A video like this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1gcBPkS8gU
Or a still like this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTPDGjg67Zk
It would let everyone "INTO" the game sooner and would be great promotion you can put right up on youtube.
I want something like this in 360° with the sound of the water.
Lol, I didn't either. I've seen stuff in VR demos, but didn't realize it was already on youtube. I think Visionary Realms should make use of this tech asap. Having videos of scenic locations would be an amazing way of allowing people to feel like they are already a part of the world. Like a shot of boats going in and out of a port or a busy city street.
It's the future! haha
Facebook has a 360° player now too. If you have a Google Cardboard or better headset you can look around with your head.
This is how they're made from what I've read, unless there's an easier way now especially with Unity. You need a tool that can record actual gameplay where you can play it back from different angles. You can't just record live video in 360° because the games don't render what you're not looking at. So then you make video recordings from atleast 6 angles like a box. After that you use a stitching program to combine them into one 360° video/image. The more angles, the better since with only 6 you get warping from turning the box into a sphere. That's just what I read though, I have no idea how to do it myself.
Here's a couple from WoW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6X9pbQJqxg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbBg79G0wTQ
One from Archeage almost a year ago (best in slow motion and high quality)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACZsZEhYOxw
Pretty cool stuff
Dullahan said:
Nice one Dullahan! Free is a very good price.
Couldn't find a way to do it from desktop outside of the engine itself. I'm sure theres a way but I got tired of sorting through bad info on google.
Another plugin for Unity is https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/38755. I think this one is actually more popular. There is more information on it here:
http://www.roadtovr.com/capturing-virtual-worlds-a-method-for-taking-360-virtual-photos-and-videos/
They actually show the Viking village Unity demo from last year as a 360 video at the end.
I made my own (sort of ) :P
I was watching some parts of the video in 360° on my Oculus using Virtual Desktop. It distorts the video into a sphere and makes it more zoomed in (clostrophobic?) but still looks pretty cool in some parts. I used a screen capture to record a bit and make a gif showing all between the UI on each side. I should have looked up and down a bit more to show it off but it turned out a cool gif of the view anyway.
Edit: Intense spherical dungeon! Bent wizard staff! Aradune casts Gaze of Death!
Another cool new example :)
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/technology/ansel/conan-exiles-ansel-360-degree-image-gallery
