Hardware for 360-Degree Video Creation To derive overall tendencies, available cameras for 360-degree content production can be clustered into three sections: budget cameras, often used by beginners, middle range cameras for ambitious amateurs and high-priced ones that are used by professional agencies or filmmakers. Beginners’ cameras These cameras are characterized…
The process of 360-degree video creation differs slightly from the one for traditional video material. As a first step, a video idea and subsequently, a story is invented. Based on this, a plan is needed to define what and who to shoot how and where. The shooting process itself is…
Some of the innovative destinations at ITB 2017 showed their professionalism and commitment when producing 360º content. New ideas were implemented and shared with the public. A good 360º video needs a large investment of time and money. You need a good in advance preparation, planning and some research should…
We have previously mentioned the great potential we see in using photogrammetry as a tool to capture real-life environments and to digitalize them to be used for touristic purposes. Now, another possibility to use this technology to capture the scene has entered the market. Much debated for possible safety hazards,…
The first people who will visit Mars are sitting in a school today. In fact, the first astronauts will arrive before today’s kindergarteners graduate college. To help inspire these students, Lockheed Martin created a one-of-a-kind bus fitted with a lot of high-tech that enables them to explore the surface of Mars to…
Yes, just a few weeks after heading to Vienna for our visit to vrei, it drew us back there this past Monday to attend the AVR-Playground conference at the Technical University Vienna, organized by techmagnet, the largest Austrian Tech YouTube channel. We decided very spontaneously to go after having a closer…
Airlines and the application of Virtual Reality is nothing new. Lufthansa or Emirates have already showcased their offer in VR and Qantas was the first airline to offer an in-flight VR experience to their customers. Now, another player is stepping in the game and puts VR for airline promotion on a new…
NextVR, a live virtual reality broadcast, has become an ally with events firm Live Nation. The first show of live concert will be this summer 2016. The goal is to broadcast “hundreds of live, cutting-edge performances in VR to music fans worldwide”. This partnership sounds like a huge deal. But…
Even though this VR production is from last year, we still believe that it is worth mentioning here because of the incredible effort that was invested by the participating teams. A total of six months in the making and using every trick from the box, ranging from great storytelling techniques via…
“Seeing the world is a powerful thing.” Expedia.com launched a campaign with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to make travel and seeing the world also available to those who cannot. The Dream Adventures initiative made it possible for four children who suffer from cancer to travel virtually to their dream…