Chapter 5Video and Audio
Video and audio are possibly two of the most technically expansive subjects in VR. Thankfully, the Daydream SDK abstracts out much of this complexity, allowing you to focus on building fun and engaging apps and games. This chapter covers the essentials of using Daydream’s video and audio components for building immersive media-based VR applications using stereoscopic video, 360 video, and powerful 3D spatialized audio and effects.
Video in Daydream
The first section of this chapter focuses on simplifying the VR video landscape through the introduction of the technology, terminology, and development of different types of VR video systems in Daydream. The second half of this chapter turns its focus to audio in VR; specifically, ...
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