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Gorillaz’ Music Video Breaks Record as Most Successful 360 Music Video Debut

Road to VR

The 360-degree version of Gorillaz’ music video for new track Saturnz Barz received over 3 million views in the first 48 hours, making it the single biggest 48 hour debut for a 360 music video in the (young) history of 360 videos on YouTube.

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Take a Look Inside RYOT

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In 2012, RYOT was founded as a small news desk with a mission to connect every news story with an action. A couple years later, they started experimenting with VR and 360 video to tell more impactful stories. There, he and David Darg teamed up on a pair of documentary shorts before co-founding RYOT in 2012.

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Inmates Use VR To Prepare For Life On The Outside

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Since 2005, the United States Supreme Court has battled tirelessly to reduce the brutal mandatory sentences of minors by courts and as a result the sentencing of life without parole for juveniles was made unconstitutional in 2012.

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

Road to VR

Starting out with its 2012-era, commercially-focused Lytro Light-field Camera , the company later went on to release a prosumer camera in 2015 called Lytro Illum, which at $1600 found little support outside of niches photography circles.

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YouTube Sensations SoKrispyMedia Launch VR Film Series On Within

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Wickert and Leigh uploaded 10 videos over the next three years, most of which were inspired by video games they enjoyed ( “Grand Theft Auto,” 2011 ) ( “Traffic Rush,” 20011 ) or real-life quandaries they could poke fun at ( “Homework,” 2010 ). Then, in 2012 they posted the video that would go viral and change everything for them.

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Oscar Winning 360 Video Expert Teaches You How To Shoot Better Immersive Films

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Henning is an award winning filmmaker that helped take home an Oscar for Martin Scorsese’s Hugo in 2012. The class was available to watch live in VR via YouTube 360 but if you couldn’t make it the entire program can be accessed anytime on Nokia’s YouTube channel. “There are two goals here.

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Lytro Shows First Light Field Footage Captured with Immerge VR Camera

Road to VR

Back toward the end of 2015, light field camera company Lytro announced a major turn toward the VR market with the introduction of ‘Immerge’, a light field camera made for capturing data which can be played back as VR video with positional tracking. Lytro has made point-and-shoot consumer light field cameras since 2012.

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