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‘Hallelujah’ Experience Bridges Gap Between 360 Video And VR

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Key components such as room-scale VR, parallax effects and head-tracking add to the realism of virtual experiences by making movement seem much more natural. The post ‘Hallelujah’ Experience Bridges Gap Between 360 Video And VR appeared first on VRScout.

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VLC Media Player Enables 360 Videos And Photos

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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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‘Lost’ From Oculus Story Studio Makes The Jump To Mobile VR As 360 Video

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Today, Oculus is announcing that the groundbreaking virtual reality short film, Lost , is coming to the Samsung Gear VR. For its debut on the less-powerful Gear VR headset, the project has been repurposed as a 360 video rather than a full, PC-powered, VR experience that allows for robust features like positional tracking.

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Moon VR Player returns with passthrough AR mode

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It was a video player for virtual reality headsets, able to play both 2D videos, 360 videos, and 360 VR videos which was quite popular back in the Gear VR days. It was not easy for us as we still believed in virtual reality. Who else remembers Moon VR Player?

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Featured 360: VR Beatboxing, Rain or Shine, and Iguana vs Snakes

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For this first installment of Featured 360°, we are highlighting a must-see quick-cut beatboxing video, a new short dropped from Google Spotlight Stories, and a behind-the-scenes of the internet’s favorite Iguana vs. Snakes. ” We can really see why the Spotlight Story team at Google takes their time when releasing 360 videos.

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This ‘Snackable’ Headset Aims to Make VR More Approachable to the Public

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When it comes to public spaces like shops and museums, self-service virtual reality isn’t really a thing yet; first-timers generally need to be told how to put on the headset, how to hold the controllers, and where to stand.

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Altair Digital Are Bringing the Planetarium Experience to Your Face Using VR

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Altair Digital have announced that they are to bring the wonder of the solar system as historically experienced via your local Planetarium to virtual reality with Fulldome Cinema. Using this, Altair then take existing Fulldome projection experiences from the real world and project those into the VR planetarium.

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