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<\/a>I <\/span>Stereoscopic images in VR and HMD<\/span><\/p>\n In fact, most VR HMDs, such as Oculus Rift, are born to provide stereoscopic images. It is fairly easy to introdeuce\u00a0stereoscopic scenes\u00a0for simulated 3D games and animations; however, filming stereoscopic images in the first place creates complex issues. We are still in the early phases of creating\u00a0production and distribution standards\u00a0for\u00a0stereoscopic spherical images on HMDs’ VR software.\u00a0So, it is sad to say, there is no known legitimate and copy-right safe method to watch your AVATAR 3D from\u00a0one of its DVD or Blue-Ray discs, and there is\u00a0limited content readily available so far. A Hulu app for the\u00a0Oculus Home version started to provide such content, but available titles are still limited.\u00a0Meanwhile, you can search and download some of this footage from Oculus Home or homepages of 3D filming productions. There is\u00a0some footage at the\u00a0Temple DSC as well.<\/p>\n I <\/span>Can we use simple spherical cameras for an alternative solution?<\/span><\/p>\n This summer,\u00a0I want to film a\u00a0stereoscopic spherical 3D video with\u00a0Temple DSC’s resources. DSC already has two Theta S cameras<\/a> for taking spherical video images. Theta S is a simple fish-eye 360 camera, so\u00a0I will see if a 3D printed rig\u00a0can turn these two cameras\u00a0into stereoscopic filming equipment. Although I imagine their resolution is not as crisp as other high-end devices, I hope\u00a0they will provide a decent image quality for\u00a0VR experiences. In fact, because of the current limits of video bandwidth, I expect this solution to cover the current standard resolutions. Though, it is unclear until we try and see the results. I also plan to design a\u00a0time-lapse slider on the rig.<\/p>\n In order to make the stereoscopic spherical camera, there are few things to consider. First, I need a stereoscopic camera rig to create the\u00a0proper distance between cameras and a ball head that I can put the rig on. Second, I need to figure out how to\u00a0edit and stitch stereoscopic spherical videos together in order to load it onto the Oculus Rift. I will post details about each step in later posts.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Hocheol Yang<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7505,"featured_media":1917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[296,297,2],"tags":[342,20,162,45],"class_list":["post-1827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-critical-digital-studies","category-film-studies","category-grad-students","tag-immersive-media","tag-oculus-rift","tag-stereoscopic","tag-virtual-reality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tudsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tudsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tudsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tudsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7505"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tudsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tudsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tudsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tudsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tudsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tudsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>Or, you can\u00a0create your own videos\u00a0to experience how it feels. The above image shows examples of stereoscopic cameras, including the\u00a0Surround 360 camera<\/a>, Panocam 3D<\/a>, and 360 HERO. They will allow you to take quality stereoscopic spherical videos, aka 360 3D or 3D 360 depending on their marketing names.\u00a0As you might have already guessed,\u00a0they are pricey, and they need specified software that fits their hardware.<\/p>\n<\/a>