PowerPoint Presentation

Daan Kip, VP strategic partnershipsdaankip@video-stitch.com

- intro; tell something about videostitch, our products but begin with introducing myself1

Immersionintovirtual realityis a perception of being physicallypresentin a non-physical world. The perception is created by surrounding the user of the VR system in images, sound or otherstimulithat provide an engrossing total environment.

- why i got into VR - immersion. makes it so much fun to play around with it. felt fully immersed last year at OC1.2

- yesterday we talked about the early days of cinema. similarities in exploring a new medium, people immersed themselves in cinemas's.strong reactions.3

Hellmuth Karasekin the German magazineDer Spiegelwrote that the film had a particularly lasting impact; yes, it caused fear, terror, even panic."

- mac cauley mentioned the urban myth of people running out of a movie theatre.4

- this is how we immerse ourselves right now. again strong reactions.5

- demoing stangers a year ago to random people, strong reaction from looking around, especially seeing the dog.6

- mark zuckerberg also had a strong reaction on VR, buying oculus and talking about VR everywhere7

- VR headsets becoming available to a bigger audience8

Cinematic VR and live streaming

- videostitch builds software that is used in Cinematic VR, 360 video9

How did we get where we are today?

2004 : our founder Nicolas created his first panorama photograph. It took one week to stitch a single panorama.2007 : he wrote a thesis on panoramic photography. Started freelancing in this industry.2009 : lead a large virtual tour project in France2010 : first big project with Renault2011 : VideoStitch founded to produce 360 video2012 : pivot to focus on software2013 : first post-production 360 stitching software on the market2015 : first 360 live stitching software on the market

- about VS, history, paris based, SF office, 20 people fast paced growth, cool projects10

VideoStitch Studio post-production

VideoStitch Studio post-production

VideoStitch Vahana VR live stitching

- again: strong reaction to Vahana VR. 360 3D live stream demo at Siggraph14

Live streaming pipeline (ecosystem)

camera rig / recordingstitching software / processingencoding / hostingCDN/ deliveryplayer / web or HMD

- live stream pipeline overview15

Camera segmentationlow endmid rangeprofessional2D3D

Difference 2D and 3D (stereoscopic)m which affects the pipeline tremendously -> next slide things to take into consideration16

Camera rig lots of cameras are quite a hassle

Talk about shooting footage at OC217

Delivery large file sizes need a lot of bandwidth

Making a high-quality and stable stream is difficult18

HMD screen resolution has to be improved

Taking the first steps in being there live

Thanks for your time!

Mail me at:daankip@video-stitch.com