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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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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. There is always a big debate about 360 videos being VR or not. Who else remembers Moon VR Player? What’s your stance on this?

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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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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. According to an email from Oculus, Lost 360 , from Oculus Story Studio, is now available on the Oculus Store.

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

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It doesn’t have controllers, and only features 3DOF head tracking; what it does have is a decidedly more approachable opera glasses-style design that lets you hold the headset with one hand so you can press it to your face without needing a headstrap, which could otherwise ward off some users.

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

VRScout

“Does Not Exist drops you into the center of Reeps One’s first virtual reality Beatbox performance – exploring the latest technology for VR and head-tracked 3D spatial audio.” ” We can really see why the Spotlight Story team at Google takes their time when releasing 360 videos.

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Xiaomi Unveils Low-Cost, Low-Latency VR Headset with Controller

Road to 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. Youku has since integrated 360 video support for both their desktop and smartphone platform.

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