Doctors and medical students — or people who just want to watch anything in virtual reality — will be able to immerse themselves in a live surgery tomorrow. Giblib, an online platform for surgeons to share medical lectures and surgical videos, will live stream a hernia operation using 360fly’s 360-degree 4K camera on July 28 …
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During the first day of Comic-Con International here in San Diego, Samsung Electronics and Warner Bros. brought a little VR buzz to the upcoming release of “Suicide Squad.” CNET got a first look at the experience before the booth at the Hard Rock Hotel opened its doors to eager fans who patiently waited in line to get a virtual sneak …
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Now playing: Watch this: This camera can live-stream VR content 1:35 Creating 360-degree video can be time-consuming. Taking footage from multiple cameras and stitching it together is the first step, then the producer has to think about how to encode it for viewing on different VR platforms. Reality Lab Networks wants to simplify this with an all-in-one system called Live …
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Baseball and virtual reality fans can now get really close up to watch major league sluggers knock it out of the park. Major League Baseball Advanced Media and NextVR are partnering to show this year’s T-Mobile Home Run Derby in virtual reality Monday night from Petco Park in San Diego. The VR broadcast is promising to show homers “like never …
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Now playing: Watch this: Building a PC? 5 rookie mistakes — and how to fix them 1:10 The Oculus Rift and HTC Vive are here. But your PC has to be pretty powerful to use these cutting-edge VR headsets. If your PC is lacking performance, don’t worry. We’re going to show you how to build a VR-ready PC. Update, July …
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Need a break from sitting on your flattened butt, staring routinely at a screen? New tools built into Google Chrome Beta for Android may make it possible to experience your favorite websites in the virtual world. (So the same thing, really, but different.) There’s already a platform called WebVR that helps developers create websites you can watch in virtual reality. …
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Giroptic strapped one of its forthcoming 360cams to the back of an eagle flying near Scotland’s Loch Goil to stunning effect. Though don’t expect a drone-style steadicam shot: eagles, it would appear, are well-suited to fly through wind and turbulence. The video — the latest of many on Giroptic’s YouTube page — hits just as the company says it has …
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You will soon be able to share your feelings about 360-degree videos viewed on Gear VR goggles. Facebook said Wednesday it will begin rolling out support for its Reactions emojis for 360 videos watched on Samsung’s virtual reality goggles. Users will be able to add one of Facebook’s five emoji reactions — such as “like” or “love” — to videos …
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If you’re talking about virtual reality today, you’re likely talking about video games. But if you ask a regular person, gaming doesn’t even crack the top three in possible categories. Instead, areas such as travel, movies and live events spur more interest. That contrasts with the sheer amount of attention and resources poured into virtual reality — most of which …
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Vrse, a company that makes virtual-reality films and is known for helping create The New York Times’ VR projects, is changing its name to Within, and it announced a $12.56 million round of funding. “When you’re in VR, you’re experiencing something that you are within,” Drew Larner, the company’s chief operating officer, said in an interview. “We didn’t want our …
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