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Google Cardboard and YouTube continue to push the boundaries of reality with interactive stereoscopic videos.
When I first was introduced to YouTube 360 videos on my desktop in 2015, I found the ability to position the camera with mouse to be engaging and responsive.
After ordering a headset from Knox Labs, downloading the YouTube app, and finding a series of videos on YouTube to view in 360, I test drove the videos with the headset on.
The YouTube playlist that I curated is available for easy desktop viewing, but if you really want the full experience with a headset on, please open the YouTube app on a smart phone device, search Crescent Vale, locate our YouTube 360 Playlist, and hit play on your favorite video. Place the smart device into the headset, use a towel or scarf to wrap the headset tight to your face, (some people use a rubber band,) and start experiencing content in a new setting. Note, ads may appear on some videos.
I’ve used multiple forms of virtual reality in the past, and found this method to be less disorientating overall. During my first time using the headset I was standing, and the second time I was sitting. If you are new to VR, I suggest sitting down for your first couple of times. My second suggestion is to slowly work your way into it. Try it out for 30 seconds for your first time. If you are comfortable, move up in time accordingly.
YouTube 360 videos do not allow users to reposition the camera based on their movements when walking, but instead, focuses on positioning the camera differently to where the smart device is pointed.
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YouTube 360 | Virtual Reality Playlist
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YouTube 360 videos currently have three different viewing formats.
- First, the standard way of watching the video in 2D on a desktop or mobile device.
- Second, a method of using the mouse to control the position of the camera on a desktop. During a screening of a YouTube 360 video, users can interactive with the point of view when viewing the content in playback.
- Third, viewers can pickup stereoscopic viewing headgear that will simulate a virtual reality experience. (Knoxlabs.com) After users have the headset and YouTube app downloaded to their smart phone, they will be able to use the headset to move the position of the camera, similar to moving the position of the camera with the mouse on the desktop.
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the computer-generated simulation of a three-dimensional image or environment that can be interacted with in a seemingly real or physical way by a person using special electronic equipment, such as a helmet with a screen inside or gloves fitted with sensors.
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Download Apps to Connect with VR
- Android link for Google Cardboard: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.samples.apps.cardboarddemo&hl=en
- Apple/iTunes link for Google Cardboard: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-cardboard/id987962261?mt=8
The Google Cardboard app displays additional applications that utilizes the motion sensors in smart phones devices. Google Street View allows users to pan around in a 360 motion.
Currently Android has an application built to record 360 degree videos within the Google Cardboard Camera app. I have not found a way to share the videos outside the application as of yet, but I am sure Google is working on ways to share virtual reality experiences directly from smart phones.
At the start of the 2016, the Google Cardboard Camera app does allow all users to create 360 videos for playback on their smart phones.
- Android link for Google Cardboard Camera: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.vr.cyclops&hl=en
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