Sky have launched their Virtual Reality app for smartphones today.
Quote:
“Sky is to become the home of high-quality virtual reality (VR) content with the launch of a brand new app, Sky VR. The app, available now for anyone to download for free, showcases a range of immersive, 360-degree videos from Sky, and the best content from Sky’s partners including Star Wars: Red Carpet, Anthony Joshua: Becoming World Champion and clips from Disney’s The Jungle Book.
To coincide with the app’s launch, Sky is also revealing two brand new VR experiences: Sky Sports: Closer featuring David Beckham. And, coming later this autumn, the first of a series of Sky exclusive commissions – a performance from English National Ballet’s production of Giselle ahead of its forthcoming UK tour.
In his second piece of VR content for Sky Sports, David Beckham is seen entering a Sky VR simulator, which takes him and the viewer to visit the world’s best sports events at the touch of a button. The footage was created in-house by the Sky VR Studios, in collaboration with Google. Viewers will feel like they are trackside at Silverstone or have ringside seats watching Anthony Joshua”
You can use it standalone with your a smartphone or with your google cardboard, Samsung Gear VR or Oculus Rift.
App is available for iPhones and Android phones.
It says min spec is Android 5.0 yet it works very well on my Galaxy Mega 6.3 that is on 4.4.2
The sky VR support page is:
https://www.sky.com/SkyVR
The press release is here:
https://corporate.sky.com/media-cent...irtual_reality
There are a few F1 videos;
Williams F1 behind the scenes in pits and in car on track and in the pits
Ted Kraiitz in the pits during winter testing.