Playboy readers are going to need glasses for a close look at the upcoming issue of the magazine - 3-D glasses.
The centrefold picture in the June edition of Playboy will be in 3-D, Playboy spokeswoman Theresa Hennessey said Tuesday.
A pair of 3-D glasses like those that helped the film Avatar shatter box office records will be included with the issue of the magazine which hits US newsstands on Friday.
"It's kind of neat," Hennessey said of the 3-D centrefold featuring 2010 Playmate of the Year Hope Dworacyzk.
"There's a wine glass that she's holding and when you stand back with the glasses on that comes right out at you," she told AFP. "You kind of really feel like you're in, so to speak, in the pictorial with her."
Playboy's first 3-D centrefold comes about six months after the magazine ran a photo spread featuring a cartoon character - a scantily clad Marge Simpson from the hit television show The Simpsons.
"We're constantly trying to do new creative, innovative things to engage our readers," Hennessey said. "But I don't think we'll be having 3-D centrefolds in every issue."
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner said he "wanted to create a 3-D pictorial for the very first issue of Playboy, but didn't have enough money to include the 3-D glasses".
"I think Playboy fans will enjoy seeing our Playmate of the Year's true form," Hefner added in a statement.
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