VRScout

DECEMBER 28, 2016

2016 has been a landmark year for VR and 360° video. In addition to the ever-increasing landscape of 360° camera options available for the consumer and professional alike, major social media outlets such as Facebook, YouTube, and WordPress have introduced 360° video hosting. Reeps One – Does Not Exist.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 2, 2020

With Spaces , Microsoft is aiming to provide point-and-click simplicity by letting users create immersive environments on the fly by using media such as 3D assets, 360 photos, and 360 video—all of which is stored in SharePoint folders. ” The news was first reported by German VR publication MIXED.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2022

It exploits the graphical power of Unreal, streamed with cloud rendering so it can run on all platforms via the browser. Surreal was not the only platform using cloud rendering, which was in my opinion one of the big trends at AWE this year. I hope you have enjoyed all these articles of mine about AWE!

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VRScout

MAY 22, 2017

This is not the first time GMA has broadcasted live in 360° video. Back on February 23, 2016, GMA anchor, Amy Robach did a live 360° broadcast from the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania, bringing viewers on a spectacular safari during The Great Migration. WATCH: UNREAL! Ginger_Zee , swimming with sharks.

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Road to VR

JUNE 14, 2017

Apparently, the new games will be interactive and, according to the IGN piece, rendered with the Unreal engine – which hopefully lays to rest any assumptions these are merely some sort of branching 360 video abomination. “The Walking Dead, it all comes back to moral choice and what would you do as the player.

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2017

While the company contends that 360 video is the most popular type of content people are consuming in VR right now, they’re adding more ways to categorize so that users can easily browse the store for all types of content, bringing Daydream Home more in line with digital marketplaces like Oculus Home and Valve’s SteamVR UI.

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MAY 8, 2017

The SDK has already been integrated with Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 4. Next up is real time stitching for the VRWorks 360 Video SDK, which is being released in public beta today.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2022

I still remember when Amaze was a distribution platform for 360 videos … I loved the high quality of its videos and I also loved the team working there. Then the startup pivoted to VR concerts when it understood that the market for 360 videos wasn’t going to explode.

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JULY 19, 2017

The first demo I tried was a basic game-like demo powered by Unreal. The more impressive demos were the 360-videos and other 360 scenes. I stood stop a skyscraper in Dubai, for example, watching a too video unfold in gogeous detail. I could move around with a gamepad and aim down the sights of a gun.

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VRScout

JUNE 9, 2017

Also noteworthy: Final Cut Pro X will be able to support 360 video 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.

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DECEMBER 15, 2016

This is a new cinematic VR series built in Unreal Engine 4 from phoenixmirror. Still, when I first heard the term “cinematic virtual reality”, I assumed this would be a 360 video. The answer might well be Kingdom City Drowning. It’s a pleasant surprise to find out it isn’t.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

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. More info.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

The experience blends traditional CG content, 360 live action video, and real world object interaction into a pretty ambitious piece. It leverages Epic’s Unreal Engine 4 and is built to run natively on HTC’s Vive headset system.

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VRScout

JULY 5, 2016

The experience was developed in Unreal Engine, using 4D character scanning and a specialist array of 125 Digital SLR cameras to capture the hero tennis player and 24 other hero characters, and motion capture technology for animation. Narrated by Murray himself, #FeelWimbledon was created by UK virtual reality studio, Hammerhead VR.

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Upload VR

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

It was developed principally by a single developer, Guy Godin, who programmed the app in native code instead of using high-level engines like Unity and Unreal that most developers turn to. Virtual Desktop has been one of VR's go-to utilities for many years.

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Road to VR

JULY 12, 2016

Just as Unity and Unreal are able to create 3D sound environments for interactive games, Dolby Atmos has an ProTools plug-in with a 3D interface that allows you to mix 3D audio objects for narrative, 360-video content. LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF VR PODCAST.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

Honestly speaking, we have no idea what is happening, and we don’t even know if this has to do something with the recent lawsuit by Magic Leap or the one from Unreal… are these moves being made to slow the lawsuit or are these just an internal re-organization? Who knows…. More info (nReal teases new headset) More info (nReal changes name).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 4, 2019

It is a real-time rendered experience (I guess they have used Unreal Engine), in which you can navigate in the cosmos and see the planets, the stars , etc… You can hear the sounds of the universe, you can see things that you are not able to see in real life (e.g. The second is about the universe and the black holes.

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VRScout

MARCH 18, 2017

We also have a first-party studio who made our demo here [GDC], and we’re working with non-game partners as well—video partners to bring non-game experiences and 360 video, as well as games.”. In addition to the latest SDK, an Unreal plugin is in the works.

