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Canon’s new VR simulator lets you try out bodies and lenses before you buy

Nov 14, 2016 by John Aldred 2 Comments
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You’re not really getting to test out those bodies and lenses, of course, but it’s an evolution of the simulators already available on the web. They lets users see the different field of view at different focal lengths on different sized sensors. The simulators also allow you to see some real-time feedback on how the settings you choose will affect the shot.

Canon have now announced a new VR camera simulator for Oculus Rift. Such tools have been around on the web for a long time. VR does offer the advantage of slightly more realism, though. You can actually turn and look around the scene to find a composition you like. You can even teleport around the scene and see it from a different angle completely. That’s much better than the sets of pre-shot static images you see on web simulators.

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Facebook to Support Spherical Interactive Video in News Feed

Mar 26, 2015 by Liron Samuels 1 Comment
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These 360-degree interactive videos are shot with up to 24 cameras at a time, allowing the viewer to change the point of view in any direction. It is much like Google Street View, except you can look up or down as well, and you do so while the video keeps playing.

The immersive videos will also be available on the Oculus Rift 3D goggles headset, made by Facebook’s recent acquisition, Oculus VR.

Despite Virtual Reality being associated mainly with gaming, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he expects VR video to be more engaging.

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Parrot Want In On The Photo Market, Has A New Drone: Bebop

May 12, 2014 by Maaz Khan 4 Comments
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In 2010, Parrot introduced the A.R.Drone, and in 2012, a new iteration of the model was released. For a while now, the company’s been a leader in wireless technology through its innovation and quality; when the A.R.Drone first released, drone photography was almost unheard of. Parrot’s had a tendency to be at the right place at the right time, and with their most recent announcement, it seems like that’s not stopping.

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Alex Baker is a portrait and lifestyle driven photographer based in Valencia, Spain. She works on a range of projects from commercial to fine art and has had work featured in publications such as The Daily Mail, Conde Nast Traveller and El Mundo, and has exhibited work across Europe

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John Aldred is a photographer with over 20 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter - and occasional beta tester - of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.

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