There are small steps and there are giant leaps; and then there are mid-sized hops that fall somewhere in between. In the world of online 3D imagery, one such mid-sized hop has been achieved by Paul Neave at his Neave Anaglyph site.

This catchy little Flash app converts simple line drawings into left and right anaglyph images and then gets fancy by enabling the user (that’s you!) to fly through the 3D space of their drawing by using the scroll wheel on their mouse. Plus, as DotLot’s 3D friend Sean Gleeson pointed out in his 3-D doodling made easy post, the app is open source.

Neave Anaglyph highlights the possibility that 3D could have online uses beyond just stills and video. 3D could very easily be adapted to become part of games and website navigation. It could even become part of a tool set for drawing applications.

Go play with Neave for a while and then leave us a comment with your thoughts on the tool. Can you think of any uses for it that we’ve overlooked?