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Re:Google VR180 by fredliu on Thursday June 22, 2017 @09:53PM (#14616652)
Anybody knows how/if the camera/player pair support 6-dof?
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Re:Google VR180 by cornstalks on Thursday June 22, 2017 @10:54PM (#14616847)
It's not 6-dof. This playlist[1] shows VR 180, and the videos are stereoscopic videos with a wide (180ish degree) field of view, but no 6-dof. I don't know if that might change in the future.

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLN_4SqVDVM7jCAt9RPKNrOzp...

(edit: again, obvious disclaimer that I do not represent my employer at all, and this is just a personal post of mine)

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Re:Google VR180 by HammadB on Thursday June 22, 2017 @10:41PM (#14616812)
i doubt it -- if they're getting 6-dof out of a stereo pair then they have invented some magical tech
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Re:Google VR180 by ipsum2 on Thursday June 22, 2017 @11:28PM (#14616923)
There's limited 6-DoF from Google's Jump camera (https://vr.google.com/jump/): "Assembled videos are high resolution and come with depth data, ready to go for edits and visual effects."
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Re:Google VR180 by HammadB on Saturday June 24, 2017 @12:42AM (#14624392)
Yeah Jump is a cool rig but that's 16 cameras in a circle, not a stereo pair.
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Re:Google VR180 by taneq on Thursday June 22, 2017 @10:20PM (#14616743)
No because there's no damn information on the linked page.

I'm guessing it doesn't.

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