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Re: Go Pro on a soaring eagle [video]

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Post by symstym » Thu, Sep 19, 2013, 4:32 PM UTC

Florin_Andrei wrote: post #25

iliis wrote: post #8

Ah, this is just beautiful. There's a whole community flying model airplanes trough a camera and video goggles: http://vimeo.com/16604842

Is there a forum where tech info on this topic is discussed?

http://fpvlab.com/forums/

Re: Go Pro on a soaring eagle [video]

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Post by aresant » Thu, Sep 19, 2013, 4:34 PM UTC

When I got my Oculus dev kit I was most excited about the potential for designing interactive experiences driven by unity / 3d graphics.

Then I checked out a "wingsuit" video shot in 360 degrees and realized I had completely missed the potential of the platform:

http://www.makingview.com/makingview.com/?page_id=1691

The resolution is mediocre but for a first-gen experience in VR I was literally floored. I showed these demos to some unwitting subjects and where riftcoaster was "WOW" the 360 video had their mouths hanging open.

And this isn't speculative or crazy expensive - 360 riggings + cameras can be had for Rigging:

http://www.360heros.com/ or http://freedom360.us/

Demos:

http://immersivemedia.com/demos/

http://www.airpano.com/360-videos.php

Re: Go Pro on a soaring eagle [video]

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Post by mentos » Thu, Sep 19, 2013, 4:35 PM UTC

Glorious.

Re: Go Pro on a soaring eagle [video]

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Post by stigi » Thu, Sep 19, 2013, 4:58 PM UTC

I wish I had an eagle

Re: Go Pro on a soaring eagle [video]

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Post by mentos » Thu, Sep 19, 2013, 5:01 PM UTC

aresant wrote: post #52

When I got my Oculus dev kit I was most excited about the potential for designing interactive experiences driven by unity / 3d graphics. Then I checked out a "wingsuit" video shot in 360 degrees and realized I had completely missed the potential of the platform: http://www.makingview.com/makingview.com/?page_id=1691 The resolution is mediocre but for a first-gen experience in VR I was literally floored. I showed thes…

Have you been able to view a 360 demo in the rift? I'd imagine not considering 360 demos are not captured stereo-graphically?

Re: Go Pro on a soaring eagle [video]

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Post by uptown » Thu, Sep 19, 2013, 5:03 PM UTC

applecore wrote: post #3

How did they retrieve the camera?

One possibility: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-daxzVxrQI

But I'm sure it was a trained bird that returned to its handler after the flight.

Re: Go Pro on a soaring eagle [video]

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Post by corysama » Thu, Sep 19, 2013, 5:12 PM UTC

mentos wrote: post #55

aresant wrote: post #52

When I got my Oculus dev kit I was most excited about the potential for designing interactive experiences driven by unity / 3d graphics. Then I checked out a "wingsuit" video shot in 360 degrees and realized I had completely missed the potential of the platform: http://www.makingview.com/makingview.com/?page_id=1691 The resolution is mediocre but for a first-gen experience in VR I was literally floored. I showed thes…

Have you been able to view a 360 demo in the rift? I'd imagine not considering 360 demos are not captured stereo-graphically?

I have viewed 360 vids on the Rift. It's true they are not stereo, but they are still very effective. Simply being able to turn your head an look around is a significant aspect of presence.

These two vids http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN7HtvXc-Bo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4iltd0wMlU played through http://vrplayer.codeplex.com/ are great examples.

Re: Go Pro on a soaring eagle [video]

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Post by darkxanthos » Thu, Sep 19, 2013, 5:13 PM UTC

mentos wrote: post #55

aresant wrote: post #52

When I got my Oculus dev kit I was most excited about the potential for designing interactive experiences driven by unity / 3d graphics. Then I checked out a "wingsuit" video shot in 360 degrees and realized I had completely missed the potential of the platform: http://www.makingview.com/makingview.com/?page_id=1691 The resolution is mediocre but for a first-gen experience in VR I was literally floored. I showed thes…

Have you been able to view a 360 demo in the rift? I'd imagine not considering 360 demos are not captured stereo-graphically?

I imagine you could, though it'd be flat (unless they were captured in 3D).

Re: Go Pro on a soaring eagle [video]

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Post by pccampbell » Thu, Sep 19, 2013, 5:14 PM UTC

Lewton wrote: post #17

I'd watch a 4 hour movie of this, i was so disappointed when the video stopped

Completely agree.

Re: Go Pro on a soaring eagle [video]

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Post by tlrobinson » Thu, Sep 19, 2013, 5:14 PM UTC

aresant wrote: post #52

When I got my Oculus dev kit I was most excited about the potential for designing interactive experiences driven by unity / 3d graphics. Then I checked out a "wingsuit" video shot in 360 degrees and realized I had completely missed the potential of the platform: http://www.makingview.com/makingview.com/?page_id=1691 The resolution is mediocre but for a first-gen experience in VR I was literally floored. I showed thes…

These 360 rigs are cool, but they're not stereoscopic as far as I can tell.

I'm not sure how feasible a 360 AND stereoscopic rig would be, but it would be totally awesome. Maybe some sort of head-sized sphere of fisheye cameras with some software to stitch the stereoscopic channels together. Or maybe something involving light field photography (Lytro etc).