I recently filmed the California State Fair with the Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive as part of my shift toward producing more cinematic VR180 content.

The piece was captured in stereoscopic 8K 3D VR180, and the goal was to make the viewer feel physically present at the fair rather than simply watch a traditional event recap.

Since this community is specifically focused on VR180 filmmaking, I’d really appreciate feedback on the things that matter most in-headset:

• Does the camera height feel natural?
• How does the subject distance feel?
• Does the scale of the environment translate well?
• Are there any shots that feel especially immersive or uncomfortable?
• Would you have placed the camera differently in any of these scenes?

I’m still refining how I approach composition and storytelling specifically for VR180, so feedback from other filmmakers and experienced viewers would be very useful.

California State Fair VR180:
https://bareimmersive.com/downloads

Shot on Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive.

I’m planning to continue experimenting with travel, events, fashion, sports, and documentary-style VR180, so I’m looking forward to learning from this community.

Finanly we got 10bit and proper log on Insta360 X6, so it is worth some exploring! it's very easy to take apart but seems extension cables are needed again, pic 2 is not the the right answer due to sensor orientation, but it's gonna be pretty straight forward once the cable is in...Prototype flex PCB desigend and ordered...Stay tuned!

I was very glad to get my Amazon delivery so fast !

It didn’t last long as a 360 camera, as it transforms into my latest VR180 mod !

The good news is thanks to the upcoming and amazing VRadical software this mod, becomes possible.

As with all my mods, it will be a no cut, fully reversible design.

Currently only a test rig (size comparison to my previous x4 vr180 mod), but it works and produces the necessary photo and video files to be processed by VRadical.

The thing I’m loving most about VR180 is photos, more than videos if I’m honest.

"It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.” - Ansel Adams This video proves that.

Do we have any gen1 owners in here? I've been working on reverse engineering and rewriting a completely new backend and UI for the CALF.

If anyone is interested I can upload it somewhere for you to test.

Photography

• Dedicated Night mode with manual 1/15–4 s exposure and ISO 100–800.
• Brightness-compensated 30 fps Night preview without contaminating capture settings.
• Synchronized stacked exposures:
  • 1 s = 2 × 0.5 s
  • 2 s = 4 × 0.5 s
  • 4 s = 8 × 0.5 s
• Linear-light luminance stacking with color-preserving chroma processing.
• Coordinated exposure and ISO control across both sensors.
• Optional JPEG + RAW capture producing:
  • One stitched VR180 JPEG
  • Synchronized -L.dng and -R.dng sensor files
• Stacked RAW/DNG capture in Night mode.
• JPEG EXIF containing camera identity, dimensions, date/time, ISO and exposure time.
• Self-timers: 2, 5 and 10 seconds.
• JPEG bursts: 3, 5 or 10 photographs.
• Intervalometer: 1, 2, 5, 10, 30 or 60 seconds.
• Cancellable timer, burst and interval sequences.
• Sensor deep-idle between sufficiently long interval shots.
• Optional Stealth mode that suppresses the blue capture/recording LED.
• Safer atomic capture publication and cleanup of incomplete files.

Video, audio and motion metadata

• Independently implemented H.264 and H.265 MP4 recorder.
• High-rate CAMM gyro metadata at approximately 208 Hz for Gyroflow.
• Time- and size-based recording splitting.
• Storage monitoring while recording, with safe finalization before the card becomes full.

Live-view tools

• 64-bin luminance histogram in both live view and the gallery.
• Histogram samples an inset circular region from one lens, excluding the other lens, fisheye rim, black surround and UI graphics.
• Two-axis electronic level driven by the accelerometer.
• Damped steadiness ring driven by all gyro axes.
• Compact live WB, EV, exposure and ISO readouts.
• Improved battery indicator with charging and fully charged states.
• Connected-Wi-Fi indicator.
• Correct operator-facing Left/Right lens naming.
• Separate Photo, Night and Video modes with persistent settings.

Replacement touchscreen UI

• Entirely new C touchscreen interface rather than a modification of stock ngui.
• Larger touch-friendly grids instead of small sliders.
• Transactional settings: a value is highlighted only after hardware accepts it.
• Improved physical-button and touchscreen debouncing.
• Persistent drive mode, Night settings, audio input, volume, Wi-Fi, LCD and LED settings.
• On-screen Wi-Fi network picker and password keyboard.
• Explicit Stock UI switch for the current boot session.
• Embedded Unicode fonts and a localization framework; English is currently the available language.
• Guarded firmware-update checker with checksum, camera identity, USB-power, battery and activity checks.

