New algorithm can supposedly stabilize herky-jerky 360 degree videos.
Last week, President Barack Obama dipped his toes into the world of virtual reality.
He starred in a short film during a recent trip to Yosemite National Park that was shot with high-end cameras that capture video in full 360 degrees. Viewers wearing virtual reality headsets could crane their necks to gawk at Yosemite’s majestic granite cliffs and tranquil meadows as if they had tagged along with the president.
It was the next best thing to being there.
President Obama’s trip was a showcase of what is possible by filming video in 360 degrees. But it’s also a reminder of how much work remains to be done before tourists are able to film their own vacations like that of President Obama by a professional VR studio for Facebook’s Oculus Rift virtual reality business.
Facebook FB -0.63% has been a big proponent of 360-degree video (in addition to regular, old video in general), and over the past year has added several data center and video processing technologies so that it can more efficiently show 360 degree videos to users without annoying delays.
Full article at http://fortune.com/2016/08/31/facebook-is-building-some-fancy-new-360-video-technology/
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