I just had my first experience of light fields in Google VRs Welcome to light fields app on steam. A light field is a new form of photography that unlike a still photograph captures all possible photographs from any given angle in a restricted field around the camera. Instead of a single camera lens there is an array of lenses that rotate. This camera...
Welcome to Light Fields2018
Welcome to Light Fields
2018 Google82Great
Playtime
BriefTypically 1 hour
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Welcome to Light Fields. Experience real-world reflections, depth, and translucence like never before in VR. Explore the Gamble House, Mosaic Tile House, and the Space Shuttle Discovery. These navigable stills showcase the emerging technology Google is using to power its next generation of VR content.
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Masterpiece- Steam95from 214 reviews
This technology is insane. I heard about lightfield captures for VR years ago. I kept wondering what it would look like and when I could see it on my Vive. I gotta say.. Absolutely shattered my expectations. I knew it would look good but this blows point cloud data out of the water. Limitations exist obviously but this is the future for static enviroments...
This is very impressive and works great. Way better than 360° photos. I realize that this is just a demo. I hope more content is coming soon. Google, we need guided museum and city tours just like this introductory one. I'd pay money for that. All negative reviews seem to come from people with older CPUs. Thankfully everything worked fine on my pc. PC...
Very impressive high quality VR pictures.
Especially the one in the kitchen made feel for a moment that I am really there.
Please give us more as well as some movement someday.
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You get a 360° photo show. Not everyone will probably like all the content, it's a matter of taste. You can do a narrated run through all the photos but I would advice to go into single photos afterwards as you have much more time to look around then. I pretty much enjoyed being in the Spaceshuttle and watch at the endless number of knobs and switches. (Played...