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Google 'Do a Barrel Roll' Video

Type "Do a Barrel Roll" into the Google search box and the screen rotates 360 degrees.

The same effect can be obtained by typing "Z or R twice" in the search bar.

It is the latest gadget to appear on Google, after a similar show in which users can adjust the angle of the screen by entering the word "bias" as a search term.

The search engine has also developed a reputation for eccentricities such through its "Google Doodles", which usually adorn your home page.

Barrel Roll, the game does not seem to work in all browsers, but it seems to work best with Firefox and Chrome.

Did the earth move for you? The image in your browser - yes, you must have rolled over. Is it a boot on the Apple iPhone and iPad with their built-in accelerometers - gadgets not say a device where it was moved, turned on its side, wedged with a piece on top? One blogger suggested Google claims Nintendo "Star Fox".

There are no such notions, says Google, who sent us this explanation:

"A strange question today," do a barrel, "was created by a Google software engineer with the main objective entertaining users - while showcasing the power of CSS3, a presentation function of modern browsers L '. "Doing a barrel" query that causes the search page to run, will remain in place for a while. "

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