JAUNT UNVEILS FIRST PRO 360-DEGREE VR CAMERA BUILT FROM THE GROUND UP
MOST VR CAMERAS HAVE BEEN MADE USING COMMODITY COMPONENTS. JAUNT WANTS TO MIX HIGH DESIGN AND AN END-TO-END PRODUCTION PIPELINE.
The first camera purpose-built from scratch to do the job may finally be here.
Today, Jaunt VR, a Palo Alto, California-based startup, unveiled what it said is the world’s first pro-grade camera designed from the ground up to shoot cinematic virtual-reality content.
Called the Neo, it is meant to be used in conjunction with Jaunt’s existing hardware and software VR film production system, and supplants the company’s previous-generation camera—which was essentially a heavily modified set of GoPros with a special casing.
Roman Polanski Is Still Being Pursied
A Polish court set to rule on a U.S. request to extradite filmmaker Roman Polanski over his 1977 child sex conviction has received the legal documents from U.S. authorities to move forward on the case.
If the court rules in favor of the extradition, the case will be passed to the Polish justice minister for a final decision.
Polanski, who has joint French and Polish citizenship, lives in France, a country that does not extradite its citizens. But the Oscar-winning director has been preparing to shoot his next movie in Poland. If the extradition request were to be granted, that shoot would be jeopardized. The film is about the Dreyfus Affair, a notorious case of miscarriage of justice from early 20th Century France. The Polish film board has said it will co-finance the movie.
Polanski, 82, served 42 days in jail in Los Angeles, as part of a 90-day plea bargain but he fled the U.S. before serving out his sentence, believing the judge hearing his case could overrule his deal and put him in jail for years.
Lesson? Pursue your filmmaking vigurously and don't get into trouble with a law in the States, if you ever want to work in Hollywood.
NextVR, a virtual reality technology and content company, introduced a 360-degree 3D virtual reality rig outfitted with six RED Epic 5K Dragon cameras at IBC in Amsterdam last week. The “NextVR Virtual Reality Digital Cinema Camera System” supports the recording and live streaming of immersive, ultra high definition, stereoscopic content at 60fps and includes spatial audio capture. NextVR also unveiled VR content acquired with the equipment, displaying it on the new Samsung Gear VR headset
RGH Entertainment Developing 3D In 360 Degrees For Film And Theme Parks
The company, which is producing Paul McCartney’s animated feature High In The Clouds, is also at the forefront in of a breakthrough in the way 3D entertainment will be experienced in the future. It is currently developing a sizzle reel, in which McCartney will voice one of the main characters. It will also feature seven or eight of his new songs, including a rollicking tune performed by Lady Gaga that hasn’t been heard yet outside the studio.
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IDIOTAPE + MAX HATTLER at Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea, 2015. 35-minute concert.