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YouTube Adds Support for Live Streaming 360-Degree Video

posted by cmn32480 on Tuesday April 19 2016, @09:03AM   Printer-friendly
from the it's-all-around-me dept.

takyon writes:

YouTube is adding support for live streaming while using a 360-degree video camera, as well as "immersive audio" features:

For a little over a year now, YouTube creators have had the ability to share 360-degree video content, but those videos didn't offer proper immersive audio formats, and you couldn't do a live stream with a 360-degree camera. As of today, YouTube is offering both of those features, although you can't use both features at the same time.

The company plans to broadcast its first large scale event using this feature this coming weekend at the Coachella music festival. You will be able to watch select artists' performances live during the festival in spherical video.

[...] The spatial audio feature is currently limited to on-demand content. Live-streamed content does not support spatial audio cues. YouTube said that the addition of spatial audio to immersive video content enhances the experience with "depth, distance and intensity all playing a role." The company put together a small playlist of sample videos that have spatial audio enabled, but you'll need an Android device to take advantage of the technology.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by c0lo on Tuesday April 19 2016, @09:22AM

    by c0lo (156) on Tuesday April 19 2016, @09:22AM (#334156) Journal

    ... you couldn't do a live stream with a 360-degree camera.

    ... able to watch select artists' performances live during the festival in spherical video.

    Err... umm... circular/cylindrical or spherical... which one?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 19 2016, @09:25AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 19 2016, @09:25AM (#334158)

    Assume a non-spherical cat suffocating in a vacuum.

    • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Tuesday April 19 2016, @10:45AM

      by maxwell demon (1608) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday April 19 2016, @10:45AM (#334171) Journal

      But is it a quantum vacuum? And if so, does the cat really suffocate if nobody looks?

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