A recent post by Tracy Swedlow, an owner/author at Interactive TV Today, highlights how it has been used to shoot video of hockey as well as music experiences in her article: Immersive Media Powers 360 Degree Interactive Video for CBC/Radio Canada and MTV Networks (12/8/09) Tracy also mentions that the recent MTV-U Woodie Awards performances were filmed in 360 degree video by Immersive Media, and can be viewed on-line.
It is worth taking a look at the videos, even if you aren't interested in the performers!
At any point in the 360 video, you can pan around to see that moment as it happened, from every direction. You can look at the excited audience, the video art backdrop, the lights bouncing off the drum-set, parts of the ceiling or the floor of the stage. Each time you view the video, you can have a different experience.
Below are a couple of screen shots of the performances, with links to the MTV-U Woodie Awards website, where you can watch the videos. The first screen shot shows is a picture of the lay-out. Viewers can choose their point-of-view by clicking and dragging on the video as it is in motion, or by moving the point-of-view selection box in the panel below the video.
Death Cab for Cutie Meet Me On the Equinox (Live)
Below is a screen shot of the bottom half of the video only
The Dead Winter: Treat Me Like Your Mother (Live)
Note: I stopped the video to look around the 360 panorama as a still picture, but when clicked to view the rest of the performance, the music kept playing, but the video did not continue. This is probably a kink that needs to be worked out. Panning around the video during the action was not a problem.
2009 Woodie Awards Performances (non 360, higher quality)
2009 Woodie Awards Performances in 360
Immersive Media
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