- 7:34 PM, Friday,
May 14th, 2021:
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- So I finally
broke down and bout a 180 degree 3D camera. The
visceral feeling of "BEING THERE" is so intense
and I really wanted to capture the kids in a way that
I'll be able to throw on a headset and really feel
it.
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- Not that
I can't with all the 2D stuff, but it feels more
film-like when I do that. It's great! Of course,
I like documenting things like a film... but VR?
3D videos you watch in a VR headset? Oh jesus they're
real. It's oftentimes "hold your breath" real. And
although the good cameras for that are like $50,000?
Now you can do this for $400:
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- Now, how do you
watch this in VR? Man, it's such a pain in the ass. On
my Quest 2 you have to go to YouTube in a browser
(NOT THE YOUTUBE APP OF FUCKING COURSE)
and then hit play and on the options select VR and
side-by-side 3D. Then of course restart the video and
it should work. Of course the moment there's a system
update that will probably all change <throws hands
up>. So I won't be doing this again for The Journey
for a long, long time. But for those who can figure it
out (and can stream at a REALLY HIGH RATE) it
should look pretty cool. Almost a bit uncomfortable
because I put the camera too damn close. It's
different than a normal camera because as a vbiewer
you're literally ZOOMING IN about 2-3x more than
when you're just watching a normal video. In the
future I will definitely be setting the camera up
further away.
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- ...but it's pretty
clear now that if I'm ever making the GolfKon video
game? I'm not doing the SNES style or even a modern
style: I'm doing it in VR. I don't care if I lose
money or it wastes my time: I want GolfKon
documented in VR and I still think my autobiographical
story is a great setting for a construction/RPG
videogame.
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- Soon.
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- Adam
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