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This is the year action cameras and 360-degree videos collide

• joezydeco 11y ago
  No mention of Google Cardboard? This seems like the easiest way to play back these kinds of video.
  • rasz_pl 11y ago
    no mention of resolution either, you need 2x 4K sensors to get good results. Current 2x 1080 cameras produce blurry mess https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zas3TlxYk2c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zas3TlxYk2c
    • tunesmith 11y ago
      The video mentioned the Nikon was 4k UHD.
• ipsum2 11y ago
  The problem with 360 videos is the resolution. Doing some back of the envelope, very approximate estimation, 4k video (like the new Nikon 360 camera) gets you only 426 x 240 resolution when you're looking at any region of the video. To get something nicer, you'd need to get to 8k, which is 888 x 480 per viewable region. Currently no consumer video cameras that are anywhere near that resolution.
  • danboarder 11y ago
    I think 4K looks better than what you're describing. The image looks crisp and HD to me in the following 4K 360 video, for example, perhaps in the 720p range for the viewable area: (be sure you're set to 4k 2160p before panning around the playing video, it should work on desktop browsers): 4K 360° cockpit view flying Fighter Jet https://youtu.be/NdZ02-Qenso https://youtu.be/NdZ02-Qenso