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MARCH 1, 2017

Ever since Epic Games opened its Unreal Engine 4 technology to the world, new use cases have been coming in fast and furious. The latest example of just how far real-time video game engine technology has come will be on display at GDC 2017 this week. Those cars are built like we would do a video game asset,” Libreri said.

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APRIL 21, 2017

You can either get immersive stuff by building on top of Unity or Unreal, but you’re stuck in a videogame world. Or you can get photoreal capture of live subjects and live environments, but you’re stuck with the tyranny of 360 video. What we’re trying to do is bring the best of both.”

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Last week I told you about MetaHumans creator, the tool to create realistic humanoid avatars in Unreal Engine. I wonder if something similar could be employed for 360 videos…. (Image by Epic Games, from The SportsRush). Try the MetaHumans in VR and more. VR can be used in financial planning.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Genvid’s technology is already available in Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 4, but a plug-in for Unity is also being released. Others like NextVR are looking to streaming in VR itself with 360 videos that bring you closer to live events, while some companies offer in-VR streaming of non-VR game.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 3, 2016

Development — Get hands-on training for how to build the world’s best VR applications, from tutorials covering the latest Oculus Mobile and PC SDKs, to workshops on top game engines including Unity and Unreal. Explore the endless possibilities for VR across 360 video, film, art, and education.

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VRScout

JUNE 10, 2016

The Seebright SDK also supports Unity and Unreal engines and is compatible with both iOS and Android. You don’t even need a 360 camera– you can capture a spherical photo with a panoramic photo app. Keep an eye out for the Compass icon, which will mark the 360 photos in your newsfeed.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 17, 2017

There are two ends of the spectrum from audio production ranging from pure live capture and pure audio production, which happens to mirror the differences between passive 360 video capture and interative, real-time CGI games.

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Cats and VR

AUGUST 2, 2016

VixenVR has taken the years of game development experience within the company and used the Unreal engine to create a penthouse style wet dream of interactive VR reminiscent of something out of Saints Row. I was very intrigued by what this could develop into and would find out several months later.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

In addition to her 360 video for Stonemilker, exhibit-goers can check out Black Lake, Mouth Mantra (get inside Björk’s mouth!), Seattle-based Polyarc received an Epic Games Unreal Developer grant for an unannounced project, code name: Moss.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

These developers make impressive 360 videos like their Strictly Come Dancing footage, immersive experiences like the enjoyable Home , and artistic experiments like the one it created in partnership with popular singer, Björk. So how did this unexpected partnership come about?

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Road to VR

AUGUST 6, 2016

Their OctaneRender is GPU-based, physically correct renderer that has been integrated into 24 special effects industry tools with support for Unity and Unreal Engine on the way.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Todd Hooper: We have an SDK for Unity and Unreal 4. We also have a way to do 360 video capture so you can render that and consume it on a mobile VR device as well. Most games are GPU-bound not CPU-bound so so far that hasn’t been a challenge. Road to VR: How does a developer make a game work with VREAL?

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2018

Henry for Oculus Rift is a little masterpiece of graphical optimizations : this short movie has an amazing quality and is all rendered in real time by Unreal Engine. If in the Henry video you look below you, you feel as if there were a curved valley under your feet and that’s disturbing.

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VRWorld

MAY 8, 2017

Maybe the highlight of today is that the company is releasing VRWorks Audio and 360 Video software development kits. Key components of VRWorks are being adopted by industry leading graphics engines such as Unreal Engine 4 and Unity 5 to provide developers an easy path to taking advantage of the SDK in their games and applications.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Or Unreal if that’s your language. The first demo that we built for training was a simulator where we used 360 videos for this one and they got to experience Holiday Rush and practice where they’re going to look and how they’re going to talk to different customers , and where they’re going to stand.

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Digitalnauts

MARCH 23, 2022

I managed to see “most” XR projects and companies and what they were showcasing (including some 360 videos, lidar scan with an artistic touch , AR and VR as well).?It The Sick Rose” a 360 stop motion movie from HTC (best 360 video experience). “ Could you name some of your favourite xR projects at sxsw?!

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

But what we proved with those is that you can have this small phone attachment and you can simply and easily capture, edit, and share photos and videos in 360 to social media without ever having to pull out the microSD card from your camera. But that would be even more so as we get eye-tracking involved. Is that correct? Alan: Minimum.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

But what we proved with those is that you can have this small phone attachment and you can simply and easily capture, edit, and share photos and videos in 360 to social media without ever having to pull out the microSD card from your camera. But that would be even more so as we get eye-tracking involved. Is that correct? Alan: Minimum.

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