Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

The second night of the 69th Emmy Awards saw a number of nominations for virtual reality content, including rendered experiences and 360 video spanning a diverse swath of genres. The post Felix & Paul’s ‘The People’s House’ 360 Video Wins an Emmy appeared first on Road to VR.

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Voices of VR

AUGUST 16, 2023

Over The Rainbow is the second episode of a 360 video trilogy by Craig Quintero (see my interview about All That Remains from Venice 2022). Quintero is the artistic director of Riverbed Theatre, a Taipei-based performance group that has been doing 1-on-1 experimental theatre shows.

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VRScout

AUGUST 28, 2017

Catch some of the best performances at the festival with these killer 360° videos. You can of course relive the magic of those incredible couple of days by checking out standard 2D video, or you could step it up and immerse yourself with a series of 360° VR music performances.

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Road to VR

JULY 25, 2017

Facebook today announced new updates coming to their 360 streaming service including live 4k streaming support to VR headsets, image stabilization and a number of features that puts VR-ready 360 video more in line with the company’s standard streaming video service. Livescale 360. Groovy Gecko.

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VRScout

MAY 17, 2017

Now Valve is dipping their toes into VR video with its own custom 360 video player. Currently available via public beta, Steam 360 Video allows users to view 360-degree movies, shows and other non-linear VR formats within your headset instantaneously and without the need for a separate application.

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VRScout

APRIL 27, 2017

The post ‘Hallelujah’ Experience Bridges Gap Between 360 Video And VR appeared first on VRScout. “It’s Lytro’s Light Field technology that enables 6DoF, so live action VR content in headset for the first time behaves as it does in the real world.”.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Alongside today’s launch of the new iMac Pro, which the company is pitching as an ideal machine for VR creators , Apple has updated its widely used video editing software, Final Cut Pro X, with what it calls a “complete toolset for importing, editing, and delivering both monoscopic and stereoscopic 360 video.”

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VRScout

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Over a year ago Facebook launched 360 videos in the Newsfeed. And this past June, they finally launched 360 photos as well, rounding out the options creators and publishers have when it comes to sharing 360 content. Now Facebook is also letting publishers post 360 videos and photos to Instant Articles.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 20, 2016

This is the latest 360° video teaser for the new season of The Walking Dead. It’s probably easiest to view the 360° video on YouTube , but if you want to really immerse yourself in these final moments of life before you’re eaten alive, you can watch on your mobile device with Google Cardboard.

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VRScout

AUGUST 9, 2017

The post Native 360 Video Capture Comes to First Oculus Rift Game appeared first on VRScout. Dead and Buried is available now on the Oculus Store for $19.99. For a small taste of the action you can check out the mobile version on Gear VR for FREE.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

The popular open source media player that practically plays any video format on any platform has now added support for 360° videos. The latest support comes to its desktop versions with a plan to rollout 360° support to its mobile apps in the near future as well. VR headset support coming in 2017.

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VRScout

AUGUST 12, 2016

With more than 250,000 360 videos uploaded to Facebook since the feature launched in News Feed last September , publishers have been looking to Facebook to provide even more tools to help them better engage with audiences. 360 Video Guide. 360 Video Heatmap.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

In this video by Red Bull TV for example, the filmmaker’s solution is to provide viewing instructions in the form of graffiti on the walls of a building. 360° video prevents filmmaker bias. There’s been a lot of interest in 360° video in journalism because it presumably removes bias and helps maintain objectivity.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Featured 360 Videos from the VRScout Haunted Mansion. This time we’re featuring some of the spooky 360 videos we’ll be showcasing at the VRScout Haunted Mansion tomorrow. The post 360 Video Picks for Halloween appeared first on VRScout.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 9, 2017

Vimeo didn’t pick the best timing to announce its support for 360 video streaming, but it’s finally here at least. The online video service yesterday announced Vimeo 360 , its new platform that allows any to upload panoramic content that can be hosted in up to 8K. Tagged with: 360 video , Vimeo , Vimeo 360.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 22, 2017

Popular American cable TV channel AMC has launched the AMC VR app for Gear VR and Daydream featuring 360 video content, movie trailers, and more. The post AMC Channel Launches 360 Video App Featuring ‘Walking Dead’ 360 Shorts appeared first on Road to VR.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Journalists around the world will be armed with Samsung Gear 360 cameras. The New York Times and Samsung have partnered up to launch The Daily 360 , delivering at least one 360° video every day on the publisher’s properties. Tap the video to begin playing. 360 videos do not currently appear in NYTimes tablet apps.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Exactly what is still unknown, but if we had it our way, we hope he takes a serious look at 360° video and VR storytelling. Neistat shared one of the first 360 videos shot with the Gear 360 back in March from the Oscar’s and kicked off the U.S. launch of the 360 camera at VidCon.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

For OpenVR-compatible headsets like Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, watching streaming 360 video from from your browser is now as simple as clicking a button and putting on your headset. From a user’s perspective, all you have to do then is navigate to a 360 video and press the ‘VR mode’ button.

