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For OpenVR-compatible headsets like Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, watching streaming 360video from from your browser is now as simple as clicking a button and putting on your headset. From a user’s perspective, all you have to do then is navigate to a 360video and press the ‘VR mode’ button.
Announced at the Samsung Developer conference last week, the 360 Round is the company’s new camera for creating and streaming 4K 3D content. A total of 17 lenses (eight stereo pairs aligned horizontal, and one centered vertical lens), and 6 internal microphones allows for capturing 3D 360video and spatial audio.
It may be hard to believe but its been four years since Samsung and Oculus first announced their smartphone-powered Gear VR headset. In darker times, the best 360° videos we had access too were grainy, nauseating clips of GoPro stunts and claustrophobic concerts. I’m not sure which impresses me more. Let’s get lost.
With the Galaxy S8 and S8+ coming later this month , Samsung is hoping to sweeten the deal with a free Gear VR headset and Controller for US and Canadian pre-orders before April 20th. In addition, the US-based Samsung store is offering a pair of Harman AKG Y50BT black headphones ($149.95 Free Gear VR with Galaxy S8 Pre-order.
Is this the new Samsung Gear 360? FCC filing suggests the consumer 360 camera is on its way. We are two weeks out from Samsung’s March 29th Unpacked event where the company is expected to launch their new Galaxy S8 mobile device. Image Credit: VRScout & Samsung.
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“Finwe has been developing high-end 360video presentation solutions for global customer base over 4 years,” says CEO of Finwe Juha Kela in the press release for the announcement. “We showcased our first 360video player in MWC 2013 and added VR mode a few months later.”
This makes the Gear 360 once again one of the most highly accessible price points to create quality 360-degree photo and video content for the average consumer. The Gear 360 is available in-store and online at Best Buy, Amazon.com , AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, U.S. Cellular, and Samsung.
This was the content of the box: Headset Controller + batteries USB cable Charger Lens wipe Instructions pamphlet (all in Chinese). Skyworth v901 VR headset and controller. On the right, you can see 3 buttons that let you interact with the VR applications in case you don’t have the controller. Everything was very basic.
The biggest video-sharing platform in the world arrives on the Gear VR with all new features and content. Already a dominant application on the HTC Vive, PlayStation VR and Google Daydream platforms, Google’s immensely popular YouTube VR experience is now available on the Samsung Gear VR. Image Credit: YouTube.
Google is finally bringing the official YouTube VR app to the Oculus Store for Samsung Gear VR soon. Google also announced a new social feature coming alongside the Gear VR app which will allow you to chat with friends while watching videos. The company says it will be available on Daydream View and Gear VR.
Mova is a standalone VR headset that does away with motion controllers, instead offering optical hand tracking which users will use to navigate UI and interact with others online. Like Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Go, the headset only includes a single remote, which appears to have a touchpad and button array for basic input.
To compliment the theatrical film release of Distorted on June 22nd, Minds Eye Entertainment and SkyVR have partnered to produce Distorted Reality , a scripted, live-action cinematic VR distributed through OneTouchVR on Google Daydream, Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Rift, and iOS. He owned this new format and really took charge.
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The business VIVE Flow headset also offer the option to purchase a three-degrees-of-flight (3DoF) controller to navigate menu options and engage experiences, as well as include a new Kiosk Mode for queuing experiences for remote access to avoid accidental closures of virtual experiences. One week to go. HTC (@htc) June 21, 2022.
The 360° video places users in the shoes of a puppet trapped within an extraordinarily crude show being controlled and viewed by an incompetent executive in VR. What truly makes EXTRAVAGANZA shine however is its impressive cast of talented comedians.
For many, the 360 ° video of his daughter’s first steps was the first 360 ° video they ever watched. With it, Mark Zuckerberg demonstrated the benefits of 360 ° content and a major use case for consumers: to save and share family moments to be relived at any point in time. Impact on Consumers. Impact on Consumers.
Alongside the official reveal of the Google Pixel phone last month, Google announced Daydream View , a VR headset and controller combo designed for use with the company’s first Daydream-ready phone. Using Daydream View’s controller, you can putt, tilt, spray, spin and laugh your way through all the levels.
While VR video portals like Jaunt , Littlstar , Samsung VR , and others offer a single destination from which to stream many different 360 and VR videos, another popular way to distribute VR video has been as a standalone app, offering more complete control over the experience by the creator.
“Now, customers in the US and UK can watch their favorite titles within their own private virtual movie theater using an Oculus Quest, Oculus Go, or Samsung Gear VR headset,” reads the release. “In Users can also control their searches using voice commands. Using Prime Video VR. Amazon in VR.
Much like Samsung Gear VR, Mi VR features a built-in dedicated motion sensor for low latency head-tracking and only works with a select number of the company’s phones. Mi VR will ship with a 9-axis inertial motion controller with integrated touchpad, and is compatible with Mi Note 2, Mi 5s, Mi 5s Plus, Mi 5—and only for ¥199 (~$29). .”
This new standard evolves the previous H265 compression format for videos, reducing data requirement up to 50% while providing visually the same quality. The standard will prove especially efficient for 4K and 8K video and it works with high dynamic range video and omnidirectional 360° video. Register Now.
HTC is the maker of the Vive VR headset , a monumental achievement in optics, controls and 3D positional tracking for VR. Doug Liman, 30 Ninjas, Condé Nast, Jaunt VR and Samsung won tonight’s Best 360 Series award for Invisible. Google Earth VR. Longtime Hollywood environmental activist, Ed Begley Jr. Invisible .
