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MAY 19, 2017

Google’s newly announced Seurat rendering tech purportedly makes use of ‘surface light-fields’ to turn high-quality CGI film assets into detailed virtual environments that can run on mobile VR hardware. Google just announced Seurat this week, a new rendering technology which could be a graphical breakthrough for mobile VR.

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MARCH 28, 2018

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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AUGUST 8, 2017

Dive deeper into the lives of baseball’s biggest up-and-comers in the new “On the Verge” 360° series. The association has already partnered with Google to create the MLB At Bat VR experience for the Daydream platform earlier this year, as well as the MLB Homerun Derby VR game. Premium info or sign up for a plan. No problem!

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MARCH 3, 2022

YouTube has a lot of 360-degree videos. While they haven’t organized these videos into their own content field (yet) you can search for “360 videos” or “immersive videos” and find quite a lot, usually with special icons on the thumbnail preview to let you know that they’re immersive.

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MAY 7, 2017

Now, let’s consider the key takeaways related to AR, VR and 360 ° content and review how they will influence the mass market adoption of those immersive technologies. At last year’s F8, the key focus was on Messenger and, to a certain extent, Live video. Augmented Reality. This year, the star of the show was Augmented Reality.

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APRIL 19, 2022

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. In fact, we believe we were among the first to make a truly usable VR video player. Who else remembers Moon VR Player?

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APRIL 24, 2017

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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APRIL 5, 2017

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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FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Former EP at Vrse.Works, filmed 360° video for NY Times, Within, Facebook, Airbnb, Muse, Mastercard and more. I’m also a huge fan of all of the Google Jump cameras [such as the Yi Halo]. Filmed 360° video for Conan, Vogue, Jaunt, Discovery, TBS, USA, Lexus and more. Recommended 360° Cameras: Inst360 Pro?—?$3,500.

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MAY 10, 2017

Through a partnership with Seattle-based startup Pixvana, Valve is also launching a VR video section aimed at bringing many of the benefits of distributing a 360-degree video on Facebook or Google’s YouTube to PC users consuming content through Steam. Export of configured 360 video directly to Steam.

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DECEMBER 11, 2016

Other worthy mentionables include Bloomingdale’s beautifully colored fluorescent light designs, Ralph Lauren’s classy fireplace display featuring the world’s best dressed mannequin family, and Macy’s ‘Believe’ campaign which shows incredible scenes that combine modern technology with classic holiday nostalgia. Don’t have a headset?

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MAY 18, 2017

Google has revealed a new ‘surface light-field’ rendering technology that it’s calling ‘Seurat’ (after the famous Pointillism painter). This also means that developers can composite traditional real-time assets into the scene to create interactive gameplay within these high fidelity environments.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2017

These awards honor the year’s best in “cutting edge content and technology achievement.” Google Earth VR. presented Google Earth VR with the Century Award for VR in service of environmental enrichment. Doug Liman, 30 Ninjas, Condé Nast, Jaunt VR and Samsung won tonight’s Best 360 Series award for Invisible.

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JULY 6, 2017

Virtual Reality Headsets have not sold as many units as some of the more optimistic analysts have predicted, and VR Fund’s Tipatat Chennavasin says that the relatively quick adoption of smartphone technologies have spoiled a lot of people within the investment community.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Organized by the Advanced Imaging Society (AIS), the Lumiere Awards have been recognizing and enabling the creation of cutting edge entertainment and storytelling using emerging technologies since James Cameron first set the bar with Avatar. Century Award: Google Earth VR. Google Earth VR for helping the world see the world.

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OCTOBER 28, 2017

A total of 17 lenses (eight stereo pairs aligned horizontal, and one centered vertical lens), and 6 internal microphones allows for capturing 3D 360 video and spatial audio. One-step stitching and control software, provided by Samsung, allows for 3D 360 livestreaming up to a claimed 4,096 × 2,048 at 30 FPS per eye.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

“Our undergraduate and graduate students at the Envision Center are deeply involved in exploring new technologies and the development of interactive visualization and simulation tools for research and learning,” explained Takahashi. For more information visit here. “We

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

While XR technology is great for gaming and a boon for enterprise, it also has a huge hand in social issues, including bullying. The foundation of Kinful is a library of 360-videos that are filmed by students around the world. For a time, Kinful used Google Cardboard but found it to be too clumsy. Where Pico Comes In.

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MAY 27, 2022

One of the common criticisms of XR technology is that people will use it to avoid problems of the real world. Many of them are 360 videos on YouTube that can be experienced on other headsets or even on 2D screens. We hear it from talking heads, see it in webcomics, and read about it in science fiction.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2016

The series brings viewers closer than ever to some of the planet’s most exotic wildlife but, with the help of 360 video, you can get close still. You can watch the video with any smartphone, though its best viewed on a Gear VR on Facebook. You can expect to see new 360 episodes go live each week tying into the main series.

