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Articles tagged: 6 DOF

Volumetric video is so much more than VR

10th Jan 2019

Volumetric video is so much more than VR

At the end of September, Facebook unveiled a volumetric 360-degree camera built in a collaboration with RED Digital Cinema. Known as the Manifold, the new system may be first and foremost a…

Facebook, RED announce Manifold studio-grade 360 camera

27th Sep 2018

Facebook, RED announce Manifold studio-grade 360 camera

At Facebook’s F8 conference earlier this year, the company announced that it had partnered with RED Digital Cinema to develop a 360-degree video camera that could capture content with six…

Lenovo Mirage Solo, Oculus Go or HTC Vive Focus: which standalone headset reigns supreme?

17th May 2018

Lenovo Mirage Solo, Oculus Go or HTC Vive Focus: which standalone headset reigns supreme?

Standalone headsets from Oculus, HTC and Google could spark an interest in virtual reality for a whole new group of users. But, which standalone headset should you choose? Imagine seamlessly…

Radiant Images announces light-field camera system

4th May 2018

Radiant Images announces light-field camera system

Back when Sony announced the RX0 at IFA last fall, we immediately spotted the high-quality action camera’s potential implications for multi-camera VR/360 rigs. But camera rental house Radiant Images has…

Hangout: Photogrammetry 101 with Alexey Furman

23rd Jan 2018

Hangout: Photogrammetry 101 with Alexey Furman

It seems like magic: the ability to take photographs on an object or space in real life and convert it into a 3D object or space in virtual reality. For…

Use depth maps to create 6 DoF in Unity

23rd Jan 2018

Use depth maps to create 6 DoF in Unity

VR filmmaking and photography have exploded in the last year, and with a bevy of both professional and consumer 360 cameras hitting the market, this new technology has put a…

CES 2018: Insta360 unveils 10K 3D pro camera and light field camera prototype

10th Jan 2018

CES 2018: Insta360 unveils 10K 3D pro camera and light field camera prototype

Earlier this week, Insta360 announced the next generation of its iPhone 360 camera accessory, the Nano S. Now, Insta360 is showing off a handful of new technologies aimed at the…

Kandao Studio can now generate and export depth maps

11th Dec 2017

Kandao Studio can now generate and export depth maps

Kandao Technology–the company behind the Obsidian R, S and Go cameras–has just released a new beta version of Kandao Studio that will allow users to generate and export depth maps…

HTC opens pre-orders for standalone Vive Focus in China Dec. 12

7th Dec 2017

HTC opens pre-orders for standalone Vive Focus in China Dec. 12

HTC’s standalone headset, the Vive Focus, will be available for pre-order in China on December 12, with shipping expected in January. The Focus available in white for 3,999 yuan or…

Amazon Sumerian makes building VR and AR apps ‘drag-n-drop’ simple

28th Nov 2017

Amazon Sumerian makes building VR and AR apps ‘drag-n-drop’ simple

At Amazon’s Re:Invent AWS event yesterday, Amazon announced a new tool, called Sumerian, which would allow developers to build and host VR, AR and MR apps with minimal coding. The goal…

Q&A: Nicole McDonald talks Jaunt’s first 6DoF piece + UI for interactive narrative

24th Nov 2017

Q&A: Nicole McDonald talks Jaunt’s first 6DoF piece + UI for interactive narrative

Today, Jaunt is releasing its first-ever 6DoF narrative experience exclusively for Windows MR headsets, Free the Night. Directed by interactive filmmaker Nicole McDonald, the experience encourages the audience to extinguish…

Adobe’s Project Sidewinder could bring subtle 6 DoF to software

25th Oct 2017

Adobe’s Project Sidewinder could bring subtle 6 DoF to software

It was recently brought to my attention that, if I thought things like Facebook’s volumetric cameras, Kandao’s plans for 6 DoF, and now Adobe’s Project Sidewinder were about moving freely…

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