ImmersedLIVE is debuting a 53’ HybridVR truck at NAB 2017. The truck is a single OB unit with dual production bays designed to produce shows in 4K and 360° simultaneously, delivering significant cost and production efficiencies for live events. The truck will be in Las Vegas during NAB 2017 on April 25-26.
ImmersedLIVE brings experienced crews on-site to unify 4K video and 360° production, integrating workflows and managing how flat and immersive video coexist to deliver two great shows with minimal additional overhead. Inside of the truck, dual production bays allow for separate direction of 4K flat and 360° feeds.
ImmersedLIVE was formed as a collaboration of top creative and engineering talent working in VR production including FlightLine Films, Big Vision Productions, Radiant Images, Subtractive, SkyRae, and SuperSphere.
“Each of the individuals that came together to form ImmersedLIVE are among the pioneers of the rapidly emerging 360° video production space. We have included the top experts in camera technology from Radiant Images; leaders in immersive audio from Subtractive; the best in crew and broadcast integration from Big Vision Productions; innovation in 4K streaming and truck design from FlightLine Films; high-end technology and production integration from Skyrae; and my team from SuperSphere who have produced VR shows for Discovery, Sony, Disney, and Fox, to name a few,” said Lucas Wilson, founder of SuperSphere and ImmersedLIVE.
Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance
Apple and Google aren't giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers, a British watchdog said Friday in a report that recommends they face an investigation under new U.K. digital rules taking effect next year.
The Competition and Markets Authority took aim at Apple, saying the iPhone maker's tactics hold back innovation by stopping rivals from giving users new features like faster webpage loading. Apple does this by restricting progressive web apps, which don't need to be downloaded from an app store and aren't subject to app store commissions, the report said.
"This technology is not able to fully take off on iOS devices," the watchdog said in a provisional report on its investigation into mobile browsers that it opened after an initial study concluded that Apple and Google effectively have a chokehold on "mobile ecosystems."
The CMA's report also found that Apple and Google manipulate the choices given to mobile phone users to make their own browsers "the clearest or easiest option."
And it said that the a revenue-sharing deal between the two U.S. Big Tech companies "significantly reduces their financial incentives" to compete in mobile browsers on Apple's iOS operating system for iPhones.
Both companies said they will "engage constructively" with the CMA.
Apple said it disagreed with the findings and said it was concerned that the recommendations would undermine user privacy and security.
Google said the openness of its Android mobile operating system "has helped to expand choice, reduce prices and democratize access to smartphones and apps" and that it's "committed to open platforms that empower consumers."
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