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APRIL 8, 2017

Skidmore College is giving their accepted candidates letter a huge makeover by using an immersive 360VR video as part of the congratulatory acceptance letter. ” This isn’t the first time a college or university has used 360 video to engage students.

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MARCH 14, 2018

Google is working on ways to create the most realistic sense of presence while in VR. To help with that, Google has been experimenting with light fields to show how VR can come as close as possible to what you’d actually see if you were there. Image Credit: Google VR. Stephen’s Church in Granada Hills.

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MAY 19, 2016

Google Jump, a 360 camera system and processing software platform announced at last year’s Google I/O, is adding IMAX and Yi Technology to its roster of camera manufacturers. The Yi-built 360 camera system will be available later this year. “Hollywood is asking us for a cinema-grade Jump camera. .

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OCTOBER 14, 2017

Positivity Moves The World brings brain-controlled interface technology to the GearVR via a headband. This hands-free method of control utilizes advanced brain-wave tracking technology to allow users to alter and influence their experiences with just their thoughts.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

During the first-day of the Unite 2016 conference in Los Angeles Tuesday, Unity Technologies unveiled a number of new updates and features to help support VR and AR creators around the world developing interactive 3D, VR and AR experiences. The post Unity Reveals New VR Tools and Google Daydream Support appeared first on VRScout.

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MARCH 12, 2018

Between 360 video, virtual reality, and augmented reality, I think augmented reality has much bigger opportunities,” Asher said. Adobe also debuted Project Dali last year , a VR painting app built in the vein of Google Tilt Brush. Image/Video Credit: Adobe . “It’s not as bulky.

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MARCH 26, 2019

This will let the user move a bit the head while watching 360 videos and see the video moving accordingly. Every 360 videos on Vive Video will become immersive. What is great is that this technology works with every already existing 360 videos. The 8 modes of the Vive Focus Plus.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

360 videos were implemented into your Newsfeed over a year ago, and 360 photo functionality was instituted over the summer. Now I nstant Articles get some virtual love and supports mobile-optimized 360 photos and videos from publishers, with USA Today Networks and BILD as the initial launch partners.

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JULY 20, 2020

Google’s investment for a 7.7% Google-Jio joint venture to develop an Android-based platform for an affordable 5G phone. This new standard evolves the previous H265 compression format for videos, reducing data requirement up to 50% while providing visually the same quality. Read about Google experiments with AR and wearables.

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JUNE 27, 2017

YouTube tells you where people are looking in your 360 videos AND embraces 180 degree video, Google’s 180 degree camera, the Meta-Cookie project gets weird and alters your taste, and Intel leans into sports in a big virtual way…. It turns out that 75% of people watch only the front 90% of 360 videos.

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MAY 2, 2017

I had a chance to catch up with Tony at Sundance earlier this year to talk about his approach to leading VR & AR strategy at Unity, and moving immersive technologies beyond just entertainment. New Unity Tools Bring Interactivity and Real-time CGI to 360 Video, Now in Beta. LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF VR PODCAST.

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MAY 6, 2017

Powerful incumbents enjoyed this tremendous barrier to entry until the transition to digital technology democratized the playing field. When we started making cinematic 360 video a few years ago there was little pre-existing technology for us to use so we had to undertake the costly process of building our own.

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APRIL 26, 2017

Inspired by a scene in the film, Fox teamed up with FoxNext VR Studio, RSA VR, MPC VR, Mach1 and technology partners AMD RADEON and DELL to bring the piece to life. You can check out the 360 video on the Oculus platform starting today. It should be available in the Oculus Video app on the Oculus Rift or the Samsung Gear VR.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2016

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. 360 Google Spotlight Story: Rain or Shine. Reeps One: Does not Exist.

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MAY 20, 2016

We heard yesterday that the firm is to become part of Google’s 360 video platform Jump, announcing it’s to supply cameras as part of a high resolution, VR film rig. See Also: InfinitEye 210 Degree VR Headset Reborn as ‘StarVR’ with 5K Display.

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MARCH 21, 2017

Also remember: we’re soon going to have a Gear VR controller (it’ll be similar to Google Daydream’s controller, which operates like a laser pointer). Brands have customized Google Cardboards for… well, as long as “marketing” and “virtual reality” have been in the same sentence (a year and a half, really). …and a few more.

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

On October 4th, Google revealed Daydream View, which is their reference design for their mobile VR headset. Google CEO Sandar Pichai also announced the first Daydream-ready phone designed called Pixel, which also has native hardware support for their artificial intelligent Google Assistant technology. Subscribe on iTunes.

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