Tag: VR - Eric Cheng
Eric Cheng

Tag: VR

The mess of prescription optical inserts for VR headsets

I've been looking into prescription optical inserts for my VR headsets so I don't need to get a special contact lens prescription just for VR use... and it's messy.

Meta Horizon Workrooms “lean back” move is the most immersive thing

This might seem like a minor thing, but when we're screen sharing in presentation mode in Meta Horizon Workrooms (a VR workspace), sometimes someone starts talking and it makes me "lean back" to establish eye contact. We're lined up classroom style, and the room is set up to allow everyone to see a large shared screen...

Recording and livestreaming from Oculus Quest, with audio

Oculus Quest and Oculus Go have a screen recording feature built-in, but if you’re looking to livestream in realtime or to record with audio synchronization, you might find one of these options more useful. Also, you can use these methods to cast both video and audio to a display for use at parties and other ...

How to upload 3D-180 VR video to Facebook

In June 2018, Facebook announced support for 3D-180 video. Along with that post, Facebook made available a detailed PDF guide for how to stream or share 3D-180 video on Facebook. This post is a condensed version of that guide, and focuses on uploading video to personal profiles. Uploading 3D-180 video to a Facebook page (vs a personal profile) is relatively ...

Oculus Connect 5 | Video That Doesn’t Suck: Stereo(scopic) 3D-180° For VR

In this session recording from OC5, we'll cover best practices for creating 3D-180 video for distribution and playback in Oculus Go through a live workshop.

Playing local and cloud-stored 360 and 180 videos in Oculus Go (VR headset)

I’ve been getting this question from a bunch of people, so I wanted to write it up for sharing. Oculus Gallery for Oculus Go is a wonderful player for playing back local and cloud-stored personal video. It supports 360 and 180 (mono and stereoscopic) and flat video, and also supports spatial audio. If a user’s goal is ...

Peak quality 3D 180 immersive video in Oculus Go and Gear VR

In March 2018, I shot and edited a stereoscopic 3D-180 mini-documentary about Bob Kramer, one of the most well-known kitchen knife makers in the world. This is a case study about the project, which was conceived to develop a workflow to enable a single person to generate high-quality stereoscopic video content for VR headsets.

Sloths in Panama, presented immersive VR / 3D-180

In February, I accompanied sloth scientist Bryson Voirin to Panama in search of sloths. Armed with a stereoscopic 180 camera and an ambisonic audio recorder, my goal was to capture footage of sloths in the most immersive way possible.

The Full 360: Creating High-Quality Immersive Videos (OC4 Talk)

My talk about 360 video at Oculus Connect 4 is now online! It’s a high-level summary about the current state of 360 video including equipment and workflow, followed by a chat with Paul Raphaël and Ryan Horrigan of Félix & Paul Studios about the making of MIYUBI.