When I was a kid, I used to put music on the family’s large speaker system and cup my ears towards the sound, making my own personal sound shaping experience. If you do it yourself now, you’ll know what I mean – cup your hands and place them behind your ears. You get a very […]
Live Periscoping Right Here!
Tonight on 2GB, I’ll be turning on my Periscope app to show me in action “live in studio”. Periscope is a live video broadcasting service from Twitter that allows anyone to turn their smartphone into a broadcasting camera. Although I haven’t used it much yet, I’ve gained 100 followers and have had over ten thousand […]
360 Degree Video Review & Camera Demo
Now and then along comes technology that really does blow people away. I’ve been showing friends my 360 Youtube videos and it’s literally the first time they’ve seen this format of video before. The combination of amazement and confusion while trying to work out exactly what is going on in the YouTube player while they […]
HTC One M9 Smartphone First Look
HTC have released the successor to their flagship One (M8), and I had a chance to take one for a test drive. Here’s the short and sweet video giving you the rundown on the key features and changes to the latest premium smartphone from HTC.
The Dangers (And Thrills) of 360 VR Videos
Let me show you one of the benefits of having a full 360 degree camera vision. Now, there may or may not be something suspicious going on in the front row of the Paul McCartney VR performance produced by Jaunt, but I just had to put it out there to see what you guys think. […]
Virtual Reality Videos Compared – 360 vs 180
I thought we’d have a little chat about what VR video is all about. I’m going to use the Paul McCartney and Coldplay VR content as two examples of how different a VR experience can be depending on how it’s been produced. Firstly, both of these are available on both Google CardBoard and Gear VR […]
Samsung Gear VR Milk VR App Review
For VR to truly become a commercial success, compelling reasons for end users to invest in a headset need to become reality. Aside from games and experiential apps, one of the big drivers will undoubtedly be video content. Samsung this week released a curated video app called Milk VR, a further branch of their existing […]
My Home Connect Security System Highlights
The Internet of Things is one of the massive growth areas of the technology sector, and Home Security is one of the areas that will benefit from this connected environment. I had an opportunity to use a new home security product from My Home Connect, which offers IP connected sensors and cameras to create a […]
Dodocase Kickstarter DYI VR Kit
Dodocase were one of the first to release a Google Cardboard kit complete with lenses and magnets, providing a full cheap VR experience using the Google Cardboard platform. Now, via Kickstarter, Dodocase are involved in the DIY VR movement, with the aim of making VR available to everyone and anyone regardless of price or technology barriers. […]
The Zeiss VR One Is The Best Google Cardboard
Hey there, it’s Ritchie D here. If you follow my channel you’ll know that I’ve been getting into mobile virtual reality lately, and my last segment looked at the VR One from Zeiss. I’ll be honest, I didn’t get the VR One headset so I could jump into their ecosystem, I actually thought it would […]