That’s not to say that VR180 is necessarily dead. Videos produced in the format are still being uploaded to YouTube every day, and there still seems to be interest among video professionals ...

It 's still early days for VR180. It's also easy to see why camera makers want it to succeed. The traditional action camera market seems to be saturating, and the point-and-shoot market has pretty ...

When Google-owned platform YouTube introduced VR180 last year, it introduced the format as a way for creators to shoot immersive photos and videos for VR headsets that still have a normal ...

YouTube is showing off a brand new file format for creators who want to check out VR but are intimidated by taking the full plunge with all the crazy hardware and production issues. It’s called ...

At today's Vidcon event, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki rolled out a new format for videos called VR180. Intended to split ... in a virtual reality headset, but still have a normal perspective ...

180-degree photos and videos are easier to frame, and still capture a bit of immersiveness. They're also easier to view on a phone. The VR180 app can flatten the images and videos to be viewable ...

but those cameras would have to already have 3D capability to get the full effect from VR180, something that is still rare even from consumer 360-video cameras.

While the number of headsets is still growing, it’s still not enough that VR viewers can sustain a channel, and while VR180 videos are visible in “magic window” mode without a headset as ...

However, many content creators, and indeed some VR headset owners, are still getting used to making ... The new format is called VR180, and as you might have guessed, it’s been designed to ...

The idea is that VR180 will still give people a reason to adopt VR headsets without requiring content creators to make the dramatic jump from standard to 360-degree video. Without a VR headset and ...

VR180 is a new format that will be supported ... videos are viewed on a normal screen like a phone or laptop, they still actually look pretty good, unlike 360-degree videos. Furthermore, you ...