Even if you've never strapped on a virtual reality headset, if you're a heavy YouTube user, you've probably stumbled upon a 360 video on the site and thought: This ...

Google is big on virtual reality (VR), and that's no secret. The company has already integrated VR into various products, including YouTube and Android, setting up the building blocks of what may turn ...

To assist with the creation of 180-degree virtual reality photos and video, Google LLC announced on Friday the launch of its VR180 Creator tool that will be available for MacOS and Linux. The tool is ...

Together with its news that 1.5 billion logged in viewers visit YouTube every single month, the company has announced a new video format called VR180 at VidCon, which YouTube hopes will make ...

Wait, didn't a new crop of consumer 360-degree cameras just go on sale this year? Yes, but Google says its new VR180 standard is much easier to work with. I’m the deputy managing editor of the ...

Dub icon Lee “Scratch” Perry turns 84 years young today and we would like to wish him a very happy birthday. To celebrate, Lee has a new VR 180° video from his sold-out Brooklyn show at Elsewhere on ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. — YouTube knows it has a problem getting people to watch 360 VR videos. Most view on smartphones and don't want to swipe around to see more of the action. So Thursday at the VidCon ...

LucidCam is a small, lightweight, stereoscopic camera capable of capturing 180 degree footage aimed squarely at the VR video market. The device’s IndieGogo campaign kicked off last week and in four ...

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VidCon, the largest conference for online video creators, took place this week, and YouTube celebrated by announcing a new VR format. YouTube has supported VR and 360-degree video for some time, but ...

Our goal with VR 180 is to simplify VR video production for all creators–consumers and high-end video producers as well." The VR 180 format (which, unlike 360-degree videos, requires no stitching) ...