Jaunt unveils NEO, a high-end camera setup for virtual reality movies
Jaunt has announced NEO; a professional-grade 360-degree VR camera system. Jaunt spent 2 ½ years on R&D to overcome the shortcomings of off-the-shelf VR camera solutions, including those built into previous Jaunt camera rigs. In their press release they say that “NEO is a flexible system that offers turn-on-and-shoot simplicity for capturing spontaneous events, while also providing full manual control for creatives to set up the perfect shot.” NEO system features include fully synchronized global shutter sensor array, HDR, large format sensors for superior low-light performance, and time-lapse and high frame-rate capture. “Every aspect of the NEO design… was engineered with cinematic VR capture in mind,” said Koji Gardiner, Director of Hardware Engineering at Jaunt. "The camera is a very bespoke camera, and it's going to be produced at low volume," says CTO Arthur van Hoff. In addition to the NEO camera series, Jaunt also engineered important improvements to their creative workflow. Jaunt Studios partners can edit VR content using tools such as Avid, Premiere, Final Cut Pro X, Nuke, RV, Shotgun, Maya, 3Ds Max, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, Scratch, and Lustre. Jaunt will lease the NEO to Jaunt Studio partners starting in August.
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