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  • How Anyone Can Create A Virtual Reality Experience With One Line of Code
    With this new open-source tool from POV, you can create virtual panoramas and objects in 3D. Follow the examples to add media and interactivity to your virtual stage.
    Brian Chirls 6 min read February 19, 2015 POV Films Blog Comments
  • How to Experience Virtual Reality for Under $50
    Virtual reality isn't just for the rich. We break down low-cost alternatives to Oculus Rift and similar devices that could bring VR to us all.
    Brian Chirls 8 min read February 3, 2015 POV Films Blog Comments
  • POV Digital Storytelling Tools: Using Virtual Reality for Data Visualization
    Virtual reality provides a new way to create immersive experiences based on data. View the demo (Oculus Rift optional) and download the source code.
    Brian Chirls 5 min read January 20, 2015 POV Films Blog Comments
  • POV Digital Storytelling Tools: Explore the Real World in Virtual Reality
    Fly through any city in virtual reality through your web browser and Oculus Rift with this new tool from POV. (And build on the source code.)
    Brian Chirls 6 min read December 15, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Introducing a Remote Control for Virtual Reality Films (Hint: It's in Your Pocket)
    Try it now! Virtual reality display technology is advancing quickly, but the way to interact with virtual worlds is lagging behind. So here's a way you can use a mobile device to navigate a virtual space.
    Brian Chirls 5 min read November 25, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • POV Tech: Introducing Mouse and Keyboard Interactions for Virtual Reality “Films”
    Virtual reality experiences, such as those we are developing now for Oculus Rift, require a new set of conventions for interactions with familiar devices.
    Brian Chirls 4 min read October 16, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • POV Tech: Filmmaking with Oculus Rift
    With browsers now able to track the head movements of users, I've created the ability to record and play back 3D virtual reality experiences with Oculus Rift.
    Brian Chirls 3 min read October 8, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • The State of Web Video: Awesome But Broken (Part 4)
    Delivering, playing and remixing video in real time in a browser is ambitious today, so here's the reality of what you can do when the browser fails you.
    Brian Chirls 9 min read October 3, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • The State of Web Video: Awesome But Broken (Part 3)
    Brand new web video tech will let us fling our creations far and wide. But using them will take careful preparation and, as always, lots of testing.
    Brian Chirls 4 min read October 2, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • The State of Web Video: Awesome But Broken (Part 2)
    Real-time image and audio manipulation are now available almost everywhere, but they don't always work the way they should.
    Brian Chirls 5 min read October 1, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Your Browser Isn't a VCR: Tips for Taking Control of Web Video Controls
    Don't treat your web video like it's a technology from the 1970s.
    Brian Chirls 4 min read August 25, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • How to Create Video Transitions for Web Video in Your Browser
    A demonstration of how web-based media creators can add elaborate transition effects beyond the simple cut, mimicking what might have previously required Final Cut or After Effects.
    Brian Chirls 4 min read August 4, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Getting Ready for a Year of Experimentation (“No Predictions” Edition)
    New capabilities demand new conventions for communicating with viewers as well as new processes for authors.
    Brian Chirls 2 min read July 14, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments