Google updates YouTube app with Cardboard VR support

I nearly knocked my water bottle off a table as I whipped around to see more of the stunning vista. This is the first week in which the real-deal VR video software for YouTube apps on Android and iOS is available to all. “So if you were excited about 360-degree videos, this is pretty freakin’ cool”.

YouTube has taken another step to make it more fun and exciting to use its service. They watch hundreds of millions of hours of video.

If you’re not using annotations, you’re missing out on the best way to bring referral traffic to your site from YouTube. Not only can you check out what videos with annotations got clicks, but also the “type” of annotation that was used, and the geographic location of the user who clicked. The number of videos posted in Vietnam has surged 235 percent over the past year, she said, as cited by news website Saigon Times Online. Tap the cardboard icon and you get a split-screen view that lets you slide your phone into a headset, strap it to your face and get a much more immersive experience.

“The future of VR is being able to walk around an entire room and feel like you’re there”, said Bengali. YouTube Red is the latest, but arguably most damning, evidence of YouTube failing to fulfill its responsibilities not as a video-sharing site, but as an employer.

“I think the tools for making virtual reality have gotten cheaper, while the tools for watching it have gotten more accessible”.

Oculus Rift is scheduled for launch subsequent close to and is predicted to value between $ 300 to $ 350. You can get a unit for around , far cheaper than the competition.

For those who just want to enjoy YouTube as it is now, fear not. In it are a table and couch, padding on the wall to muffle sound and a few neon green tape on the floor. YouTube staff had removed the fun stuff it wasn’t ready to talk about. The YouTube you’ve come to know and love won’t change if you decide to skip on Red. It’s the same picture, but from a slightly shifted angle. Now when you want to return after a week, it’s not that you have to watch it from the beginning.

Virtual Reality (VR) has already emerged as the next level of video playback. That’s where Jump comes in. By selecting a 3D option, viewers can immerse themselves within these videos, especially when watching through devices like Google Cardboard. The camera rigs to do this are expensive, so there’s not a lot of content yet. The idea for now is to just see what happens.

Here is a GIF showing the action and where to find the Cardboard setting. But it is a little like standing in the center of a perfectly round room, then projecting a movie onto every inch of the walls: You can look around, and it’s certainly a different way to watch, but it’s flat. Each artist page also has a collection of their YouTube videos. If you’re a content creator, no matter how big or small, this is troubling news. It still works like the regular YouTube.