Cool. I can think of plenty of ideas for this. I can go on a bike ride, or skateboard, or any adventure really with this, and then show my friends what I did in VR, using google cardboard and my S7! It would be like they were there......
Well I think that's the dream, I'm sure in practice it'll take a lot of software wizardry to make that work. ... I suspect if they are on rails (can't move anywhere you didn't move and only look around) that it should look pretty good.
This still captures in 2D, though. It won't feel like you're there. Watching 2D 360 videos in VR is like there's a big screen that wraps all the way around you and the video is being projected onto the screen.
You need 360 3D capture before this idea is going to take off.
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SaolDan - Wednesday, June 22, 2016 - link
Neat!dsraa - Wednesday, June 22, 2016 - link
Cool. I can think of plenty of ideas for this. I can go on a bike ride, or skateboard, or any adventure really with this, and then show my friends what I did in VR, using google cardboard and my S7! It would be like they were there......andrewaggb - Wednesday, June 22, 2016 - link
Well I think that's the dream, I'm sure in practice it'll take a lot of software wizardry to make that work. ... I suspect if they are on rails (can't move anywhere you didn't move and only look around) that it should look pretty good.valinor89 - Wednesday, June 22, 2016 - link
You mean like 99% of "rollercoaster" android VR demos? Is there any mobile VR experience were you have to move yourself?webdoctors - Wednesday, June 22, 2016 - link
When I was a kid, my friends would go out biking with me...JKflipflop98 - Wednesday, June 22, 2016 - link
This still captures in 2D, though. It won't feel like you're there. Watching 2D 360 videos in VR is like there's a big screen that wraps all the way around you and the video is being projected onto the screen.You need 360 3D capture before this idea is going to take off.
wrkingclass_hero - Wednesday, June 22, 2016 - link
If you guys keep using this "promoted stories powered by outbrain" crap, I'm going to use adblock.abhaxus - Wednesday, June 22, 2016 - link
Agree completely. I scrolled down, saw it, and thought I must be on the wrong site for a minute.Sad.
lmcd - Thursday, June 23, 2016 - link
already forced me into it. I whitelisted Anandtech before the Purch changesBugblatterIII - Wednesday, June 22, 2016 - link
I know it's hard to do 360 in 3D but without that these things just aren't of much interest.SodaAnt - Wednesday, June 22, 2016 - link
Meh. I have one and I'm honestly not super impressed. It is interesting, but I can't see it being used for professional filmmaking of any kind.