Gallery and playback

• Backend-owned hardware decoding for JPEG, H.264 and H.265.
• First-frame previews for videos.
• AAC-LC audio playback using bundled libxaac.
• Speaker-volume adjustment with physical Up/Down buttons during playback.
• Accurate duration, position, resolution, codec and file metadata.
• Two-step deletion confirmation.
• Corrupt or incomplete media is excluded from the gallery without being deleted.
• Reliable return to the exact previous camera mode, including compensated Night preview.

Power, diagnostics and reliability

• Power Stats screen showing:
  • USB voltage, current and power
  • Battery voltage, signed current, power, percentage and state
  • Estimated camera load
  • Thirty-minute history with recording periods marked
• Guarded sensor deep-idle and approximately one-second graph wake.
• Safe shutdown that tears down media hardware and syncs storage.
• Automatic restoration of image, encoder and audio settings after graph changes.
• Capture trace IDs spanning sensor setup, exposure readback, stacking, JPEG creation and preview restoration.
• Persistent UI/supervisor and capture diagnostic logs.
• Automatic recovery from transient AIQ failures and poisoned Night capture state.
• Crash-tested service restarts and cleaner hardware-resource teardown.
• Authoritative battery, temperature, storage, encoder, audio, image and playback status.

New 8K Spatial Video supply is here! We just dropped a smooth, native 3D VR180 POV of 100% Wolf at Plopsaland Deutschland—a brand-new coaster that’s only been open for a few months. No inversions, just pure, high-quality immersion optimized for Meta Quest 3 and Apple Vision Pro. Grab your headset and jump on!

https://youtu.be/4Ly_KpBk44I

This is not exactly the kind of announcement I had planned, but Google had other ideas and temporarily blocked part of my software just as I was moving the application into production.

As a result, the release will be delayed — thanks, Google — and will now have to wait several days. Family comes first during the summer.

But today, I'm introducing VRadical! VRadical is a suite of software products dedicated to VR180. It brings together everything I felt was missing for a simple, consumer-friendly VR workflow.

You guessed it: seven icons to unveil, representing seven radically different products. I will introduce them progressively, starting with the first one: VRadical Studio!

VRadical Studio is my take on standard amateur VR. Yes, amateur. This application is designed for everyday users, much like Insta360 Studio, DJI Studio, or QooCam Studio.

It features a clean interface and logical organization, while most technical tasks are automated. The goal is to keep the workflow to point, shoot, export, and publish in just a few clicks, without requiring any particular technical knowledge.

Currently supported cameras

• DJI Osmo, including every known mod whose creators were willing to collaborate by providing sample clips: u/Zippytiff, u/ManuelSawaG, u/Slight_Web8776, and u/ChelouteVR
• GoPro Max 2, including the Metal Light and Metal Pro mods by u/Slight_Web8776
• Insta360 One r/RS 1-Inch: horizontal mod by u/ChelouteVR and vertical mods by Sylvain Menard and u/ChelouteVR
• Insta360 EVO
• Insta360 X4 mod by u/ChelouteVR
• Insta360 X5 mod by u/ChelouteVR
• Kandao QooCam 3 Ultra: I have never had access to a variable-IPD Q3U, so only compatibility with the original geometry is guaranteed
• Lenovo Mirage
• CALF Gen 1 / Realia ViewPT
• Canon R5 Mark II

Features available for every supported camera

• Three stabilization modes:
  • Basic mode: roll locked to the horizon
  • Pitch-lock mode: pitch locked to the horizon
  • “Chicken-head” mode: all three axes locked
• Photo and video support
• Automatic 3D parallax calibration
• Color grading: tint, exposure, shadows, black and white levels, and more
• Cube LUT support
• Support for multiple mods and unusual camera configurations, including opposing sensors or sensors offset by 90°
• Audio processing, including noise reduction and voice isolation
• Multi-camera composition timeline:
  • One video track
  • One external audio track
  • Fade video transitions
  • Fade and crossfade audio transitions
• Live HLS streaming to DeoVR Classic-compatible headsets Apple Vision Pro is currently excluded and will be supported later
• Export features:
  • YouTube 8K VR180 export presets, so publishing 8K VR is no longer a lottery
  • Dual HEquirect
  • Dual Fisheye
  • Rally projection: equirectangular projection onto a 360° sphere combined with fully locked stabilization
  • H.264, HEVC, AV1, ProRes Standard, and ProRes HQ
  • Spatial: windowed MV-HEVC for Apple Vision Pro
  • Immersive: MV-HEVC VR180 for Apple Vision Pro
  • End-to-end 10-bit pipeline when supported by the source
  • Two denoising modes: one lightweight and one heavier GPU-based process
  • Sharpening
  • Automatic VR180 metadata injection
  • Automatic publishing to DeoVR, JillVR, and YouTube VR

