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- FlySpy is a hybrid of traditional film and virtual reality. With two different versions: one for a traditional screen and one for VR headsets, FlySpy is the first of its kind. All virtual reality scenes are from the point of view of the remotely controlled nano-robot drone fly controlled by Greg.
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Flat Cap Films in Association with Talesmith and Stefan Allesch-Taylor Present FLYSPY an Award-Winning Virtual Reality/2D Hybrid Short Film Directed By: Daniel….
The fly's eye view! a head up display HUD interface seen through the VR goggles. A really fun project working along side some top talent including the model makers from the new Star Wars productions. ↑ Back to Top
Jan 9, 2022 · The Firefox Reality app is on Oculus and works more consistently for videos than other VR browsers. Open Firefox in VR and visit the website for the streaming service you’re interested in ...
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Why watch a video when VR was made for so much more? Well...it's really cool! Imagine watching a 3D movie, on a 100 inch curved TV that completely fills your field of vision. It's like having Barney Stinson's TV strapped to your head.
There are downsides, though. VR is still in its infancy, and your headset's resolution isn't really good enough to offer the highest quality video. As in games, you can definitely see the pixels, and your movie will have that "screen door effect" on it. In addition, I found my eyes started to hurt after an hour or so, and the straps started to hurt my head after an hour and a half. Your mileage may vary, of course, but it's probably not ideal for watching full movies. It is great, however, for watching your favorite scenes in a way you've never seen them before, or watching shorter videos meant to be seen in 3D or VR.
There are four kinds of video you can watch in VR, each of which you can obtain from different sources:
•Regular 2D video: These are the normal videos you find on YouTube, or rip from DVDs and Blu-ray discs.
•3D video: You've seen 3D movies at the theater, and you can buy those 3D movies on Blu-ray, too. To watch them in VR, you can rip that 3D Blu-ray to a "side by side" or "over under" format, which is playable on a VR headset in 3D. (You'll usually have the choice between Full SBS, which contains each eye in full resolution, or Half SBS, which contains each eye in subsampled half resolution. Full SBS videos are noticeably higher quality, but take up more hard drive space and more graphics power to play.)
•180 or 360 degree video: These types of video are fairly new, but you can check out lots of them on YouTube or download them from other sources. On your 2D monitor, you can use the mouse to drag the video around to see different views, but played on an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, you can actually look around using your headset's head tracking. It's very cool.
•Full VR video: This format combines 3D and 180 or 360 degree footage for a completely immersive, 3D, head-tracking experience. You can watch a few for free on YouTube, and buy some video demos from companies like VideoBlocks. Though if we're being honest, most of the VR videos out there right now are, well, porn.
There aren't nearly as many 360 and VR videos out there as 2D and 3D movies, but as VR continues to grow, so will the selection.
If you wanted to watch a movie on the Rift or Vive headsets, you just put the movie on your PC and play using the instructions further down in this article. But if you're using an Oculus Go headset, everything is self-contained and it doesn't plug into your PC at all. So how do you get the movies onto the headset? Here are your options:
•You can use the built-in Browser app, which you can launch using the menu at the bottom---you're just going to want to make sure that you use private browsing mode, learn how to clear your history, and how to delete downloaded files. You know, in case you're watching something embarrassing, like Linux fan club videos. Depending on the site that you're getting videos from, you can usually just stream them without having to download at all.
•Download the files to your PC and either copy them directly to the Oculus headset using a USB cable or stream them from your PC or Mac to your Oculus Go using Skybox VR. Keep reading for the instructions on how to use it.
Important Note: If you are streaming directly off a website, make sure to click once the movie starts playing and click the HQ icon and change it to HD or the highest resolution possible. Most sites default to a really blurry resolution but they have HD if you manually choose it.
When it comes to watching VR videos, you can always view streaming content in the browser, watch local videos, or anything you've paid for in the app store. But when it comes to watching downloaded content, you're going to need to look at other options, like Skybox VR, our favorite choice.
