NAB Show 2017: Move around inside a movie with HypeVR's volumetric video capture!
With HypeVR's volumetric video capture, you can move inside a movie! My friend Svend Even Hærra and I got to try it out at NAB Show 2017. See the video! Hype VR consists of a 3D 360 camera rig comprised of RED cameras and a LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) unit for depth mapping. It can record a scene in volumetric video, which means viewers can not only look around, but they can also move around (with 6 degrees of freedom). HypeVR was demonstrated to the press at CES (I missed the presentation, darn it). I finally got to see it for myself together with my friend Svend Even Hærra from NRK (Norwegian Public Broadcasting Station) at NAB Show 2017. HypeVR showed two scenes: a countryside scene from Vietnam and a football practice session. The countryside scene looked particularly immersive. To me, both felt similar to a VR game. In particular, I think the Hype VR videos felt similar to the Lab 's Postcards demo and Destinations , both...