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Links Week Starting 16th May 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. This may be our first look at …

Links Week Starting 9th May 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. No other Display Insider articles today as …

Watching the Games in VR – The Sequel

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Developer of 360° video technology company, TiledMedia, published an interesting blog post on changes in the testing of VR in sport between the Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 Olympics. The blog …

Tags:360 Degree Video| Olympics| Sports and Stadiums| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Virtual Reality

Watching the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in VR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say I missed it at the time, but it’s still worth a look. Rob Koenen at TiledMedia wrote an interesting blog on the use of VR at the Tokyo Olympics. With the …

Tags:360 Degree Video| 3D (Three Dimensions)| Sports and Stadiums| Virtual Reality

Latency Free Hybrid Events Developed by Fraunhofer

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The 3it Institute in Berlin has worked with three Fraunhofer Institutes (Fraunhofer Fokus, Fraunhofer HHI and Fraunhofer IIS) to develop hybrid live and online music systems to allow musicians to collaborate …

Tags:360 Degree Video| audio| Streaming Video

Canon’s new dual-fisheye EOS R lens is for creating 3D VR content

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Canon has developed a ‘dual fisheye’ lens that can shoot stereo 3D 180° video when used with its EOS R5 camera. The lens can be used with a subscription-based software utility …

Tags:360 Degree Video| 3D Content| Cameras| Canon| Stereo 3D

Intel Webinar 24 August: How Sky Produces and Distributes Live Premier League Matches in High Quality VR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Intel is running a webinar that will discuss how Sky in the UK is using Tiledmedia to distribute Premier League football matches in VR, at the best quality. Richard Mills, VR …

Tags:360 Degree Video| Intel| Sports and Stadiums| Virtual Reality

Blame COVID for a lack of AR and VR at the Tokyo Olympics

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Protocol blog pointed to Covid as a prime reason for a lack of AR and VR content from the Olympics in Tokyo. USA Today had planned an AR experience around …

Tags:360 Degree Video| Augmented Reality| Japan| Olympics| Sports and Stadiums

Better Calibration to Eliminate Headaches

by Xavier Corbillon

As Tiledmedia’s math guru (not my own words :-), I get to solve the challenging problems. Here’s an interesting one: fisheye calibration. Let me explain. Working with Cosm, we supply client-side technology for a …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| 360 Degree Video| 3D Content Creation| Optics| Virtual Displays

Chris Chinnock On 8K Being A Real Thing, And How Pro AV Gets Ready For It

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Our own Chris Chinnock was on the Sixteen-Nine.net podcast where he talked about the challenges and advantages of 8K for Pro/AV applications. He emphasises the challenges, but also the opportunities for …

Tags:360 Degree Video| Super Hi-Vision (8K)

Fraunhofer HHI’s OmniCam-360 Captures „Environment“ – the Opening Project of MaerzMusik by the Berliner Festspiele

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Our friends at 3IT in Berlin are hosting a 360° capture of the opening project of the Festival for Time Issues by the Berliner Festspiele. The festival is also available to …

Tags:360 Degree Video| Fraunhofer| Germany

BT Sport brings fans closer to the action with multi-camera 8K VR360

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Tiledmedia (which develops 360° video technology) reported on developments at BT Sport in the UK in delivering a 360° service in 8K using the firm’s ClearVR technology. Tiledmedia claims the following …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| 360 Degree Video| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| UK (United Kingdom)