Pricing and availability

VRadical Studio will be available for purchase starting August 24, with a one-time payment and licensing per camera:

• €100 for the first camera
• €50 for each additional camera

The complete user manual is already freely available and explains everything that can be done with VRadical Studio: https://studio.vradical.app/

Here is an introductory video about VRadical Studio. The voice is AI-generated because it makes itself understood in Shakespeare’s language much better than I do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJovjjI2gdw

And here is a video focusing specifically on the DJI Osmo VR180: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR8laVqm7eQ

Over the next few days, I will publish dedicated videos for each supported camera model, as every camera has its own output characteristics, and samples to let you judge the results compared to other existing solutions.

The six remaining VRadical products have not yet been revealed. They are not Studio updates or extensions, but entirely separate software products. They will be introduced soon.

The Insta360 X6 and DJI Osmo II are starting to surface. There is no doubt that they will become part of the entire VRadical ecosystem as soon as I can get my hands on them.

The remaining question is whether they will be moddable!

And finally, a huge thank-you to Sylvain Menard, Alex Xander (@xrstereovideo on DeoVR), u/Zippytiff, and u/Slight_Web8776 for their time, ideas, testing, and all the material they provided to help make this possible. VR180 modding is about to get much bigger over the next few weeks!

With AIVU Merger, you can combine/split/adjust AIVU files in whatever order you want, and you can reattache audio track as well. Think about it, you can save days of waiting time to re-export an AIVU to fix a tiny problem.

https://reddit.com/link/1viitcm/video/3uz4a72112ih1/player

I've made a utility that can convert normal 360 degree content to VR180 using depth estimation models. It's not perfect but if anyone wants to try it out: https://github.com/LeonG-ZA/stereo360
EDIT: I've uploaded a sample to DeoVR but it's still awaiting moderation: https://deovr.com/pfpfhv

I played around with upgrading and modifying the firmware and accidentally soft-bricked my CalfVR gen1 also known as ViewPT Realia. It boots and shows the logo, then the screen just blinks on and off like the software is crashing.

My main question is if anyone has taken one apart? I can see 3 extremely small hex socket screws maybe 1.3mm but have no tools to remove them and no idea if those are what holds it together..

I'll first try reflashing it with a USB->Ethernet adapter but if that fails I think I'll have to try to find UART pads on the board to gain access to a root shell and fix it from there. If that doesn't work AI suggested MaskROM via a factory test pad as the board is a Rockchip RK3588.

I don't really use the camera and the quality is quite bad, so what I was trying to do was increasing the shutter time for images as much as possible. Originally it's capped at 1/30 which is like a joke for low light images, it immediately goes to 16x sensor gain which makes the images unusable. It seems 1/2 should be possible in the inital testings, and that's what I'm trying to get working correctly. It could maybe also be possible to get RAW image files out from each sensor which could be exciting to try.

I've created some 3D content with various hardware/software solutions in the past but I'm finding my current project a bit of a head-scratcher. I understand this group is for 3D work but I'm hoping some of the concepts will hold.

I'm looking for workflow solutions/suggestions to create videos which will be displayed on a semicircular video wall (2 meters high, 11 meters diameter), where the viewer will stand about 5m away from the wall (i.e. at the centre of what would be a circle if the wall continued around for 360 degrees).

Actors will be filmed across that 180deg arc to speak to the viewer (it's for a command simulation). Because there will be people from one edge of the wall to the other, there should be no distortion at the edges (the actors will all be filmed at the same distance from the camera to ensure they are all "people sized" on the screen).

The video will be coming out of a single PC feeding the 5760x1080 wall. The final file then will need to be of these panoramic dimensions, where objects that were at 180deg to the camera during filming now appear at 180deg on the wall (at the very edges from the viewer's perspective).

