Google is reportedly shutting down its in-house VR film studio

Re:Google is reportedly shutting down its in-house VR film s... by pjc50 on Thursday March 14, 2019 @04:58AM (#19387525)

This misses all the physicality of being there while taking away the benefits of varying camera positions chosen for you by the TV coverage.

If someone could manage the point cloud reconstruction techniques that would let you watch from positions in the middle of the game while there is no camera, they'd be on to something.

Oh, and it's a bad business model - the sports IP owner would want almost all the money.

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Re:Google is reportedly shutting down its in-house VR film s... by delfinom on Thursday March 14, 2019 @07:11AM (#19388158)

>This misses all the physicality of being there while taking away the benefits of varying camera positions chosen for you by the TV coverage.

What are you missing? The ability to pay $20 for a water bottle?

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Re:Google is reportedly shutting down its in-house VR film s... by 7952 on Thursday March 14, 2019 @06:45AM (#19388022)

And such a view would also work on a normal screen, and could follow the play smoothly. A VR view relies on the user moving their head, rather than letting a camera man do it for them.

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