AbelCine, which provides products and services to the production, broadcast and new media industries, teamed up with the production house MediaMonks, VR creator Ben Schwartz, Oculus and the NBA to use the ultra-high-speed Phantom VEO VR solution for the first time.
The high-speed stereo VR footage was produced during the Slam Dunk Contest in February. The final 360-degree video will be available to watch on Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR.
“Producing VR content for Oculus sets the bar high, so at MediaMonks we were happy to collaborate with the seasoned pro’s at AbelCine to assemble a 360 Phantom capture system to truly capture the magnificent athleticism of some of the best athletes on the planet,” Ola Björling, Global Director of VR at MediaMonks, said in a statement.
Five Phantom VEO cameras were mounted on a custom plate to create full 360 degree spherical video with 180 degrees of stereoscopic 360, and used AbelCine’s Phantom Control Unit for synchronization. This VEO VR rig is capable of 1400fps at 1080 resolution per camera.
“We shot 480 fps because it produced an acceptable amount of flicker while giving post-production the ability to further refine frame rates if desired,” Schwartz, the VR filmmaker and digital imaging technician, said in a statement. “Having worked with Phantom cameras for years, I’m excited to see them find a place in VR production.”
