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The Future Is Ticking:

New Camera Tech Filmmakers

Should Know About

By Daniel DiLallo / Special to YNOT stay locked on the focus point and rarely know how their tech will affect the adult industry
branch out to the rest of a 360° scene, so 180° in many big ways: immortalizing celebrities and
f you haven’t heard the buzz behind 180° or will work just fine for now. As people get more porn stars and entertainers, returning them
i360° cameras, monoscopic and stereoscopic comfortable and want to explore more in VR and to their youth and letting the next generation
and all the in-between, then you must be living their surroundings however, 360° will widen the experience them in a new and fresh way,
in a cave still drawing pictures on a wall. There view demand. interacting with them like never before and
are too many cameras to keep up with! People creating the ultimate adult fantasy world.
don’t know what to choose or what is hot and Users are still getting used to expansive views
what is not. Let me shed some light on this topic. and will demand more out of creators. You These guys are on their way to creating the
also can do really cool effects and make more most advanced, immersive adult experience
I am not a hardware guy. I am on the creative ever. Gamers and next-gen wave of adult content
interesting work this way. I have seen several
side but, as a director and content creator, we consumers will go crazy for their content, watch
pieces of content – say, orgies and Jacuzzi-type
need to know what camera we want to roll with scenes — that are really cool in VR and make use and see.
on a shoot. We also need to know what camera
of the 360° environment. I recommend Terpon if
we want to live stream with. If you want to hear more about volumetric
we stay on live streaming, 3D and 180.°
capture and would like me to go into details on
live Streaming Degrees of Freedom (dof) how it is done and what it can be used for (on the
business side or on the user side), please leave a
Cameras
You all know the latest and greatest standard comment and I will talk more in depth.
cameras. There are plenty to choose from there What are the most important developments
so I won’t even waste your time on that. (If you
in six dof cameras? Six dof adds a level of Daniel DiLallo is a former Activision game
want to learn more, comment on this post and I
presence to a scene unlike anything we developer now known as an adult industry
can answer some questions below.)
have experienced before, giving positioning pioneer in VR and AR. He is the creative
possibilities to video. The user can literally move director for 3x Studios, which achieved
Now, what if you want to get into VR or just
around and view angles of video, making them prominence with its work on blockbuster games
want to get a little more immersive with a 180° or
feel like they are in the video. It takes VR videos including Transformers, Guitar Hero and Spider
360° camera? What do you choose?
to a whole other level. For live cams especially, Man. 3x Studios works exclusively with Vivid
this will add a whole other dimension to the Entertainment toward the common goal of
The first question is do you want your content to
feeling of the user being close to you. redefining what adult entertainment can be. To
be monoscopic (flat) or stereoscopic (with depth)?
see their work, visit VividVirtual.com. DiLallo
A lot of people in the adult industry have had
I love where this technology is going and will welcomes readers’ questions and may be reached
some bad experiences with 3D. They’ve sunk
keep you posted as we develop more using at dan@3xstudios.com.
a lot of money into 3D videos with little return
six dof cameras. It’s still early here, with PC/
because the 3D televisions and 3D monitors
post-intensive to deal with, but there are plugins Reprinted courtesy of YNot
never took off.
on the way we have played with at CES this year.
Well, guess what – 3D is back, and it’s back
in a big way! Almost all virtual reality headsets Volumetric Cameras and their
support 3D, and developers have a general idea (Potential) impact
of the eyes positioning necessary to make 3D
look way better. Think 3D again — it is back. If you were at the AVNs this year, then you
most likely saw the long lines for our friends
Also, what do you choose: 180° degrees or at CamasutraVR’s booth. If you got to experience
360°? Studies have shown 90 percent of people what they were showing off, then you already

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