Trier VR video series around Roman Ruins, shot in 8k 60fps Stereo 3D, now on the TV app!

[MaebbieVR180]

You can find a new VR180 video series set in an over 2000 year old Trier on the Quest TV app. It takes you in and around Trier, which has a lot of ancient roman ruins right in their modern city. It is quite the contrast. Here is a short flat video trailer:

You can find the complete series here, it contains 3 tours and a few longer form sceneries:
https://creator.oculus.com/community/100233395107512/631822295031013/
(or search for "Maebbie" or "Trier" in the app)

[Hiro_Protag0nist]

Will watch these later - thanks @MaebbieVR180 .  I absolutely love watching good quality videos in VR - stereo especially.

Also, anything by Hugh Hou is a must for me!

[MaebbieVR180]

Thanks mate! I take great care to shoot in high quality, that stereo is properly aligned, camera is stable on a tripod and 100% level and other misc stuff. All my VR180 videos also feature spatial audio. VR180 is the best VR video format and the more quality ones we have the more people can see its potential.

Hugh is a great VR video creator, I am always amazed how he manages to fix up 360 3D videos so the stereo is working properly, must take a lot of patience.

[ThyRuinedKing]

Hmm...

I've never actually taken the plunge into seeing 360VR videos. I know of a few I've had in mind to see, like the music video for Saturnz Barz by Gorillaz. If there are any recommendations, please share, would love to see as many great creations as possible of this experience!

[MaebbieVR180]

2D 360 just feels off in VR, since there is no depth and it feels like you are a fly in mid air. Only works for drone shots really.
3D 360 often has wrong stereo, as in things at the same distance from the camera will look to be at different distances away based on where you are turning towards. This is cause it has 4 to 8 cameras of which the image has to be stitched from.

I would recommend looking for VR180 video, its 180°, in 3D recorded using 2 lenses spaced as far apart as your eyes. No stitching required and most setups have tools to align stereo properly automatically. You also get twice the pixel density compared to 360 video. Also how often do you look behind you in Videos?
I obviously have a large catalogue of 60 VR180 videos, half of which are in 8k 60fps and they are worth your time.
Also check out VR180 videos from Virtuonaute, VRPaul, VR180Fan (has very stabilized motorbike rides) and HuebiVR (espcially the one where he took 11k stills and AI upscaled them, the cleanest stills I have ever seen in VR).

I am happy the TV app started showing what format a video is  .I dont even bother watching 360 2D or 360 3D anymore. VR180 is where its at. Start out on the TV app and look for "Discover immersive Video Creators", this is where you can find newly uploaded videos.

[Hiro_Protag0nist]

OK, watched a few now - working my way through them - think I want to live next to a canal in the Netherlands.  Also enjoying trying to spot @Maebbie in every shot lol

What camera are you using Maebbie?

[MaebbieVR180]

Glad to hear Hiro!

I like how it links to my other account on here lol. I think adding actual 3D credit is much better than the 2D image stuff. Never seen anyone else do it, but I have made a tutorial and blender config public for those interested who might be finding their way here in the future.

[MaebbieVR180]

I am using a canon R5 C, with the RF 5.2mm Dual Fisheye lens. I power it using a powerbank in order to be able to record 8k and 60fps. This is the only solution that I can take out with me that has these capabilities and its well worth it I find. I never swapped lenses on it and its weather-sealed too. 
Although I am hoping that one day there will be a more compact all in one vr180 camera that can do 8k 60fps and maybe even has a spatial audio mic built in... one can dream.
Here is my setup when recording btw, to the side is an attached arm with my spatial audio mic:

[MaebbieVR180]

I am terribly sorry for splitting my reply to now 3 messages, but if i had not then my reply would have vanished.
This is the image btw.
Canon R5 C in action