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How to Direct 360° Video

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Google’s YouTube Creator Academy shows us the finer points in 360° video production. Last year Google’s YouTube Creator Academy gave us the low-down on some of the biggest mistakes made while shooting in 360° with the video How Not To Shoot 360° Video. for the rest of the video.

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Unity Reveals New VR Tools and Google Daydream Support

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Aside from new tools and features to provide enhanced graphics and performance, Unity stepped in to preview a completely new video player that will make it easier to import and play 4k video and seamlessly-rendered 360 VR videos. Recruiters can also post jobs and target a pool of highly-sought Unity talent.

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YouTube Now Offering Heatmaps for 360 Video Analytics

Road to VR

Google’s Daydream VR platform sparked a further push for 360-degree video, encouraging YouTubers to create content with their Jump program , and they’ve also attempted to help creators acclimatise to the unique challenges of recording in this format, offering some tips and best practices.

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Google Launches Social Awareness VR Initiative ‘Daydream Impact’

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Google Daydream will provide organizations with VR training and equipment rentals. Although there are a number of tools and strategies that can help drive awareness, there are few more effective than VR to help shine a light on important issues.

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Google Has A New VR Camera And A ‘Roadmap’ For Answering Facebook

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Google’s JUMP team is announcing a new, virtual reality camera today that is smaller and lighter than its predecessors. The new unit is being positioned as an affordable, portable, easy to use system that will allow creators to make high quality 360 videos more easily. The Halo combines 17 4k YI Action cameras into a ring.

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How to record 360 videos of your VR experiences

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As always, I have also made an amazing Youtube video tutorial about it… you choose if watching the video or reading the text! The dev tools. In the best-case scenario, you are the developer of the VR experience, and you want to shoot a 360° video of your own game for promotional purposes. The app tools.

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Report: Google Acquires Light-field Company Lytro in Employee Hiring Move

Road to VR

Lytro, the company that pivoted to enterprise-focused applications of its light-field technology after leaving its commercial business, is shutting down amidst a reported acquisition by Google. In 2015, the company pivoted and announced Immerge, their massive enterprise-focused light-field camera rig that captured volumetric video.

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