YouTube Launching 360-Degree Live Streams With Coachella 2016
Last year, YouTube introduced 360° videos, which allow the viewer to watch from every angle by moving your phone or tablet around, or dragging your mouse around, if you’re on your computer. (See: Björk’s “Stonemilker” video.) Today, YouTube has announced that they will begin offering 360° live streams. The feature will launch with the live stream of the second weekend of Coachella. (The first weekend was streamed in the usual way.) Select performances will be broadcast live in 360°, with the schedule to be announced. Below, watch some 360° footage from last weekend’s Coachella. Update (1:58 p.m.): YouTube’s first 360° live streamed concert will be from Dawn Richard, which takes place on Wednesday at 8 p.m. Eastern. The performance is being presented in tandem with The Verge, who will stream the performance on its YouTube channel. Update (8:04 p.m.): It’s been confirmed that next weekend at Coachella, Run the Jewels, the Kills, and Matt & Kim’s sets will all live stream in 360°.
YouTube has also announced the launch of “spatial audio,” a new feature that broadcasts audio at different levels based on its real-life sources. “Just as watching a concert in 360° can give you an unmatched immersive experience, spatial audio allows you to listen along as you do in real life, where depth, distance and intensity all play a role,” Neal Mohan, YouTube’s Chief Product Officer, said in a statement.
Revisit the weekend’s coverage of Coachella 2016 here.
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