Category: virtual reality

Meet the Orah 4i, a 360º camera capable of live-streaming 4K virtual reality content

Gannon Burgett

After years of prototypes and concepts, virtual reality headsets are finally starting to go mainstream with lower prices and better availability. One problem concerning a few in the tech industry is the lack of VR content. Already, companies like GoPro and Google are getting in on VR content creation. But they’re not the only ones. […]

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YouTube partners with GoPro for VR content, hopes to support HDR video ‘soon’

Gannon Burgett

It looks like YouTube is getting extremely interested in up-and-coming video formats, including virtual reality (VR) and high dynamic range (HDR). During YouTube’s keynote at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week in Las Vegas, Chief Business Officer of YouTube, Robert Kyncl, announced the video platform is partnering up with GoPro to produce and share 360º […]

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First 360° VR Videos Recorded With Nikon’s KeyMission 360 Action Camera

Liron Samuels

Nikon was on fire yesterday with the release of the D5 and D500, but some of the thunder was no doubt stolen by the unexpected pre-announcement of the KeyMission 360. The upcoming virtual-reality oriented action camera captures 360° video in 4K, above or up to 100 feet below the water surface, and seems to be […]

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Nikon Challenges GoPro With 360/VR Capture

Doug Daulton

GoPro created the action camera segment. Many others followed but, with the exception of Sony, all have met with limited success. With today’s announcement at CES, Nikon enters the fray and brings something pretty new to the table … 360 degree video. (be sure to check out the V360) Named the “Key Mission” (KM), Nikon’s first […]

Luna 360º camera hopes to be the GoPro of virtual reality

Gannon Burgett

IndieGoGo campaigns are on a roll. Earlier this week, we shared with you Mokacam, a 4K camera that claims to be ‘the world’s smallest.’ Now, there’s Luna, an immersive video camera that similarly claims to be ‘The World’s Smallest 360º Camera.’ As the desire to capture virtual reality (VR) content continues, Memora Inc wants to […]

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GoPro Releases Awesome 360 Degree Interactive Panoramic Video On Facebook

Tiffany Mueller

We’ve been reporting on GoPro’s advance into the virtual reality market in the past. First with their acquisition of Kolor, the 360 content editing software and then again when the popular action camera manufacturer announced they were working on a drone and a a 6 six camera spherical mount which was geared towards the VR/AR crowd. It certainly looks […]

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Canon MREAL Mixed Reality Hands-On

Eric Reagan

Canon showed off its next-gen MREAL concepts at the Canon Expo in New York last week. There were several demo options to check out – from car interiors and exteriors to technical repair walkthroughs. At the automobile demo booth, you could sit in the driver’s seat of a barebones car mockup. Put on the MREAL […]