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YouTube Now Offering Heatmaps for 360 Video Analytics

Road to VR

According to YouTube’s Creator Blog , “you’ll be able to see exactly what parts of your video are catching a viewer’s attention and how long they’re looking at a specific part of the video”. As the feature applies to any 360-degree video, heatmap data is generated from all views, regardless of what device is being used.

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Facebook Adds 360 Video Guide and Heatmap Tools

VRScout

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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Getting 110% Out of Training in 360° Video, with VR Vision Inc’s Lorne Fade

XR for Business Podcast

Let’s talk about how you guys are using VR and 360 video to make better training. Lorne: Yeah, that’s that’s one of our bigger use cases with Toyota, where we’re training about 10,000 employees currently using 360 video, in immersive training scenarios in VR. So let’s dive in there.

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Getting 110% Out of Training in 360° Video, with VR Vision Inc’s Lorne Fade

XR for Business Podcast

Let’s talk about how you guys are using VR and 360 video to make better training. Lorne: Yeah, that’s that’s one of our bigger use cases with Toyota, where we’re training about 10,000 employees currently using 360 video, in immersive training scenarios in VR. So let’s dive in there.

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Google Takes a Step Closer to Making Volumetric VR Video Streaming a Thing

Road to VR

Google unveiled a method of capturing and streaming volumetric video, something Google researchers say can be compressed down to a lightweight format capable of even being rendered on standalone VR/AR headsets. Not exactly ideal. SEE ALSO Facebook Says It Has Developed the 'Thinnest VR display to date' With Holographic Folded Optics.

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YouTube ‘Heatmaps’ For VR Show Where Viewers Are Looking

VRScout

However, the most recent feature released by the popular video-sharing site, YouTube ‘Heatmaps,’ has got to be the most exciting new tools for VR video producers yet. Compatible with any 360-degree video containing at least 1,000 views, Heatmaps give a detailed insight into how viewers are observing your 360 videos.

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How Is Virtual Reality Changing Animation?

ARPost

They can integrate 360 videos and animation data with ease. See Also: Pi Square: Making Animations Render 1000 Times Faster With Only 10% Cost. Animators now have access to VR tools that enable them to rig characters and animate keyframes in 3D. They can also record audio directly on the platform, saving them even more time.