Off the record VR - "Stay"

Initially conceived as an ambitious lens test, this multi-camera spherical video production exemplifies what I envision as a logical step forward for immersive video, something I'm calling "Couch VR".

 

"Stay" by Zedd & Alessia Cara

Couch VR is a vision for spherical panoramic video that relies on a single extreme wide angle lens mated to a single sensor to shoot a field of view equivalent to that of a seated person.  

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The Lens

A unique 250 degree lens from Entaniya provides the perfect field of view for Couch VR.  This lens is the only of it's kind capable of projecting such a wide field of view onto a large sensor, in this case Micro Four Thirds.

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The Camera

The Panasonic GH5 is an unparalleled choice for shooting single lense spherical panoramic video because of it's unrivaled resolution, framerate, and colorspace while shooting in a 4:3 aspect ratio.