360º video & vr Jul 2018

Avocado360 (digital brand of Avocado Productions GmbH), produces 360-degree video and panorama experiences for innovative companies and organisations.

The company's mission has remained the same for over 18 years - to delight customers and their audiences with innovative visual content.  With an approach that combines first class service with the latest technology, Avocado360 stands at the forefront of virtual reality technologies, advising and developing new, tailor-made digital visual solutions for clients.

Services include 360° storytelling, 360° video productions, timelapse and hyperlapse videos, 360° aerial drone videos, and virtual reality applications (with partners ATEO).

Avocado360's projects have been honoured with prestigious awards including Germany’s Reporterpreis 2017, the Henri Nannen Prize 2018, and the European Excellence Award 2018.

Augmented, virtual or mixed reality applications are probably among the most fascinating ways to stage products. So far, such applications have been produced primarily as apps or stand-alone applications. As fewer and fewer customers are ready to install an app out of simple curiosity, Bright Parameters focuses on providing solutions that run directly in the browser without installation.

The advantages are obvious: no app installation, no problems bringing apps into stores, directly modifiable and, above all, a very low entry barrier for the end user. Clients simply click on the link or scan the QR code and directly experience AR or VR applications.

These solutions work on desktop (PC and Mac), iOS and Android. In addition to AR/VR/MR applications, Bright Parameters offers solutions for the visualisation of virtual showrooms including configurators and inspirators. Again, the premise applies: everything is browser-based to minimise the hurdles for the user.

Visit Bright Parameters' VR + 360° solutions here.

CAM + Partners is a full service production house based in Los Angeles and Barcelona. They recently produced several 360° video projects in Europe, the US, Central America and the Caribbean for multiple commercial clients.

Their expertise in production (from casting/locations/crew to contracts/licensing) means they can execute any shoot - no matter the complexity - and give their clients the visual content they need.

With an office in Barcelona handling European and Asian shoots and the LA office handling the North American, South American and Oceania shoots, the CAM team can cover all global production needs.

Contact CAM+Partners for your next project.

Fake is an award winning VR/AR studio with solid experience in successful VR/AR projects.

"We specialise in multi-user experiences and have designed and produced various amazing virtual environments and custom experiences that utilise Glue.work multi-user tech. These enable new kinds of advanced collaboration for our clients across a range of different businesses.

Fake’s strength is a highly-rated aesthetic knowledge combined with profound know-how in human experiences and problem solving."

Hana Productions provides still photo and video production management and production coordination services on all of the Hawaiian Islands. The company has built a quality team of professionals that work as locals on Oahu, Kauai, Maui and Big Island.

"Our production services are custom tailored for each client based on their creative design objectives, budget, and specific needs. Furthermore, we help clients achieve their goals by providing years of experience, knowledge and local insight to keep commercial productions running smoothly, efficiently, on time, and on a budget.

Our 35 combined years of experience as location scouts and location managers in Hawaii equip us to deliver world class locations, and the experience as producers in Maui, Oahu, Kauai and Big Island allows us to provide production coordinator services to make the whole process as stress-free and enjoyable as possible.

For video production services, television production, documentaries, print ads, fashion shoots, still photos and commercials, our attention to detail and an honest desire to ultimately produce satisfied clients allows you to enjoy your time in Hawaii while accomplishing your production goals."

Clients for 2018 have already included a VR project for Jeep / World Surf League, commercials for DFS, Hyatt, MasterCard, Facebook, Discovery Expedition, music videos for SZA, & JF & G and television show 'Brian Johnson: A Life on the Road' featuring Fleetwood Mac.

HDRI.io is an image library which, unlike conventional picture agencies, not only provides a single image, but also offers a whole set of different perspectives of a particular motif.

HDRI.io is an image library for creatives with a limited budget. Available online and paid online, it means prices are kept reasonable.

HDRI.io has backgrounds and matching high-resolution HDR spheres for CGI and compositing applications. Sets prepared for VR use and very high resolution textures of surfaces will be added to the portfolio in the next few months, so it's always worth revisiting!

Backgrounds for children and fashion productions, company presentations or product photos are prepared, photographed and assembled in sets or collections across different angles and camera heights for compositing.

"Download the demos from our website and give us the chance to respond to your needs. Let us know your thoughts or wishes."

"360 VR is here to stay.

Decopic is here to stay.

Do you wanna stay?"

Peter Hölzle is an advertising photographer with a studio in Rutesheim, near Leonberg. In addition, he has been photographing business and incentive events on behalf of an insurance company in Stuttgart for over 12 years.

Five years ago, he started to create 360° product animations based on a customer request. From the outset, it was clear to him to specialise in medium-sized customers who require individual solutions - both with small products such as jewellery as well as with a 135kg, 2.5m-wide outdoor kitchen! The 360° area has been continuously enhanced by the display of sequences and the creation of virtual panoramas.

Virtual panoramas or tours give estate agents, for example, the opportunity to show their customers a first virtual impression of high-quality properties, but are also suitable for hotels, etc.

From 360° and VR, it was only a small step to 'Cinemagraphs, animated Gifs & Co'. Find out more about how Peter is using these different techniques here.