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

APRIL 27, 2017

One of my favorite things to do while rocking a VR headset is binge watch various 360-degree videos from platforms such as YouTube, Jaunt or Within. The post ‘Hallelujah’ Experience Bridges Gap Between 360 Video And VR appeared first on VRScout. They’re simple to access, easy to watch and plentiful.

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VRScout

AUGUST 9, 2017

The latest update to Dead and Buried brings in-game 360° image and video capture among other new features. Those looking to watch can either use standard web browser to click and drag their way through the 360° action, or use a VR headset or mobile HMD for a better experience.

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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. Facebook donation button on a standard video.

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VRScout

MAY 17, 2017

Steam VR expands its services with native 360-degree video support. . Now Valve is dipping their toes into VR video with its own custom 360 video player. Steam 360 Video Player currently hosts eight different pieces of virtual reality content.

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Road to VR

JUNE 22, 2017

Spherical YouTube videos with over 1,000 views now include ‘360° Heatmaps’ within the Analytics section of the Creator Studio. The new feature provides a visual representation of low to high attention areas of the video, helping to inform content creators of what aspects of a 360-degree scene are engaging viewers the most.

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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

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

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 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. 360 Video Heatmap.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

Shooting in 360° forces you to approach filmmaking in a new way, to ask yourself what a story is at its core, and to question how and why a story needs to be told in this new medium. Here are five ways shooting in 360° challenges you to tap into its potential and rethink video storytelling: 1. 360° video prevents filmmaker bias.

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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

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. Now that video streaming giants like YouTube, Vimeo and Facebook natively support spherical video formats, there’s more 360 content than ever before.

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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 ‘Screening Room’ in the app grants a look at recent AMC original series trailers and behind the scenes videos. Attacked Pt. Can you last until help arrives?

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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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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. Desktop: Find The Daily 360 on your computer at nytimes.com/thedaily360.

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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. And these are just the subjects of the first four episodes, with more videos featuring other players planned to release during key moments of the MLB season. “We

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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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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. Audio is important in any video, but in 360 it provides so much more than a soundtrack. Experiment.

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Road to VR

APRIL 19, 2017

Facebook’s VR headset subsidiary Oculus is finally integrating a native tool that will let you capture and share your Rift experiences through 360 photos and videos—one that developers can integrate into Unity and Unreal Engines, and across NVIDIA and AMD GPUs— and it’s available today on GitHub.

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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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VRScout

MAY 13, 2017

Experience the incredibly graphic birth of a Neomorph alien in this now available 360-degree video. And what better way to go about it than to let fans experience the unbelievably gory birth of the films monstrous new creature in a white-knuckle 360-degree experience? The film hits theatres May 19th and is rated ‘R’ (duh).

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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

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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Road to VR

DECEMBER 15, 2017

As one of the largest video content libraries on the planet, demand for being able to watch YouTube content in a VR headset has been understandably strong. The app, which is free (and Google says will remain so), allows users to watch any YouTube video, 360 or otherwise (including stereoscopic video).

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VRScout

MARCH 26, 2019

Content-optimized 360° video rendering technology could take immersive filmmaking to the next level. is looking to breath new life into the 360-degree format with breakthrough technology that could drastically improve the quality of immersive 360 streaming video content. Image Credit: KAI Inc.

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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. Footage was shot over the course of four weeks.

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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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Road to VR

AUGUST 18, 2017

Immersv, who have run successful advertising campaigns with brands like Nissan and Mountain Dew, claim their 360 degree and VR videos ‘view-through’ rates (the equivalent of a click-through on a traditional ad) is 85%. Partners now include Tremor Video, YuMe, Bidswitch, ironSource, Supership and United in Japan.

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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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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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Road to VR

AUGUST 26, 2016

Felix & Paul Studios got together with Oculus Studios and National Geographic to shoot 360 video footage of President Barack Obama’s recent Father’s Day trip to Yosemite National Park, becoming the first official appearance by Obama in a VR presentation. You can can catch the new 12 minute video in a variety of ways.

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VR Bites

DECEMBER 7, 2016

A 360 video of real in game footage that wil make your blood run cold. We dare you to watch!

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