Porn: Driving innovation to improve our lives

[FLPanhandle]

http://gizmodo.com/the-insane-camera-rig-being-used-to-shoot-360-degree-oc-1682581101



The Insane Camera Rig Being Used to Shoot 360-Degree Oculus Headset Porn

Producing quality 360-degree video for Oculus Rift-like headsets is still really difficult to do, which is why high-tech porn company Huccio had the $250,000, seven camera rig above custom-designed for its venture into the world of immersive video.

Red Dragons aren't cheap: The brain alone for each camera costs at least $24,000, and to get one fully setup with monitors and lenses costs well over $30,000."We have so many Red Dragons even Peter Jackson is jealous," founder Toni Tsai told me.

Recording the footage is immensely challenging. Since the rig records in 360 degrees, only performers can be in the room while a scene is being filmed. It also makes common film techniques like lighting challenging because, again, the entire room is on camera. Huccio solved the lighting problem by basically illuminating the shots with ambient lights placed directly on the grid holding the cameras. The cinematographer also hid the lights back behind couches for a little extra light.

Though the footage was technically shot at 6K resolution in every direction, the quality of playback is limited by the the screen you're using to watch it. The best headset you can get right now is a Samsung Gear VR loaded with a Samsun Galaxy Note 4, which only has a 2560x1440 display. It looks pretty good, but it's not quite enough to eliminate the so-called screen door effect. Imagine you're looking in at a living room house through a porch screen door. You can see everything through the screen, but you can still perceive the mesh.

So how's the porn? I'll leave that question to the connoisseurs. I will note that it's very weird to be completely encircled by naked people doing sexy things. It's like you are the center of the universe and the porn rotates around you. I've never participated in an orgy myself, but I can't imagine that's how it works.




I guess porn is driving camera and headset technology. It'll be cool when this is working well for other uses.

[Brickbat]

1. It always has, to some extent.

[ChosenUnWisely]

2. Porn made VHS king of the hill for a while if they had chosen beta, VHS would have gone away

If porn would have picked HD DVD over Blueray, Blueray would no longer be a viable format, as it is even Blueray is going the same way as VHS now.

I will be interested in checking out the new technology!

[FLPanhandle]

3. I had no idea of the influence of porn on VHS

I know it was an influence to the internet.

I guess never underestimate the power of porn!