DRAGON and VR...

[Lucas Wilson]

Hi all,

Long time since I've posted on RedUser, and my path since then has gone all sorts of interesting places. One of those places is firmly embedded in the VR world. I thought the collective would like seeing these rigs.

This setup is being used for 3 upcoming VR shoots for big-name clients. And the production/post pipeline just works. Shoot and deliver - to Oculus Rift DKI or DKII, Samsung GearVR, Google Cardboard, and others.

Stay tuned... ; )

Best,

Lucas

 

[Patrick Tresch]

Welcome back Mr. Wilson! Thanks for sharing again.

Pat

 

[Luke Neumann]

That is really awesome. Would love to see some of this stuff when it lands.

 

[Tony Mac]

Which wide lenses have you found work best? Or which do you prefer? The canon 8-15mm fisheye? I might have a VR job coming up and was probably just going to go with the Canon fisheye.

 

[Jarek Zabczynski]

Thems be some weird rigs.

 

[Peter Lyons Collister ASC]

Lucas, So great to hear what you have been up to....I knew you would surface sooner than later...Great rigs but here is the future!

http://gizmodo.com/the-insane-camera-rig-being-used-to-shoot-360-degree-oc-1682581101

 

[Lucas Wilson]

Ha! Hey Peter... I was actually pulled into that conversation with a different adult entertainment company. I just... well... it was a bad idea on *so* many levels. : )

 

[Gavin Greenwalt]

I assume though that this VR is in 2D only and not stereo.

 

[Lucas Wilson]

No. It's Stereo.

 

[Nick Morrison]

Wow...amazing look into the future! Thanks for sharing!!
best

 

[PatrickFaith]

Love to see more of the workflow, especially how it's moved into things like unity.

 

[Gavin Greenwalt]

No. It's Stereo.

Where is the depth coming from if you only have the one camera per direction without total overlap? Does that mean you are tessellating a displaced sphere and then re-rendering each VR eye?

 

[Ben Roper]

I'd like to know the answer to that question too....

 

[Lucas Wilson]

Look at the picture titled "Rig3." That is a stereo pair that points at the primary point of focus for the filmmaker, which covers about a 170 degree hemisphere to the front of the viewer. The rest of the cameras are 2D. So, a more accurate way of describing this rig is "3D + 2D."

 

[Elsie N]

Any thoughts about doing this real-time? Seems near impossible to me, but what do I know?

 

[Lucas Wilson]

Realtime stitching/viewing on a Rift is hard. Not impossible... but hard. And for 3D, very hard! But we have a very good and consistent dailies workflow that flows smoothly into editorial, color, and finish. Also for binaural + tetrahedral audio.

 

[Mike P.]

Lucas, do you need an intern? 'Cause this stuff is bananas...

 

[Lucas Wilson]

From a shoot today... binaural recording with our friends from Audeze for a VR music video...

 

[Ben Roper]

What the heck am I looking at there?!

 

[Lucas Wilson]

A binaural recording head.