360 Video for dummies (Like me)

On the plane on my way to California, I couldn’t keep out of my mind the idea of doing some cool 360 video for the first time.   I thought I had it all figure out. I was going to do one cool 360 video walking down Hollywood Boulevard and, since I’m an over achiever, I was going to do a pretty cool little planet video there too, because how hard can it be right? WRONG.   The following tips might seem obvious but are important things to consider before...

Assignment 5: Bird Library

For my assignment 5, I wanted to show how crowded Bird Library gets during a week like midterms or finals week. As someone who goes to the library my fair share, it is definitely obvious that there is more foot traffic going in and out of the building now that at regular times during the semester. As for the video, recording with the Samsung Gear 360 is way better than recording with the Omni, in my opinion. Stitching with Autopano can be a huge time-sucker, and may not look good...