The Camera That Makes Virtual Reality Feel Real

摘要

Facebook, Google, HTC, and plenty of startups are betting big on virtual reality. But VR headsets could join the graveyard of overhyped gadgets if there's nothing to watch. Luckily production houses and filmmakers are working on realistic virtual experiences, Though it's going to take more than a camera that can shoot 360 degrees of footage. Arthur van Hoff, co-founder of virtual-reality studio Jaunt VR, is a tinkerer. At age 12 he made a working photocopier out of LEGOs and a felt-tip pen, and he used that ingenuity to build the Jaunt prototype camera. It's made of 16 modified GoPro cameras housed in a 3-D-printed carousel. Jaunt's fleet of 20 has logged hundreds of hours of footage, like Paul McCartney performing "Live and Let Die" and Yahoo Screen's sci-fi comedy Other Space. But the real innovation comes after the shoot.