Panel Debate: The Future of 360º Video and Photos
There is a large quantity of stunning high quality 360 photography being produced.
What are the challenges of bringing that same level of quality into 360 videos?
What are some of the biggest challenges for 360 video and photography to become widely adopted?
Is monetization one of the key challenges?
What needs to be done so that content creators can make more money?
Will the future of viewing 360 content be in or out of headset?
Is there a convergence of mediums?
How important is integrating interactivity and traditional 3D into Cinematic 360 photography and video?
Where do we go with 360 imagery?
Panel Moderated by:
Nancy Eperjesy Mettle
http://www.mettle.com
Nancy Eperjesy is Co-Founder of Mettle, developer of SkyBox 360/VR production tools for Adobe software. Mettle transformed the nascent 360˚ VR video industry with their SkyBox software plugins for Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects. Customers include virtually all professional 360˚ content producers. SkyBox tech was acquired by Adobe, and integrated into CC 2018. Mettle…
Panelists:
Alexandre Jenny Kolor - Gopro
http://www.kolor.com
Kolor Founder, Senior Director Immersive Media Solutions at GoPro Mining engineer, DEA graduate in Material Physics, with 5 years of expertise in the development of video games and member of the Georges Mélies Photo Club, Alexandre Jenny is passionate about photography. It is this passion that led him to develop the Autopano software.
Gerda Leopold AMILUX FILM
http://ballavita.com
Gerda Leopold produced and directed CARROUSEL in 2014, a 360° feature film and BALLAVITA in 2017/18 a cinematic , stereoscopic VR-film. Gerda has a background in Fine Arts, worked as a painter and had numerous exhibitions in Europe and the USA. In 2014 she started her production company AMILUX FILM in Vienna, Austria, focusing on…
Luca-Nicolò Vascon
http://www.lucavascon.net
Luca-Nicolò Vascon is an immersive imaging pioneer, he designs and develops visual content, specialising in virtual reality technologies. He is active in R&D, keeping workshops in various universities since 2003.
Maheen Sohail Facebook
http://www.facebook.com
Maheen Sohail is a Product Designer at Facebook working on immersive media and Social VR. She is passionate about democratizing virtual reality and bringing these experiences to the masses. As a filmmaker herself, she is most interested in the potential of immersive storytelling. Prior to Facebook, Maheen worked at Electronic Arts as a UX Designer.
Michael Kolchesky Visual Solutions 360
http://www.visual-solutions-360.com
Michael Kolchesky is CEO of Visual Solutions 360°. From 2012 she has been based in Paris, France and has collaborated on large-scale projects around the globe as a VR technical consultant, 360 VR camera operator, and a VR post-production expert. She has contributed to over 30 cinematic VR projects and worked as a 360 panoramic…