New VR video format from Google VR180. VR180 is special and accurate format after a long study of VR users by Google. Enjoy stereoscopic content in 180º with the new video format VR180 which will join us from this winter. Also, a series of cameras prepared to facilitate the work of Google.
Google along with the Daydream team has launched a new format of video for virtual reality VR180. Whose primary responsibility is to facilitate the creation of contents. As we can intuit, this new video format is special for 180º focusing on the high resolution that looks good on both desktop and mobile. The videos are stereoscopic, so we can appreciate the depth and support the live broadcast via YouTube.
Companies That Targets New Format
To create videos compatible with this new format, we can use the cameras that we use regularly. But Google wants to go further and offer specific cameras to facilitate the task. That’s why the Daydream team is working with several manufacturers including Lenovo, LG and YI Technology, to provide instant cameras that capture in 180º and 3D. These new cameras, which will arrive in winter and will have prices similar to those of traditional cameras. These will not only be useful for professionals but also for those who want to share moments of their day. Also, soon creating applications like Adobe Premiere Pro will be supported.
The first VR180-specific cameras will arrive in the winter from Lenovo, LG and YI Technology.
Z CAM VR180 Recording
Google has opened a VR180 certification program for other manufacturers in collaboration with Z CAM. All those content creators who want to try the technology right now can request a camera prepared in some of the centers of YouTube that are spread all over the world.
Recently Google activated the statistics in the videos of virtual reality and 360º to know where they look users. Noting that most of the users spent 75% of the time looking at the 90º front of the video. So this new format will be quite useful and will guarantee something significant in this type of videos, that is, Stereoscopy. We can watch VR180 videos right now thanks to the following YouTube playlist that is available in this new format.