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These days, 360 video seems like it’s everywhere-even in advertising and content marketing. The first International Space Station spacewalk was filmed in 360-degree video in 2017. Demand for 360 video tools has skyrocketed alongside its increasing appearance in mainstream venues: YouTube began hosting 360-degree videos in 2015. Video professionals today can access a dazzling array of digital 360-degree cameras capable of shooting high-quality video. The 1980s brought even more technological advancement to 360-degree cameras, coupling high-end optics with the flexibility of relatively standard 35 mm film. No release date or pricing for 16-camera ‘Jump’ array is yet known.While this was a huge departure from typical artistic approaches-leaving viewers with the “sense of being elsewhere without physically being there”-panoramic paintings were soon eclipsed by 360-degree cameras (with the first mass produced panoramic camera, the Al-Vista, introduced in 1898). Pricing for the new ‘prosumer’ targeted 6-camera device hasn’t yet been revealed, but GoPro expects it to be available later this year. Woodman said the company had been eyeing virtual reality for some time but once big players like Microsoft, Facebook, and Google entered the market it was clear this was a space they needed to occupy. The device will apparently be available to YouTube content “creators” via an early access program designed to kickstart creative content production to be shared via Google’s ecosystem. GoPro’s 16 camera big brother on the other hand is yet to receive official specifications, but images released seem to show this monster array is based around Hero 4 cameras too. Note however that the rig is only capable of capturing monoscopic content. The resulting content can then be played back on VR headsets such as the Oculus Rift or indeed Google Cardboard. GoPro’s smaller array is a cube-shaped device comprising six Hero 4 cameras, video from which can then be combined and stitched to create a single 6k spherical view of a scene. GoPro’s 6-Camera Spherical Array (Image Courtesy The Verge)
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Kolor has made good headway in providing end-to-end solutions for 360 video with their Autopano stitching software and Kolor Eyes video player (including Oculus Rift support). This was remedied earlier in the year, when GoPro acquired image processing specialists Kolor.
Whilst GoPro is of course well known for its camera hardware however, stitching and processing is an emerging and difficult field, one that the company had little experience in.
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To prove his point, they revealed their a new six-camera, spherical video solution, designed to capture raw footage capable of being stitched together to form content viewable inside a VR headset.
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Just yesterday, company CEO Nick Woodman, speaking at Re/Code’s Code Conference, said the company had been working on their entrance into the VR video market for some time. See Also: Google ‘Jump’ is an Open VR Camera Design with “Seamless” Stitching Solution and YouTube Playback GoPro’s Google ‘Jump’ 16-Camera Array The unit will allow the capture and multi-camera syncing of videos all powered by a ‘long life’ battery power source, making it entirely portable-well, as much as a camera of this size can be. As part of the announcement, Google outlined its partnership with GoPro to produce a camera array comprising 16 GoPro cameras. GoPro however, despite their cameras appearing in various third-party 360 video solutions, had until now yet to enter the fray.Īt the opening keynote of Google I/O 2015 today, Clay Bavor announced Google’s ‘Jump’ program, aimed at the effective capture and sharing of 3D VR video. Now, in the wake of major companies clamouring for a slice of the VR pie, everyone’s at it. Just three years ago, the idea that big established brands in the camera industry would actively tackle the complexities of 360 degree video for VR would have been unthinkable. GoPro, the biggest name in rugged ‘action’ video cameras, is ready to jump into the VR space with a 16 camera array based on Google’s new ‘Jump’ design for 360 degree VR video.
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