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

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: 1) by aiwarrior on Tuesday April 19 2016, @10:20AM

    by aiwarrior (1812) on Tuesday April 19 2016, @10:20AM (#334168) Journal

    The problem is which camera? There are very few cameras that cam livestream 360 video much less compact. And no the Ricoh360 does not work .