HypeVR is developing volumetric video tech which we called “a glimpse at the future of VR video,” when we got to see it back in January. Now the company has adapted their system for Apple’s ARKit, showing how phone-based augmented reality can be used to view volumetric footage, and allow users to step through a portal into the footage.
The video above shows a volumetric video scene from HypeVR being played back on an iPhone SE (which is of the ‘6S’ generation) The company is employing a ‘portal’ as a way of navigating from the real-world into the volumetric space...the phone is actually relaying its movements to a cloud server which then renders the appropriate video frame and sends it back to the phone, all fast enough for a hand-held AR experience.
Tran says that the ultimate vision for HypeVR revolves around distribution and monetization of volumetric video. The company is in the process of raising a Series A investment...
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