SCHOTT solutions no. 1/2015 > 360-Degree live streaming

Innovative 360-degree live streaming is already being put to use successfully for events, television programs, concerts and at trade exhibitions and sports events. Photo: nc3
Inventive Spirit with a Perfect Outlook
Innovative 360-degree live streaming is already being put to use successfully for events, television programs, concerts and at trade exhibitions and sports events.
Thilo Horvatitsch
Aparty was held in the snow-covered Alps in the Allgäu region of Germany. More than 800 snowboarders, including Europe’s elite, traveled to Nesselwang last January to attend the grand opening of Red Bull’s new Street Snowpark. And even those who couldn’t be there were able to enjoy the entire program as if they were right in the middle of it. Special mirror camera constructions on three stations provided more than twelve hours of full HD video recordings in a 360-degree panorama view. What was special about this was that these transmissions were broadcast live and could be viewed online via streaming. Everyone who downloaded the special app was able to experience the happenings at the winter sports park through their iPhones or iPads and then using their index fingers was able to select the camera stations or control the direction of view.

The panorama mirror delivers circular, 360-degree moving images that are recorded by a camera and then equalized by using a patented procedure. The DURAN® glass that surrounds it protects the device from scratches, environmental influences and reflections. Photo: videostream360
Nevertheless, there were still obstacles to be overcome. The goblet-shaped concave mirror attachment together with an HD TV camera, for example, initially resulted in a very large, unattractive and rather error-prone construction. However, the presentation of this bulky innovation at the Hanover Fair met with completely unexpected success. An excited trade fair visitor and former trainee at SCHOTT suggested miniaturizing the structure and protecting it in a special anti-reflective glass tube. ”That was one of the keys to commercializing the product,” Michael Kanna emphasizes.

Photo: C. Hüller
”Sometime in the future, we will wear virtual eyeglasses
and experience the world from a 360-degree perspective.”
Michael Kanna
Managing Director of Videostream 360
SCHOTT supplied DURAN® glass tubes in standard dimensions for this project. This stable borosilicate glass is highly resistant to heat, shifts in temperature and corrosion. It especially protects the camera lens and the extremely sensitive mirrors that supply the image information from scratches and environmental effects. An innovative ETCAR (Easy to Clean Anti Reflex) coating has been applied to the glass tubes to minimize annoying light reflections and soiling.
In combination with a professional digital action mini-camera, the new construction is now enjoying success for indoor and outdoor use – in the German scientific TV program ”Galileo,” for example, and also at concerts, sports events and at trade exhibitions such as CeBIT 2015. The main appeal of this technology also lies in the fact that its interactive video player is easy to operate and can be embedded in websites and used as a mobile app. ”We consider 360-degree live streaming to be the future standard for all types of live transmissions, but that isn’t all. We are also planning projects in the area of process monitoring and smart homes,” Michael Kanna concludes. <
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