Looking to watch the Olympics from your home, at work, or even in the stands, now you’ll have a chance to be control how you view the games. You’ll have the ability to switch to various VR cameras thanks to Intel’s True VR camera technology that consists of twelve 4K cameras capturing footage in 360°.
If I picked roomscale then it had me point the headset at the screen (cameras facing out) and then trace the entire room, just like I’d do with the motion controllers for a Rift or Vive. If I press the Windows button on the keyboard or the center Xbox button on my controller then it brings up a Start menu-style interface (shown above.)
Immersive video and VR film has played a significant role in mobile virtual reality content, a trend that began with Google’s blindingly successful low-cost VR initiative Cardboard, later being taken up by the Oculus engineered Samsung Gear VR.
To complement the theatrical film release of Distorted on June 22nd, Minds Eye Entertainment and SkyVR have partnered to produce “Distorted Reality,” a scripted, live-action cinematic VR distributed through OneTouchVR on Google Daydream, Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Rift, and iOs. He owned this new format and really took charge.
But Samsung isn’t stopping there… THE NEXT GENERATION OF GEAR VR MAY COME WITH CONTROLLER. Although not yet officially confirmed by the Korean company, a recent FCC filing indicates that the next version of the Samsung Gear VR will boast its own controller. The popular Gear VR has moved 5.5M
We announced shortly afterwards InstaVR publishing compatibility with the headset, including use of the Touch Controllers. The Oculus Go does standard 360-degree images and video well. If You Want Powerful Touch Controller Interactivity… Some people prefer gaze navigation. What are Degrees of Freedom?
Also noteworthy: Final Cut Pro X will be able to support 360video editing, Unity and Unreal now have VR support for Macs, and SteamVR is coming to Mac… and although there was a sweet on-stage mixed reality demo using Star Wars assets and an HTC Vive, there was no mention of support for Oculus.
FACEBOOK LAUNCHES LIVE 360VIDEOS WITH NAT GEO. Partnering with National Geographic to show off the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah in full 360 degree glory, Facebook took its first steps into live spherical video. If you have a Samsung Gear VR, you can now connect with your Facebook friends through Oculus Home.
In the years since, Google also brought YouTube VR to the Oculus Store on Samsung Gear VR in 2018 , then Oculus Go later that year , and was a launch title for the Quest Store. YouTube VR allows you to view all of YouTube’s traditional video content as well as the range of immersive 360° videos available on the platform.
Despite the marked absence of Samsung, all the usual players were there. WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO: You hold Vive controllers in each hand, which allows varying degrees of interactivity. I imagine it will be viewable in others, but the full experience requires accurate spatial tracking and hand controllers.
Weekend Downloads is part of our weekly update to bring you the latest additions to the Samsung Gear VR , Oculus Rift , and Touch Controllers. Explore 3D photogrammetrical scans of some of the locations and buildings—basically digital copies of these places—combined with spherical photography and stereoscopic videos.
There are 3 main VR platforms for mobile users and they are: Google Cardboard – Supports most modern Android devices, but has limited capabilities (no motion controls), compared to competitors. Google Daydream – Supports many high-end flagship Android devices and offers motion controls. Samsung Galaxy Note 8/S8 Plus.
It is an end-to-end platform, from content capture to reporting/assessment, and the content is viewed with regular VR headsets like Oculus and Samsung Gear VR. STRIVR has done a few PGA Tour 360video fan experience deals, but nothing on the training side yet. A less-immersive lite version is also available on mobile and tablet.
Each camera will have at least four angles of the game that you can control. It’s currently available for Samsung Gear VR, Google Daydream, Oculus , and Google Play. Through the app, you will have the ability to be courtside during the games, or up in the stands. Tuesday, April 10 – Boston @ Washington.
Samsung streamed 360-video to over 6000 people at the 2016 Mobile World Conference. Even easier, you could take that 360-degree video and put it up on Youtube or Facebook to reach the masses. It’s mentally draining work though, and often 360-video projects can pile up quickly.
and on Samsung Gear VR for $9.99. The VR adapation maintains the tactile, social fun of board gaming while adding to the experience with expressive in-game avatars, crisp voice communications and two intuitive control schemes: touch controls and gaze controls. Catan VR is on the Oculus Store today for $14.99
A Bluetooth-enabled controller is what sets the Daydream HMD apart from other current smartphone-powered VR headsets (the Samsung Gear VR is really the only true competitor in this quality tier, distinctly above a Cardboard-style headset).
The 8-minute experience uses the Samsung Gear VR to give you an in depth, and at times unsettling look into the increasingly hostile situation. Where standard documentary videos are really only able to convey information with limited emotional effect, this VR experience is able to hit audiences on a more intense emotional level.
The Seven Moons short, described as “a quest for fortune becomes a struggle for survival when a group of astronauts lands on a harsh alien planet seeking seeds from the Tree of Knowledge,” is tied-to The Tower , a VR experience that places users in a control tour on that same planet, giving them a different perspective of the events that occur.
But if you got the new Gear VR or the controller itself for your existing Gear VR, here are 22 games you can try out right now. In VRobot you control the giant with the help of tools like a tornado maker and tractor beam to clear everything out. that was supposed to control a central military station. Boxplosion , from DNV.
External tracking devices, cameras, and advanced controllers allow for high-end experiences and get the most out of what’s currently possible in VR. Samsung Gear VR. Motion Controller. Vive Controller. Gear VR Controller. Daydream Controller. Samsung Smartphone. Apple and Samsung Smartphones.
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