ouooga Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 One of the Bluecoats snare drummers shot a 360 video of their victory run. YouTube is able convert these videos for VR headset when you watch them on mobile, and I already own this VR Headset ($20 on Amazon). All together, I geeked out for about 15 minutes last night, enjoying a pretty unique way to experience a drum corps show. Just wanted to share. Not sure if this is discussion worthy, but for anyone that already owns Google Cardboard or something similar, I highly recommend the experience. Not sure if there's any other videos like this out there from drum corps, but if there are, please send the links my way! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cappybara Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Wow. The snare writing in the ballad was crazy musical 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj3004 Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Wow! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corpsband Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 (edited) btw you can enjoy this video and pan around even if you DON'T have a VR headset. i see a nice little control widget in the upper left corner while viewing in chrome. Edited August 17, 2016 by corpsband 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrownBariDad Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Awesome! This is the closest some of us who never did Drum Corps will get to the experience (without the long bus rides, gym floors, endless rehearsals, and smelly clothes). Thank you Bloo snare drummer!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrownBariDad Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 btw you can enjoy this video and pan around even if you DON'T have a VR headset. i see a nice little control widget in the upper left corner while viewing in chrome. I just played it in the YouTube app on my iPhone and was spinning around in my office chair looking at everything. (Luckily, I work at home alone. LOL) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmurrey74 Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 I just played it in the YouTube app on my iPhone and was spinning around in my office chair looking at everything. (Luckily, I work at home alone. LOL) I think you can also use your fingers on your phone to pan the view if you don't want to spin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ouooga Posted August 18, 2016 Author Share Posted August 18, 2016 Well, one more update for everyone on my recent foray into drum corps and VR. I read this article from CNET and learned that any YouTube video can be converted to VR on mobile. So I did a search, found some high cam drum corps videos, strapped on the VR headset, and it's like I'm sitting on the 50, top row. You can look around a bit and everything. Pretty cool stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrownBariDad Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 I think you can also use your fingers on your phone to pan the view if you don't want to spin! Kid at heart -- spinning is way more fun! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuStu Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Sounds cool, unless you're blind in one eye like me. I feel sorry for my kids, 'cause whenever a new animated movie comes out we only go to the 2D theaters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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