Building a Cross Platform 360-degree Video Experience at The New York Times

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Post by dayyvson » Fri, Nov 11, 2016, 3:45 PM UTC

Building a Cross Platform 360-degree Video Experience at The New York Times
open.blogs.nytimes.com

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Post by phmagic » Fri, Nov 11, 2016, 5:18 PM UTC

I love this! There is no reason why the NYTimes can't be a media-tech powerhouse 10x what it is now.

Re: Building a Cross Platform 360-degree Video Experience at The New York Times

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Post by myowncrapulence » Fri, Nov 11, 2016, 5:49 PM UTC

The New York Times has lost all journalistic credibility by subverting the American election.

http://observer.com/2016/10/wikileaks-new-york-times-propped...

Re: Building a Cross Platform 360-degree Video Experience at The New York Times

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Post by kvb » Fri, Nov 11, 2016, 5:52 PM UTC

myowncrapulence wrote: post #3

The New York Times has lost all journalistic credibility by subverting the American election. http://observer.com/2016/10/wikileaks-new-york-times-propped...

What does that have to do with this topic?

Re: Building a Cross Platform 360-degree Video Experience at The New York Times

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Post by motoboi » Fri, Nov 11, 2016, 6:12 PM UTC

Those guys came from Globo, the biggest media conglomerate in Brazil.

Global has slowly and consistently built an open source software culture and a lead in web tech for media in Brazil.

Congrats!

Re: Building a Cross Platform 360-degree Video Experience at The New York Times

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Post by watchdogtimer » Fri, Nov 11, 2016, 7:04 PM UTC

FWIW, the 360 videos aren't working on Debian using Firefox-ESR (which is 45.4.0). :( I'm getting the error "Your browser doesn't support 360 videos."

Re: Building a Cross Platform 360-degree Video Experience at The New York Times

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Post by sctb » Fri, Nov 11, 2016, 7:15 PM UTC

myowncrapulence wrote: post #3

The New York Times has lost all journalistic credibility by subverting the American election. http://observer.com/2016/10/wikileaks-new-york-times-propped...

This kind of off-topic flamewar incitement is not OK here. Please don't.

Re: Building a Cross Platform 360-degree Video Experience at The New York Times

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Post by wangchow » Fri, Nov 11, 2016, 8:02 PM UTC

watchdogtimer wrote: post #6

FWIW, the 360 videos aren't working on Debian using Firefox-ESR (which is 45.4.0). :( I'm getting the error "Your browser doesn't support 360 videos."

Maybe there's an experimental feature that can be enabled to get it.

Re: Building a Cross Platform 360-degree Video Experience at The New York Times

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Post by jshevek » Fri, Nov 11, 2016, 8:05 PM UTC

phmagic wrote: post #2

I love this! There is no reason why the NYTimes can't be a media-tech powerhouse 10x what it is now.

I love the use of technology, but can't get excited about the NYT, specifically, being a "media-tech powerhouse 10x what it is now" given their lack of ethics.

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Post by thiagopnts » Fri, Nov 11, 2016, 8:29 PM UTC

watchdogtimer wrote: post #6

FWIW, the 360 videos aren't working on Debian using Firefox-ESR (which is 45.4.0). :( I'm getting the error "Your browser doesn't support 360 videos."

the webgl extensions used probably aren't available in this version, might still be behind a flag as wangchow mentioned