Reflection on high-end tools for VR – Kenneth

Mantra VR:

Mantra VR is a set of 16 drag-and-drop filters, which can stylize both 360 footages and flat footages and make a fantastic surreal, immersive experience in AE and  PR. One of the features of Mantra VR is that “Keyframe animations from 0-100% effect applied.” That could make the video pretty fluent and smooth. Also, after watching the surfing example shown on the website, I find out that the effect (not sure that is one of the filters) of transition is really cool. Maybe it can be used in our museum project because we need to make our project “moveable”.

Foundry’s CARA VR:

Foundry one is a powerful tool for VR stitching.  Users can stitch both mono and stereo VR content. Besides, it will automatically correct white balance and stabilize the camera the moving camera shots. We consider to move the camera around the natural museum and so it can be helpful for our project. Besides, the most attractive feature of this tool is that users can view VR content through Nuke. We don’t need to export the file and check. That is super convenient

Boris FX:

Through the description of the website, I think Mocha is the most powerful tool for VR stitching. It covers all the powerful functions that other VR tools(include the two above) have and it is better than other tools. What I like and plan to use is stabilization. I think with the time limit, it is safe to use this one, the most powerful one rather than exploring the two above(I guess?) 

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