Google’s New “Light Field VR Videos” Are Captured Using a 46-Camera Rig
Jun. 27, 2020Since the inception of virtual reality technology, we have come a long way watchingthe tech develop. Now, people use the said technology tocreate their favorite puborroam around historic placesvirtually. However, Google’s AI division is pushing the technology further as they see the potential of virtual reality in improving media. This is the reason they have developed a 46-camera rig to capture unique VR videos that let viewers change the video perspective and see objects that weren’t even there in the first place.
The Mountain View-based tech giant has been experimenting with VR technology for quite some time. Their latest project, the “Light Field Videos”, will be presented at SIGGRAPH, the annual conference on computer graphics to be held from July 19-July 23.
Now, with this new technique of capturing videos, Google is using an array of cameras to capture footage of a scene simultaneously. They are thentaking all the footage and merging all of it to make a comprehensive 3D videowith which viewers can interact much more freely than traditional VR experiences.
The “light field videos” are specially made thatallow the viewers to change the perspective of the video in real-time just by moving their viewpoint. Users can move their heads to various directions to see objects that weren’t even there in the frame the first time. This makes these videos much truer to life than any other VR video that you have ever seen.
So, if you are intrigued by this project, you can check it out on itsofficial websitefor more technical details. You can also check out the sample “light field videos” that Google made as long as you have theChrome browserand enable the “experimental web platform” feature of the web-browser.
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