3xScreen Media Limited
360 Degree & Virtual Reality
Live Streaming Q&A
© 2016 3xScreen Media – innovative live video
VIRTUAL REALITY - HYPE?
…. Or Marketing’s Future?
© 2016 3xScreen Media – innovative live video
VIRTUAL SHOWROOM
IMMERSIVE ESCAPISM
BRAND VALUES + EXPERIENCE
VR EXCITES 69% OF ADULTS
EVENTUALLY BIGGER THAN TV?
SOCIAL VIEWING?
3xScreen Media - innovative live video
© 2016 3xScreen Media – innovative live video
www.3xscreen.co.uk
360 & VR WORKFLOW
© 2016 3xScreen Media – innovative live video
Multi-­Lens  Camera Stitcher Panoramic  Player
SPHERICAL VIDEO
© 2016 3xScreen Media – innovative live video
Equirectangular stitch:  x  =  longitude,  y  =  latitude
DUAL FISHEYE CAMERAS
© 2016 3xScreen Media – innovative live video
ALLie
£350
RICOH  Theta  S
£300
-­ Best  entry  level  options
-­ ALLie streams  direct  to  YouTube
-­ Easiest  to  stitch
-­ Less  pixels
-­ Suffers  from  barrel  distortion
6-CAMERA RIGS
© 2016 3xScreen Media – innovative live video
GoPro  
£3,500  
for  rig
-­ Most  popular  option  today
-­ Narrower  FOV  for  each  camera
-­ More  processor  intensive
-­ More  stitching  means  more  potential  parallax  errors    
HIGH END RIGS
© 2016 3xScreen Media – innovative live video
Nokia  OZO  
£45k
GoPro  
Odyysey
£11k
STITCHING
© 2016 3xScreen Media – innovative live video
Kolor Autopano
(post  stitching)
VideoStitch Vahana
(live  stitching)
DISTRIBUTION
© 2016 3xScreen Media – innovative live video
Google  Daydream Littlstar
EXPERIENCING 360 & VR
© 2016 3xScreen Media – innovative live video
Occulus Rift
HTC  Vive
Google  Cardboard
360 & VR STORYTELLING
© 2016 3xScreen Media – innovative live video
-­ Traditional  film  frames  for  a  rectangle  – with  360/VR,  the  viewer  chooses  her  FOV
-­ Most  360/VR  content  currently  static
-­ Movement  is  difficult  in  VR  without  brain  hacking  – haptic  sensors
-­ Easy  for  viewer  to  get  lost
-­ Director’s  cut
-­ Action  within  one  camera
-­ Treat  as  stage  play
WHAT’S NEXT
© 2016 3xScreen Media – innovative live video
What has been done to-date
Unique Challenges
360 / VR Storytelling
-­ Haptic  sensors  – vibration,  sense  of  movement
-­ Ambisonic audio  (full-­sphere  surround  sound)
-­ VR  Cord  cutting
-­ 4K  UHD  and  higher  resolution  VR  headsets
-­ Laser  retinal  projection
-­ Augmented  reality
© 2016 3xScreen Media – innovative live video
3xScreen  Media  – innovative  live  video
www.3xscreen.co.uk

360 Degree and VR Live Streaming Q&A

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    3xScreen Media Limited 360Degree & Virtual Reality Live Streaming Q&A © 2016 3xScreen Media – innovative live video
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    VIRTUAL REALITY -HYPE? …. Or Marketing’s Future? © 2016 3xScreen Media – innovative live video VIRTUAL SHOWROOM IMMERSIVE ESCAPISM BRAND VALUES + EXPERIENCE VR EXCITES 69% OF ADULTS EVENTUALLY BIGGER THAN TV? SOCIAL VIEWING?
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    3xScreen Media -innovative live video © 2016 3xScreen Media – innovative live video www.3xscreen.co.uk
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    360 & VRWORKFLOW © 2016 3xScreen Media – innovative live video Multi-­Lens  Camera Stitcher Panoramic  Player
  • 5.
    SPHERICAL VIDEO © 20163xScreen Media – innovative live video Equirectangular stitch:  x  =  longitude,  y  =  latitude
  • 6.
    DUAL FISHEYE CAMERAS ©2016 3xScreen Media – innovative live video ALLie £350 RICOH  Theta  S £300 -­ Best  entry  level  options -­ ALLie streams  direct  to  YouTube -­ Easiest  to  stitch -­ Less  pixels -­ Suffers  from  barrel  distortion
  • 7.
    6-CAMERA RIGS © 20163xScreen Media – innovative live video GoPro   £3,500   for  rig -­ Most  popular  option  today -­ Narrower  FOV  for  each  camera -­ More  processor  intensive -­ More  stitching  means  more  potential  parallax  errors    
  • 8.
    HIGH END RIGS ©2016 3xScreen Media – innovative live video Nokia  OZO   £45k GoPro   Odyysey £11k
  • 9.
    STITCHING © 2016 3xScreenMedia – innovative live video Kolor Autopano (post  stitching) VideoStitch Vahana (live  stitching)
  • 10.
    DISTRIBUTION © 2016 3xScreenMedia – innovative live video Google  Daydream Littlstar
  • 11.
    EXPERIENCING 360 &VR © 2016 3xScreen Media – innovative live video Occulus Rift HTC  Vive Google  Cardboard
  • 12.
    360 & VRSTORYTELLING © 2016 3xScreen Media – innovative live video -­ Traditional  film  frames  for  a  rectangle  – with  360/VR,  the  viewer  chooses  her  FOV -­ Most  360/VR  content  currently  static -­ Movement  is  difficult  in  VR  without  brain  hacking  – haptic  sensors -­ Easy  for  viewer  to  get  lost -­ Director’s  cut -­ Action  within  one  camera -­ Treat  as  stage  play
  • 13.
    WHAT’S NEXT © 20163xScreen Media – innovative live video What has been done to-date Unique Challenges 360 / VR Storytelling -­ Haptic  sensors  – vibration,  sense  of  movement -­ Ambisonic audio  (full-­sphere  surround  sound) -­ VR  Cord  cutting -­ 4K  UHD  and  higher  resolution  VR  headsets -­ Laser  retinal  projection -­ Augmented  reality
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    © 2016 3xScreenMedia – innovative live video 3xScreen  Media  – innovative  live  video www.3xscreen.co.uk