Image 3 shows how the frames from different angles are stitched together to create the equirectangular video. The stitching process can be done by the camera itself or through special editing software. Image 1: The original shape of the globe in a spherical form Image 2: The equiretangular image of the globeģ60-degree videos are recordings captured simultaneously from different angles and then stitched together to form a single video. The North Pole and South Pole in the image are stretched to the corners of the rectangle, but in reality, they should meet at one point on the top and bottom of the globe. Image 2 shows how the world map is usually presented as an equirectangular image. The flat equirectangular concept is like a flattened globe (see image 1) that is unwrapped to become a rectangle. It is as if viewers are inside a sphere, able to look around and see different areas by changing the orientation of their head when wearing a Virtual Reality (VR) headset or by controlling it through their desktop or mobile devices. Overall, this acquisition is great for the VR industry and demonstrates the growing interest from large players like GoPro.A 360-degree video is a flat equirectangular video that can be played in a spherical form using a special media player, YouTube, or Facebook. It’s free to host your videos and quite a nice experience as a user. The platform has an API and supports up to 4K video. It already has 1,000’s of 360 videos on the platform from producers around the world. The crew at Kolor has also created, Kolor Eyes Hosting, a beautifully designed 360 web-hosting platform that easily allows you to embed and share immersive content online. It also works with most head mounted displays including the Oculus Rift. It allows you to easily load and show 360 content on your desktop. Kolor Eyes is a desktop 360 video player that works on Mac and PC. You can find a full list of features here. Here is a cool sample music video made using their technology. When you’re done editing, you can export in 4K to desktop, mobile, and just about everywhere else. The UI is intuitive with a drag and drop editor and automated stiching. The pro version claims to render 15x faster, by using your computers graphics card, and also enables the ability to edit stereoscopic immersive video content. Kolor offers two versions of its video stitching software. All three rigs run six GoPro cameras, and as you can guess from the name, work just about anywhere. The Standard, Waterproof, and Submarine versions. Kolor offers three main types of camera rigs for capturing immersive 360 content. Kolor offers a few things that are especially exciting for those of us looking to produce VR content: Camera Rigs: This is great news for the VR community, due to what will likely result in lower cost, easier to use VR 360 rigs and software workflow. Given that their rig works using the GoPro camera technology, this strategic acquisition makes a lot of sense for the folks at GoPro. Kolor offers a full suite of tools to enable the simple creation and distribution of 360 video content. Today, GoPro announced the acquisition of Kolor, a spherical media company based out of Savoie, France.
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