source: Lifehacker