Facebook Live 360 Streaming is A New Media Content Trend

Facebook has always been the seer of new interesting stuff, right from invent of Facebook itself, when it became the best new interesting thing that happened to the internet. Today we are not talking just about Facebook, it’s all going to be about Facebook Live 360 and how it is changing the way we viewed the world at Facebook. This new social media trend is taking the social media platform by storm as people get to view News, Nature, Adventure and more.


Let’s face it, we all love Facebook and consider it as a source of what’s new trending by sharing pictures, videos in posts about them. While live streaming became a thing on Facebook only a year ago, even though it started on Facebook two years ago but was only made for public figures to use and share live streaming then.
People at a larger level are yet to uncover what live streaming is, how it works? though it surely is gaining popularity as marketers are learning to use this intriguing new feature of the Social Media Giant (of course, we mean Facebook) to connect better with their audiences. Facebook claims that the Live 360 videos are getting up to 10 times more views and comments than the mainstream live videos, it is being viewed 3x times longer than the regular videos. This is as because we are always looking for bigger horizons, things that can amaze us and excite us. We can witness them right as they are happening at a certain spot around the world.
This is why we come to social media for interesting new content with the 360 degree video feature, it works wonders for not just experiencing natural beauty, but other things like historical places, experience a car ride, like the Chevrolet 360 degree campaign on Facebook that gave you an experience of how it feels 360 degree while driving in their cars.

What makes the Facebook Live 360 Better?

In honest terms, the quality of the Facebook live 360 feature depends upon your 360 degree camera gear. Some of the 360 cameras which are best for generic usage are Samsung Gear 360 (2017 model), Insta 360, Giroptic IO, and the Allie Camera, ORBI Prime which is a sunglass alike camera that can be worn. These are economical gears and offer fine quality footage.
If you are shooting a live 360 feed for marketing purposes then professional quality cameras are recommended. You can choose from Ricoh Theta S, the Samsung Gear 360 is also good. The 360Fly 4K is amazing. For high professional quality – Nokia OZO, GoPro Omni, Facebook Surround 360 and Google JUMP Odyssey are the top choices recommended for highest quality imagery are all ranging from a min $5000 to a massive $50,000.
For the love of true and finest views in Facebook live 360 video stream, Facebook has step-upped the game by introducing the Facebook Surround 360, a production-ready camera, which has automated stitching so you don’t have to stitch the footage in a software and get crappy results. It does that for you automatically, unlike many other 360 camera gear. The camera guarantees a seamless viewing experience that can be checked out at https://facebook360.fb.com
The astonishing part was that this Surround 360 has a whopping 17 cameras that do it all for you so you don’t have to spend more time and money on setting up and buying more cameras for a surround and atmospheric experience in a video. The camera costs around $30,000 and its hardware and software are easily available.
Make sure to check that the 360 camera you buy has Facebook Live 360 compatibility. Even if not, one can always use the general streaming software of Live 360.

For phone users- how to Facebook live 360?

Connect your 360 camera gear to your phone app (of the camera), and choose where you want to post the live stream – at your profile or your Facebook page. Once you describe the stream by adding a title that will appear on the screen like “Sarah’s birthday party”, now simply see the comments and reactions of your friends flow in on the live stream screen. When once done with the stream, Facebook offers you two options either– To Keep the Post on Timeline or to Delete it making it unable to viewers are the stream ends. The summary also tells you for how long were you live.

For web users – How to Facebook live 360

1. Simply visit fb.com/live/create and Click on “Create Live Stream” to get started.

2. Next step is to Check mark the column stating it’s a 360 degree live stream.

3. Choose where you want to post it – Profile or Page.

4. Submit the RTPM server URL and the Stream Key into the Camera’s app or software.

5. Start the Facebook Live 360 stream and TADA! You are LIVE!

How to Gather more Audience with your Facebook Live 360 and make most of it?

Other than inputting new creative ideas to shoot the footage you are focused on, input your time and skills in editing, filming and stitching. Once you figure that out, it comes to publishing your live stream to Facebook to gather the desired audience and spread the word about your live stream to make it worth it. Facebook has made publishing live 360 videos easier as it offers simple upload flows, a special feature for the discovery of your stream by others and more exciting features that will make sure your content reaches more and more audiences. Generating the interest is upon the quality of your content.
But one thing as per the recent uproar and social media trend are established that Facebook Live 360 is here to make Facebook streaming more interesting. It sure is the best place to share 360 videos. Facebook will help you with discovery of your content by others, it will provide tools to let users set their points of interests in the live stream video and also it will help you gain insights on what you are doing wrong, what you might like to work on more and what parts the audiences enjoyed the most by their reactions in real time. For this Facebook will provide Heatmaps to track the insights and give your audiences what they want.

What do you need for Facebook Live 360 Streaming?

1. The first and foremost need for going live is to have a strong internet connection and not just any internet connection but one that you can rely on and that can at the minimum offer a speed of 4MBPS.

2. Secondly, you need a compatible 360 degree camera

3. Make sure to keep the camera at least 30-40 feet away from the source objects around in order to get a better view for your audience. As you don’t want to disappoint them with the blurry hazy footage.

