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Nokia Announces OZO 360-Degree Camera For Filming Virtual Reality

Posted by samzenpus on from the all-the-better-to-film-you-with dept.

New submitter Sepa Blackforesta writes: Nokia has unveiled Ozo, a next-generation camera for capturing audio and video in 360 degrees. It is built for professional content creators and the company hopes the camera will become the leading device for shooting virtual-reality experiences for Hollywood. A formal launch and price announcement is planned for the fall. A Nokia press release reads in part: "OZO captures stereoscopic 3D video through eight (8) synchronized global shutter sensors and spatial audio through eight (8) integrated microphones. Software built for OZO enables real-time 3D viewing, with an innovative playback solution that removes the need to pre-assemble a panoramic image - a time-consuming process with solutions currently in the marketplace. OZO's filmed content can be published for commercially available VR viewing hardware such as head mounted displays (HMDs), with immersive, full 360-degree imaging and spatially accurate original sound. OZO also integrates into existing professional workflows and works with third-party tools, dramatically simplifying content production at all stages."

23 comments

  1. new physics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    So does this mean that EM Drive works? I heard it worked off the holographic principal.

    1. Re:new physics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      No; virtual reality isn't the same as holograms.

  2. Self capture by HalAtWork · · Score: 1

    How do they solve the issue of capturing the camera's stand/arm? Reflective surfaces will be annoying as well.

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    1. Re:Self capture by 0123456 · · Score: 1

      Not to mention the film crew standing behind the camera...

    2. Re: Self capture by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      They replace reflections with mooing cows ofc.

    3. Re:Self capture by behrooz0az · · Score: 1

      mount it on a robot or something?

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    4. Re:Self capture by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      "Don't look at us! Look at the film! The film!"

    5. Re:Self capture by oic0 · · Score: 1

      Why do you need a film crew? just use a bunch of the things and CGI them out of the shots. Heck, could just have fixed ones through sets if you are doing much shooting somewhere.

    6. Re:Self capture by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 1

      How do they solve the issue of capturing the camera's stand/arm? Reflective surfaces will be annoying as well.

      Cameras like this have an area of occlusion, caused by the cameras being physically a few centimeters apart, that the stand often sits in. I cannot speak for this particular model but let's just say you've got a diameter of something like a foot where a strategically placed stand would be invisible.

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    7. Re:Self capture by HalAtWork · · Score: 1

      That's cool! Thanks for the informative answer :)

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  3. Wanted: decent solid angle by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Forget about degrees. I want steradians.

  4. Fantastic! by Wraithlyn · · Score: 1

    Oh man, I've been waiting for someone to figure out how to do this. Feels like the last critical piece of VR... "reality capture".

    Imagine...
    - Experiencing a live feed of a skydiver/basejumper/surfer/other extreme sport, where you can look around naturally in 3D
    - A probe in space or on another planet
    - An immersive control system for robots
    - On and on. You can now tap into and share someone else's experience viscerally, either realtime or recorded.

    This is basically Strange Days.

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    1. Re:Fantastic! by dj245 · · Score: 1

      Oh man, I've been waiting for someone to figure out how to do this. Feels like the last critical piece of VR... "reality capture".

      Imagine... - Experiencing a live feed of a skydiver/basejumper/surfer/other extreme sport, where you can look around naturally in 3D - A probe in space or on another planet - An immersive control system for robots - On and on. You can now tap into and share someone else's experience viscerally, either realtime or recorded.

      This is basically Strange Days.

      I'm less than impressed by 360 videos so far. I'll admit that I have seen only 2: bjork's stonemilker music video and Aram Pan's North Korea YPT tour video.

      The North Korea video I appreciate more, because you can look all around a location that most people will never visit. However, with both videos, I feel like I am playing "where's Waldo" with the content. Having 360 degree videos is fine, but I feel like a "director's mode" on/off toggle seems to be needed for people who don't want to feel like they are missing something interesting. I don't have time to explore every last location in a video game, and similarly I don't have time to rewatch 360 degree videos just to check every angle for easter eggs.

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    2. Re:Fantastic! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      There have been kickstarters that have already done this: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1996234044/sphericam-2-the-4k-360o-video-camera-for-virtual-r

  5. Finally figuring out... by swb · · Score: 1

    ....what they're watching on TV in those amateur porn movies.

    Honestly, I don't know how they can go at it like that with the TV droning on in the background. It makes me nuts that I can't tell what they're watching, too.

  6. still don't get how 360 panorama video works... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    sure, you have two views in all directions but how do you stitch a stereoscopic panoball from that???

    1. Re:still don't get how 360 panorama video works... by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 1

      sure, you have two views in all directions but how do you stitch a stereoscopic panoball from that???

      First you stitch all the left-camera views together. Then, in a separate image, you stitch all the right-camera views together. The trickier part is the math, which I don't really know how to explain here other than to say that it's not significantly different from the pano-mode on modern cellular phones.

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  8. First thoughts: by Zanadou · · Score: 1

    Porn.

    (Seriously. Porn: the eventual financial innovator, and eventual utilization of most modern technologies.)

  9. Is it even possible? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    How can you get stereoscopic view from a 360 panorama? I can imagine you can make a flat spherical 360 recording, but how do they get to stereoscopic? Wouldn't you need a stereo pair from every angle or something?

    1. Re:Is it even possible? by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 1

      Yes, that's possible, and yes that's basically how it works.

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  10. Virtual? by janek78 · · Score: 1

    How does it film *virtual* reality? Can it also be used to film reality? :-)

  11. Sphericam by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    How is this different from the Sphericam kickstarter?
    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1996234044/sphericam-2-the-4k-360o-video-camera-for-virtual-r