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The Orah 4i is a Compact Spherical Capture Live Streaming Camera

by Arthur Berman

Even a quick on-line search will reveal that there are a variety of spherical capture cameras currently available for sale. Although there is no shortage of hardware, the issue of how the video captured …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 15

Mettle Edits 360° Video at NAB

by Tom Allen

At NAB 2016, Canadian production studio Mettle is unveiling a plug-in package aimed at 360° video production in Adobe Premiere Pro CC. ‘Skybox 360/VR Transitions’ helps content creators to deliver cuts in 360° video …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| Adobe| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2016| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Viaccess-Orca Live Streams UHD 360° Football

by Tom Allen

Viaccess-Orca and French TV channel TF1 trialled a live UltraHD 360° VR broadcast of a football match on the 29th March. The signal was encoded using HEVC and sent to a private test audience. …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| 4k| Broadcast| France| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Nokia Will Re-Enter Smartphone Market

by Tom Allen

Rajeev Suri, CEO of Nokia, confirmed the company’s plans to re-enter the smartphone market at MWC. This did not come as a huge shock, of course – we have been reporting on rumours to …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| 3G & 4G| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2016| Nokia| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 08

Sony Focuses on Iteration, Not innovation

by Tom Allen

Thanks to Sony’s press conference kicking off as MWC opened on the first day, we didn’t make it in time for opening remarks. However, we were there for the launch of the company’s newest …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| Cameras| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2016| Smartphones| sony| UST Projectors| Vol 23 - Issue 08

Samsung Chooses VR, Cameras and Gaming

by Tom Allen

Samsung’s launch event for its next phone, the Galaxy S7, was unusual. The stage was located in the middle of the room, with the press conference conducted ‘in the round’. It meant that the …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2016| Samsung| Smartphones| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 08

LG Differentiates With Friends

by Tom Allen

LG ran its launch event for the new flagship phone, the G5, at the Sant Jordi Club on a hill overlooking Barcelona. Having arrived in plenty of time, we managed to secure a seat …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2016| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 08

CES Unveiled Introduces New Projector and Allows Royole Check

by Tom Allen

CES Unveiled is the first of the CES press events, taking place two days before the show starts. Although it the crowds seemed slightly thinner this year, the queue stretched almost out of the …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| CES 2016| Gaze Recognition| Large Display Monitor| LED Projectors| Mobile Display Monitor| Seiki| Tobii| Vol 23 - Issue 02

Samsung Uses LED in Modular TV Concept

by Tom Allen

Unusually, Samsung had less to show in the way of displays than normal this year. The company is increasingly saving its big mobile news for MWC in February, so CES is limited to TVs, …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| CES 2016| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Security| Smart TV| Video Walls| Vol 23 - Issue 02

Flickr to Support Gear VR

by Bob Raikes

Flickr has said that it will support the Samsung Gear VR by producing an app for the Gear VR that makes it easy to see a range of curated 360º content. The content can …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 50

Cardboard Camera

Introducing Google’s Cardboard Camera App

by Arthur Berman

As a follow on to its Cardboard viewer and associated Cardboard app, Google has developed, and is now offering, a new virtual reality content creation tool for Android smartphones. Having taken about a year …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 50