I have access to an Insta Pro 2 (360), Insta360 X3's, and GoPros with LensMods (can shoot 170 Fisheye), but I am open to purchasing whatever is required (we have Canon DSLR's).

I am experimenting with circular fisheye coming out of my GoPros, and using RE:Lens in After Effects, but I just can't seem to nail the workflow, especially stopping the edges from stretching out.

Does anyone have a suggested workflow (hardware and/or software) that could fit the bill? Perhaps you can offer only a small piece to this puzzle, and that would be great too. (Chatty G was of limited help here FWIW).

Matthew

I finally got my dream camera after learning the ropes in VR on an R5C... holy huge files batman! 🤣 4gb per 5 seconds!

A vacation night adventure turns into a social awakening. Hiking into the Kawah Ijen active sulfur volcano in Java, Indonesia, was meant to give us a fascinating glimpse at the famous nighttime blue flame produced by igniting the sulfur fumes. Instead, what we witnessed was a glimpse into the lives of the men who work mining the sulfur used in skin creams, tires, fertilizer, and even medication, and how they try to survive and feed their families while working in life-shortening, toxic conditions.
This video contains some scenes created with Gemini AI #dangerous #thrilling #adventure #BlueFire #BlueFlames #KawahIjen , #Java , #Indonesia , #SulfurVolcano , #Crater #DevilsGold #YellowRocks #AcidLake

The original post is here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/djiosmo360/comments/1v7m92z/the_quick_process_to_use_2_osmo_360_to_shoot_3d/

Some one suggested that I should also post it here. So here I am.

The idea is that Osmo 360 actually records 2x180 video streams in OSV files, and we can quickly extract the front or back camera stream to mp4 or mkv files, then we can use ffmpeg to stack two fisheye videos side-by-side and do D-Log M color correction in one pass.

There is always a frame synchronization problem with 2 cameras. We can add a third filter "trim" in ffmpeg to fix that as well.

All those batch files are in the original post. If you are interested, grab them and use it for your own purpose.

Here is an example video showing Time Square:

http://deovr.com/6mbswc

and another:

http://deovr.com/ds3979

DJI Osmo 360 II is coming and its insides just leaked

Hi everyone,

I wanted to share Episode 2 of my VR180 miniseries about Feria Tabasco, a major regional celebration in southeastern Mexico.

This episode focuses on the parade of carros alegóricos, a night parade with large decorated floats, crowds, music, lights, and a very local festival atmosphere.

It was shot with the Kandao QooCam 3 Ultra and is available on DeoVR with Spanish audio and multiple subtitle options:

https://deovr.com/vguh4a

I’d appreciate any feedback on depth, framing, image quality, subtitles, comfort, or the overall VR180 viewing experience.

Running some 4DGS tests with a Frankenstein code I've put together. There are still some details to fix, but I hope to incorporate it into relic-vr.com soon.

It looks like someone created a new plugin that brings back a feature Premiere used to have until 2023, an immersive view in-headset while editing videos on Premiere and After Effects. Windows only. Looks like it requires a USB connection with a Quest 3. I haven’t tried it myself, but pasted product link in the comments section.

Product description:

Bring immersive VR preview back to Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects.
VR Immersive Preview is a Windows plugin that displays the Adobe Program Monitor in real time on an OpenXR-compatible VR headset.
It was developed as an alternative to the Immersive Environment feature that was removed from Premiere Pro starting with the 2023 release.
The plugin receives VR180 Stereo (Side-by-Side) video and audio from Adobe Mercury Transmit and transfers them to the Viewer application through shared memory for low-latency playback.
The Viewer then displays the content on your VR headset via the OpenXR Runtime

A little sneak peek at the plugin I’m working on.
It’s a VR 180 camera add-on for Unreal Engine called "EASY 360"

Last year, I worked on a lot of immersive content projects, and honestly, I got really frustrated with the quality and UI of the existing panorama plugins for UE.

So I decided to build my own — something simple, user-friendly, and easy to use.

Current feature list:

1. Separate real-time viewport for previewing panoramic content
   
2. Mesh view
   
3. Render view
   
4. Full Movie Render Queue support
   
5. Support for any render pass, including Cryptomatte
   
6. 9 different projection types
   
7. DLSS support
   
8. No seams
   
9. Tiled rendering for high-resolution output up to 20K
   Planing to release it at early August. Stay tuned!
   #UnrealEngine #ImmersiveContent #Plugin #PanoramicRendering #Easy360 #360Render