Note: Got a Plex server? You can just install the Plex client from the store from the respective link (Gear VR, Daydream, or Oculus Go) and connect to your server. That's pretty much all there is to it. If you don't want to mix your VR videos into your Plex server, or you just want to play content that you've downloaded directly onto the headset itself, your best bet is to use Skybox VR Player instead.
For all intents and purposes, Skybox is a content library--a digital VR theater, if you will. It catalogs local video on your device, allowing you to watch pretty much anything you want in VR on your Daydream View or Gear VR---simply install the app and let it do its thing. But here's the best part: it doesn't just work with videos stored locally on your phone---you can also use the AirScreen plugin to stream videos from your PC as long as it's on the same Wi-Fi network as your phone.
First, install the Skybox client on your VR headset by grabbing it from the store on your Oculus Go, Daydream, or Gear VR. If you've already got the videos locally on your headset, that's all you need to do.
If you have the videos on your PC, head over to Skybox's download section and grab the client for your computer (PC or Mac). Note: The Windows client is 64-bit only. Once downloaded, go ahead and give it a quick install.
Using Skybox is very easy: just click the "Open" button to add files or folders to its library. You can also drag and drop then into the player window.
It's worth noting that if your movie isn't displaying correctly, you should bring up the menu by clicking and use the cube icon to adjust the playback options. You can choose between side by side and 180 or 360 formats. If you aren't sure, just keep changing the options until the picture looks right.
Otherwise, you can use the settings button to change the aspect ratio and whatnot.
Update: Since the first time we wrote this article, the Skybox VR player has really improved and is well worth testing out first, mostly because it's completely free, and offers not just local playback, but also the ability to stream across the network from another PC. You can download it in the Oculus Rift Store, or for Vive users, get it on Steam. It's a great app with a lot of options for tweaking the playback.
Like we noticed for the Oculus Go earlier, if your movie isn't displaying correctly, you should bring up the menu by clicking and use the cube icon to adjust the playback options, and choose between 180 or 360 and side by side vs regular. And if you aren't sure, just keep changing the options until the picture looks right. You also might need to install the K-Lite codec pack to get things working if the movie won't play at all---just be careful of crapware in the installer.
There are a few different apps for watching videos in VR, but after testing a few, we settled on Whirligig. You can download an old free version on their web site, or get the $4 version on Steam, which gets occasional updates, improvements, and new features. I definitely recommend buying the $4 version, but you can try out the free version to see if it's your cup of tea first. (Note that the free version may stutter when playing large files.)
Related: How to Play SteamVR Games (and Other Non-Oculus Apps) on the Oculus Rift
If you have an Oculus Rift, you'll first need to enable Unknown Sources to allow SteamVR to use your Oculus Rift headset. By default, the Rift only allows apps from the Oculus Store, which means SteamVR and Steam games won'r work.
If you buy the $4 version of Whirligig on Steam, I also recommend opting into the beta. Whirligig is still under development, and if you want the best playback possible, you'll need the beta version with all the latest improvements. I found that large, full SBS videos stuttered in older, non-beta versions of Whirligig on my PC, but played just fine in the latest beta.
So, after buying Whirligig, open Steam, head to the Library tab, and click "Games" in the upper right-corner of the sidebar. Click "Software" to find Whirligig in your Library.
Then, right-click on Whirligig in Steam's sidebar, and go to Properties. Click the "Betas" tab, and opt into the latest beta in the dropdown menu. Whirligig will update to the latest possible version.
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Apr 22, 2016 · FlySpy is a short-thriller about a young, genius deviant called Greg, who has made a wirelessly controlled drone in the form of a fly with a camera in its head. Everything the fly can see Greg can see.
FlySpy is a short-thriller about a young, genius deviant called Greg, who has made a wirelessly controlled drone in the form of a fly with a camera in its head. Everything the fly can see Greg can see.
