‘Facebook Pulls Back The Curtain On Its VR Video Push’ – ‘ReadWrite’
David Nield says, “Facebook is going big on video, including 360-degree VR-lite video. Now, in a new blog post, the company has explained a little more about what’s going on behind the scenes with its new support for immersive video clips.
For the uninitiated, 360 video is filmed in all directions at once and lets the viewer experience the action in front, side to side or from behind. You don’t get depth perception and the ability to move around as you do in true virtual reality, but it’s a start.
It’s also the most accessible form of VR right now: If you don’t have a headset, you can watch 360 video in your web browser instead, clicking and dragging with your mouse rather than moving your head. It also works well on the latest smartphones, which change the point of view as the handset moves around“.
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