Volumetric video holds the potential to re-invent the live-streaming experience, with UK tech outfit Condense emerging as a pioneer.
Channel 4’s Taskmaster app for the Apple Vision Pro indicates that broadcasters see a future in streaming augmented and virtual reality experiences. However, like many such apps, it hardly scratches the surface of spatial computing’s potential. The viewer may be in a virtual world but the show itself is the same 2D passive broadcast experience.
As displays such as Vision Pro and Meta’s pending Orion AR glasses dial up the comfort and fidelity of content in virtual worlds, content experiences will be three-dimensional, and if they are live, the audience will be able to interact with the show’s talent.
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