Now that 3D is finally taking off again at the movie theatre – thanks in large part to James Cameron’s evangelism in the leadup to his groundbreaking Avatar film, it’s clear that immersive video technologies are big business again. And if the latest 3D stuff doesn’t put you in the picture enough, how’s this: Immersive Media has adapted the same 360-degree cameras used by Google’s Street View cars to shoot video. That means you can actually look around as you watch the video… Which can feel absolutely bizarre, as in the case of the BASE jumping video after the jump. Extraordinary…
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