Suddenly, Virtual Reality (VR) is everywhere. On the heels of New York Times introducing VR for its readers, YouTube has now announced it supports VR video — a brand new kind of video that makes you feel like you’re actually there. It said on its official blog, “Using the same tricks that we humans use to see the world, VR video gives you a sense of depth as you look around in every direction. Near things look near, far things look far. So if you were excited about 360° videos, this is pretty freakin’ cool.
To give it a try just find a VR video on YouTube—like the Hunger Games Experience or TOMS Shoes Giving Trip — tap the new Cardboard icon, drop your phone into your Cardboard viewer, & you’re set. If you’re a creator, you can also check out technologies like Jump to capture and share your own VR videos.
And that’s the fact that you can now watch any video using Google Cardboard, and experience a kind of virtual movie theater. Just select the new “Cardboard” option from the watch page menu, drop your phone into your viewer, and you’re done. You’ll now have the largest VR content library right at your fingertips.
Official YouTube Blog: YouTube presses play on virtual reality -YouTube Blog
http://youtube-global.blogspot.com Nov 5, 2015
If we’ve learned anything in the past 10+ years at YouTube it’s that capturing and sharing videos is a great way to bring people there with you—whether “there” is an Icelandic glacier, a special performance by violinist Tim Fain …
YouTube now lets you watch any video with a VR headset – The Next Web
http://thenextweb.com Nov 5, 2015
It’s not just the New York Times getting ready to present virtual reality videos on Google Cardboard; YouTube is today announcing support for 3D VR videos.
YouTube on Android Now Does the VR Video Thing, Adds … – Droid Life
http://www.droid-life.com Nov 5, 2015
Google announced today that YouTube on Android now does VR video. Not only that, but if you own a Google Cardboard product, you can also view almost all videos through sort of a virtual movie theater like experience.
YouTube’s Grand Plan to Make VR Accessible to Everybody – WIRED
http://news.google.com Nov 5, 2015
I lower Google’s virtual reality set, Cardboard, that I’ve been holding up to my face, and instantly I’m back in a spartan room—which had been scrubbed clean of confidential blueprints …
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