Nick Kraakman wrote:
For over a year now, we have been producing high-quality 360º 3D video content for virtual reality headsets here at Purple Pill VR. We plan and script a production, shoot it using our (open-source) 16-GoPro rig, and then spend anywhere from a couple of days to a couple of weeks stitching and editing the videos. On the other end of the spectrum you have companies like NextVR who are actually able to live stream their videos directly from their camera into VR headsets around the world. So isn’t streaming much cooler than pre-recorded content?
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Capturing a 360º Live Stream
So now that you have a basic understanding of what an HLS stream actually looks like on the file level, let’s now see how you can actually capture such a stream. You obviously need a camera, but is there a camera capable of live streaming 360 degree video?
Well, it appears there are quite a lot of options. For example, NextVR uses two side-by-side RED cameras to live stream 180º in stereoscopic 3D, Freedom360 sells the F360 Broadcaster rig based on 6 GoPros to create a full monoscopic 360º stream, or you could simply use 2 back-to-back GoPros equipped with Entaniya fish-eye lenses (I believe such a rig was used to stream the Grammys). If you’re looking for the lowest cost option, then you could consider the Ricoh Theta S, which has built-in HD live streaming support.
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