[xinglin jiang]

I am not satisfied with the resolution and stitching of my Vuze plus, and the high end real stuffs are too expensive and too bulky to use during travelling.

so I come up with this idea to film high resolution VR video with cell phone.

I know it has limitations. but it should be enough for selfie and family use.

What do you think?


Compare to VR camerias it has:

very low cost. the two-axis turntable cost no more than 20 $. a stereo lense like this cost 5 $.

High portability. comparable to a selfie stick.

fully automation by app control.

high resolution (higher than what human eyes need).

no stitching problem.

the result can be viewed and checked on the same phone with a vr box.

To an ordinary consumer, it can be as easy as:

1) turn on the app, pair the phone with the turntable, piont the phone to a planned direction then press “start”

2) may hide behind the cameras during the scanning step (which take no more than 2 mins).

3) after a beep, the phone start the stero video filming while tracking the target. so the target can move freely around the phone.

4) after the filming the phone may need a while to do the rendering. then you can preview the result with a cheap VR box.

limitations:

1) stereo lense will reduce the image quality. -- yes, it is better to use two phones together or a phone specially developped with two-eye lences.

2) it can only make vr video from a fixed point.-- yes, but vr video with a moving viewing point make people really sick. most vr video online are filmed from fixed position.

3) the vr video can have only one moving target (or a group of targets that always stay together) -- yes, But this is enough for selfie and family use. this is not for filming a sport event.