Saturday, November 14, 2015

OGV.JS: AN OGG THEORA AND VORBIS VIDEO DECODER IN JAVASCRIPT

OGV.JS: AN OGG THEORA AND VORBIS VIDEO DECODER IN JAVASCRIPT


Brion Vibber has been working on ogv.js, an Ogg video player in JavaScript, supporting both audio and video. We've seen video codecs in JavaScript before, such as Broadway (H.264),Route9 (WebM/VP8), and more but mostly without audio support to go along with it. We have audio codecs in JS too, just not combined with video yet. That changes with ogv.js.


Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Fwd: A great use for virtual reality headsets.


Perhaps also hinting at possible virtual tourism in the very near future (Oculus Rift is set to be released in 2016).

 

This Robot Will Let Kids In Hospital Explore Zoos Through Virtual Reality

A community called "Robots for Good" has come together to help kids stuck in Great Ormond Street Hospital in London visit the zoo. If the name hasn't given it…

iflscience.com

 


Thursday, November 05, 2015

Google Open Spherical Camera API

Mechanical television



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_television



http://hackaday.com/2010/04/13/mechanical-scanning-television/

http://www.earlytelevision.org/mechanical_tv.html

http://bs.cyty.com/menschen/e-etzold/archiv/TV/mechanical/scanningdisc.htm

http://www.home1.stofanet.dk/television/

http://www.home1.stofanet.dk/television/pjgn.html