Guide to VR 3D Photos and Video

Monthly Archive: December 2015

3D / Videos

Yellowstone Epic in #3D

640,000 years in the making – Yellowstone Epic in 3D! Part 1 (4 minutes) 3D (Top over bottom format, for 3D monitors and TVs): https://flic.kr/p/CDBrz2 2D: https://flic.kr/p/C689mg 3D red/cyan anaglyph (glasses required): https://flic.kr/p/BGmUzy Photographed in 2012 but delayed due to *numerous* technical difficulties with video editing software that destroyed the project three times! Even in this final version, Sony Vegas Pro is unable to output standard side-by-side 3D without scrambling the video!...

3D / Technical

Playing 3-D video games can boost memory

Playing 3-D video games can boost memory formation says a study from UC Irvine Source: Playing 3-D video games can boost memory formation, UCI study finds The study is published in the Journal of Neuroscience. (Go Anteaters! My undergrad degree in computer science was earned at the University of California, Irvine 🙂 ) Related articles UC Irvine Celebrates First 50 Years With 52-Page Magazine Brain-computer link enables paralyzed California man to...

Virtual Reality 360

Flickr Releases 360Âș Photo App – but no 3D yet

Since 2005 Flickr, a Yahoo-owned photo sharing site, has supported a relatively large community of 360Âș photographers with “tens of thousands” of 360Âș photographs uploaded to the site. So it came as no surprise when they announced an upcoming VR app in September. Now, three months later, Flickr has released Flickr VR for the Samsung Gear VR, but from my initial impressions it probably could have done with a little more time in the...

Cameras

Panasonic said to begin work on 8K video sensors

That would be 33 megapixels, at 24, 30 and presumably 60 fps. Source (I am remodeling my kitchen so posting online has been sparse recently. Much of this will be done in a week, although we may start fixing up one more room in the house after that!) Related articles Canon’s 250 Megapixel Sensor, a GoPro in Space, and Speedy In-Flight Wifi