Google’s new ‘Street View ready’ certification standard recommends which 360-degree cameras to buy

Google has announced a new “Street View ready” certification standard as it looks to encourage Joe Public to contribute to the company’s gargantuan database of real-world imagery. The certification will be meted out to 20 new 360-degree cameras that are scheduled to hit the market in 2017. These include offerings from companies such as Samsung, GoPro, […]

Re-Experience the Classic Star Tours Disney Ride in This Amazing 360-Degree Video

The original Star Tours has a place in the heart of many Star Wars fans—although following its revamp back in 2011, it’s now impossible to experience Disney’s first foray into the world of Star Wars rides in person. At least this amazing fan-made project lets you rekindle a few of those memories. Advertisement Part of […]

GoPro’s new 360-degree camera will let you shoot first and pick images later

GoPro is finally sharing more details about the consumer 360-degree camera that CEO Nick Woodman teased way back at CES 2016. It’s called the GoPro Fusion, and it will shoot up to 5.2K video at 30 frames per second — good enough to just squeeze past the 4K capability of the new Samsung Gear 360 […]

Watch NASA’s first 360-degree live stream of a rocket launch

Rocket launch videos are typically captured from afar, putting you in the shoes of a spectator in the crowd. NASA’s live coverage of an Orbital Cygnus spacecraft’s ISS resupply mission, however, will take you to the launch pad itself. For the first time ever, the agency will broadcast a live 360-degree video of a rocket […]

THE IMMERSIVE VIDEO REPORT: How VR, AR, and 360-degree video are shaping the future of content creation

BI Intelligence As aversion to advertising continues to grow and as ad-blocking adoption increases across the globe, publishers and brands are turning to immersive video — namely 360-degree video, augmented reality (AR), and virtual reality (VR) — to win back some of their lost market share. Immersive video can provide the impactful, emotion-driven storytelling that’s needed […]

Periscope opens 360-degree broadcasts to everyone

When Periscope debuted live 360-degree broadcasting late last year, it was only available to a handful of users. That changes now. A tweet from the company announced that as of today anyone who’s broadcasting either from the iOS app (with an attached Insta360 Nano) or via the Producer software can be part of the spherical […]

Watch NASA’s Mars rocket tests in 360-degree video

NASA will eventually use the Space Launch System to send humans to Mars — it might even carry a crew the very first time it launches. Unfortunately the world’s most powerful rocket is a tad behind schedule (it was originally supposed to launch this year) and over budget. However, NASA has released an interesting 360-degree […]