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You can just look off center a little bit.

You can just look off center a little bit.

Yeah. But I think the question about whether we need lenses on this or whether you can, I think that's – Immersive video, like immersive 180 degree stereo video, I would almost treat it as a different medium than cinema or cinematic video. What's important is your perspective, but what's more important is what your environment has in it.

Yeah. But I think the question about whether we need lenses on this or whether you can, I think that's – Immersive video, like immersive 180 degree stereo video, I would almost treat it as a different medium than cinema or cinematic video. What's important is your perspective, but what's more important is what your environment has in it.

Like, there's less camera work that can be done because, first of all, if you move the camera too much, it makes people motion sick. And that's still a problem that I had a little bit with some of the Shark video, but it's less so. I think they're getting better at that the more they make. It's almost like, you know, asking, like, what kind of lens do you use for concert goers to see a concert?

Like, there's less camera work that can be done because, first of all, if you move the camera too much, it makes people motion sick. And that's still a problem that I had a little bit with some of the Shark video, but it's less so. I think they're getting better at that the more they make. It's almost like, you know, asking, like, what kind of lens do you use for concert goers to see a concert?

That's kind of an invalid question. Like, that's missing what this medium is. People who stage a theater play don't need to care what kind of lens people might be using in the audience. It's not about that. This medium, there's actually less camera trickery potential to do because what you're mostly doing is just capturing a scene in a way that the viewer is in more control over it than you are.

That's kind of an invalid question. Like, that's missing what this medium is. People who stage a theater play don't need to care what kind of lens people might be using in the audience. It's not about that. This medium, there's actually less camera trickery potential to do because what you're mostly doing is just capturing a scene in a way that the viewer is in more control over it than you are.

So what you want to do is, like, you know, capture as much as you can because, you know, you're going to get the 180-degree field of view no matter what. So capture, you know, whatever you can, capture it and, you know, give people the freedom to look at whatever they want in the frame and, you know, guide them by putting the important stuff in the middle.

So what you want to do is, like, you know, capture as much as you can because, you know, you're going to get the 180-degree field of view no matter what. So capture, you know, whatever you can, capture it and, you know, give people the freedom to look at whatever they want in the frame and, you know, guide them by putting the important stuff in the middle.

But for the most part, you know, they're going to be looking around a little bit more than you might expect. And I think it's just going to take a little while before people, you know, really get that who are producing it. But this is getting better. I just, like, you know, all these Apple videos, I kind of, I said earlier that they're like snacks of content or previews of content.

But for the most part, you know, they're going to be looking around a little bit more than you might expect. And I think it's just going to take a little while before people, you know, really get that who are producing it. But this is getting better. I just, like, you know, all these Apple videos, I kind of, I said earlier that they're like snacks of content or previews of content.

I kept wanting to just like sit on a shot for a while. Like the shark video is in the Bahamas. And there's one shot where they're doing like a quick helicopter flyover of like one of the islands in the Bahamas. I've never been to the Bahamas. I was looking around. I'm like, oh, is this what the Bahamas look like? And I'm like looking around. And before I know it, it's gone to another shot.

I kept wanting to just like sit on a shot for a while. Like the shark video is in the Bahamas. And there's one shot where they're doing like a quick helicopter flyover of like one of the islands in the Bahamas. I've never been to the Bahamas. I was looking around. I'm like, oh, is this what the Bahamas look like? And I'm like looking around. And before I know it, it's gone to another shot.

Because it's like, oh, well, there's three seconds of what it's like to be in the Bahamas. Like, I want more. They would have like, you know, they're feeding some sharks under some water and you can look up and you can see the boat above you on the surface of the water.

Because it's like, oh, well, there's three seconds of what it's like to be in the Bahamas. Like, I want more. They would have like, you know, they're feeding some sharks under some water and you can look up and you can see the boat above you on the surface of the water.

Yeah, and I'm like, I'm looking up at the boat and then it's gone because the shot changes. Like, I want longer shots. I want more. I basically want more immersive content in the sense that I want to just know what certain environments are like just to sit in.

Yeah, and I'm like, I'm looking up at the boat and then it's gone because the shot changes. Like, I want longer shots. I want more. I basically want more immersive content in the sense that I want to just know what certain environments are like just to sit in.

Like, let me just sit in one of these for, you know, give me a 10-minute long fixed shot of something that's not that interesting, but just like an environment to be in. Give me 10 minutes of sitting on a beach in the Bahamas. Give me 10 minutes of like, you know, a boat ride or something like, you know, like that kind of thing.

Like, let me just sit in one of these for, you know, give me a 10-minute long fixed shot of something that's not that interesting, but just like an environment to be in. Give me 10 minutes of sitting on a beach in the Bahamas. Give me 10 minutes of like, you know, a boat ride or something like, you know, like that kind of thing.