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Road to VR

JUNE 22, 2017

They also suggest giving viewers “a few seconds before jumping into the action”, probably due to the randomly scattered data over the start of videos as people fumble to get their VR headset on and comfortable, and to familiarize themselves with their new virtual surroundings.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

The debate about whether or not 360 videos are considered “real VR” rages on across the internet, but the fact of the matter is that it’s the most accessible and easily digestible form of immersive content out there right now. So far, this 360 video has been viewed over 860,000 times on YouTube and over 2.8M

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VRScout

AUGUST 8, 2017

Now the organization is digging even deeper into VR with a brand new 360° video series that gives you a behind-the-scenes tour of some of MLB’s brightest young athletes. The post MLB Expands VR Content With Original 360 Video Series appeared first on VRScout.

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VRScout

AUGUST 17, 2016

Shooting in 360-degrees. Making 360 videos can be tricky. After battling in the trenches of 360 video production for the past couple years, here are the pieces of advice they’d like to share. This is just a snippet from the YouTube Creator Academy course: 360-degree video and virtual reality on YouTube.

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Road to VR

APRIL 23, 2018

The post Insta360 Extension to Make Editing 360 Video in Adobe Premiere Faster, Higher Quality appeared first on Road to VR. For filmmakers shooting with the Insta360 Pro camera, the company promises faster editing and better quality thanks to the plugin.

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Road to VR

APRIL 11, 2018

Google this week introduced a new “High Quality” option for their Jump Assembler, an automated 3D 360 video stitching service for creators shooting with Jump cameras. Gallup says that 360 filmmakers using the Jump Assembler can now access the new High Quality option through the Jump Manger program for their next stitch.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 11, 2017

The post Facebook Adds Live 360° Video and Creative Tools to Spaces appeared first on VRScout. And together, these moves offer new types of collaboration, expression, and sharing only available to us through VR. Stay tuned as we bring more updates from OC4.

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Road to VR

APRIL 19, 2017

This hopefully also means we’re getting something Oculus promised as a feature back when Home was initially announced for the consumer Rift back in the summer of 2015: 360 video previews of games. “We solved the problem by rethinking the way 360 content is created,” writes Lee and Gupta.

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VRScout

JUNE 2, 2016

Partnering with the NBA and Samsung, Twitter will be giving fans an inside look at the games starting today with video content shot on the Samsung Gear 360 Camera. Fans will be able to click and drag within each Twitter card to view the 360 video without needing to leave the app.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 28, 2016

The infamous comedy website CollegeHumor.com has begun releasing a series of comedic 360 videos on YouTube centered around pivotal moments in U.S. The videos will have you laughing, learning and yes at a few points cringing (a few jokes fall further than flat). Head over to those videos now and start hitting refresh!

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VRScout

MAY 13, 2017

The post ‘Alien: Covenant’ Delivers Gory 360° Video Teaser appeared first on VRScout. Alien: Covenant stars an all-star cast including Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup and Danny McBride just to name a few. The film hits theatres May 19th and is rated ‘R’ (duh).

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 15, 2017

For Vive and Rift users interested in watching some of the interesting 360 video content out there, it’s been frustrating to either need to download a bespoke app for each video, use an unofficial workaround, or simply not have any way of accessing the content at all.

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VRGames

OCTOBER 27, 2021

[360 video] Horror 5 Evenings at Freddy’s VR Help Desired 360° Immersive Virtual Reality Knowledge. Five Nights at Freddy’s VR Help Needed, a 360 degree … resource.

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Digital Trends

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Check out NASA's immersive 360 video showing the celebrations from inside Mission Control when confirmation came through of Perseverance's safe arrival on Mars.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 25, 2016

One of the most popular things to do inside of a virtual reality headset is scare you – The post ‘The Conjuring 2’ Might Be The Scariest 360 Video Yet appeared first on UploadVR.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

TCL's Nxtwear S smart glasses are a big step up from the G model, projecting a 130-inch TV in your field of view, as well as basic 3DOF games and 360 videos. Charlie Fink goes hands on. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 13, 2017

Sony’s PlayStation VR (PSVR) has embraced 360 video with surprising readiness since launch last October with a suite of free apps and, more recently, support for YouTube 360 content. This month, though, the platform gets its first premium 360 app.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

One major exception to this used to be 360 videos and images, but now that restriction is becoming a thing of the past. Last week, VLC revealed that it is now 360 enabled for both images and videos. VLC 360 was created through a partnership between VideoLan and the hardware company Giroptic.

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