Facebook Live 360 Video Specifications

Yes, it is going to be a different experience than any other social media platform. Viewing live stream was already a feature but it becomes all the more immensely exciting and amazing when these live streams are not just those regular stream but have a 360 angle viewing so you get an atmospheric involvement.
Do a max stream of up to 4 hours, get a target resolution of 1080p at an aspect ratio of 2:1 at a frame rate of 30 frames per second.

Who is beneficial of the Facebook Live 360 Video?

The feature is working great for travel marketers and one of the Facebook groups that can be said to be using this feature in the best way possible, to give people a magical experience of their country’s bounty are Tourism Australia. This has certainly caught people’s fancy because who would not want to see how it feels or looks like flying off from a beach and hovering over the sea while catching a far-sighted glimpse of the beach greens from a distance while looking at the enormous sea below you. This flying off view is generally taken by attaching the 360 cameras to a drone.
The videos of Facebook live 360 are not viewable in Safari and Internet Explorer.

Some basics on How, Why and Who can and should use Facebook Live 360:

1. The feature is great to engage audiences, it helps create a more interest generating platform that gets people to know that you are trying new things and something they would like to be a part of.

2. This 360 degree live stream feature is available for all Facebook profiles and pages.

3. No, not everyone can watch Facebook live 360 unless they have an updated Android or Apple iOS device.

4. No matter what 360 cameras you have, simply connect it to your Facebook by inputting the Stream URL and you are good to go for a Facebook Live 360.

 

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WebVR is The Future Virtual Reality Content For Browser

What is WebVR?

According to WebVR.info, in simple terms, “WebVR is an open standard that makes it possible to experience VR (virtual reality) in your browser. The goal is to make it easier for everyone to get into VR experiences, no matter what device you have”.
It simply helps run your VR supported devices so that you get to experience VR easily. The WebVR has been made to provide help in uncovering Virtual reality equipment. Supposedly, if you own a pair of VR devices such as Oculus Rift or another head mount VR device, then WebVR acts as a medium for those devices to be able to get to display the Virtual Reality content on various VR apps. What WebVR does is that it helps enable the developers to translate the VR content in terms of its information movement, position and more so into real time 3D movement that lets you get a great experience of the VR content on the apps.
The best part about WebVR is that it does not restrict you to a certain application but has numerous very interesting uses. These application"s usages range from providing high-level interactive training apps for one person games and give virtual product tours as well.
To start your VR experience, the WebVR interfaces are the first and foremost things that help create a connection between your VR headset device and your computer. Since it is a browser for helping run VR content, its interfaces such as VRDisplay, VRDisplayCapabilities, VRPose, VRFieldOFView and more help receive the necessary components of the data needed to run the VR content.
Once the VR device and computer are connected, it’s the WebVR interface called VRDisplay that helps represent the devices that are attached such as the Headset, the Position sensor camera etc. If one wishes to run WebVR for their VR content, firstly you need to check the latest browser support if your browser and device can be compatible with WebVR. Some examples of the devices WebVR can be used are - Mobile phones, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. When using Oculus Rift, make sure is it not with Mac or Linux based operating system as Oculus does not support them both.

WebVR Samples

These samples are basically web pages that are, if supported by your web browser for WebVR, will run the VR to give you the VR experience without even the headsets, which is apparently the main aim of WebVR – to give you a VR experience without being bound to your VR headsets, get VR exposure and real time experience at any mobile device through any headset, with any compatible web browser.

Some of the WebVR examples are:

https://aframe.io/, this is the best version.

http://drawvr.com/
https://react.rocks/tag/WebVR
https://github.com/toji/WebVR-samples
These links shall directly take you to the best samples for viewing WebVR live in action, how WebVR actually works and the basic idea behind it. The samples can be polyfill or source. The github.com link shall also take you to the HTML concepts of these WebVR pages which might be of help for WebVR enthusiasts. The react.rocks link shall get you to 6 types of examples for WebVR. Whereas the drawvr.com link will be a direct view of a live action WebVR that you can experience in 3D just by scrolling your mouse pointer.

WebVR and Three JS

 

To represent your 3D graphics work on a web browser for easy access to users of VR, Three.js acts as a cross-browser. A cross browser that is made in JavaScript API, Three.js helps users create as well as display their 3D graphics work on web browsers. Where a cross browser is a browser type that helps websites, web apps, client side scripts and HTML concepts to be supported by all sorts of web browsers in order to help them run and be used by the layman user.
WebVR will help create a responsive platform for VR on the web and to bring it to reality, WebVR boilerplate is the answer. The WebVR boilerplate shall help work out VR content not just on VR headsets but also for other platforms. In basic terms, it will help people move beyond the usage of VR headsets to experience VR. Sounds interesting? Apparently, it is, as WebVR boilerplate is a Three.js based initiation point specifically made for cross-platform browsers where web-based VR is compatible. While the WebVR boilerplate is based on the Three.js project, it also relies heavily on polyfills for WebVR.
Polyfills are code standard or detectors for certain Javascript API that are expected to be present in the code for WebVR. Polyfills provide VR support if the WebVR API is not present. It uses WebVR UI to render the UI and let you get VR content on your screen. As a WebVR boilerplate by Three.js, visit https://github.com/borismus/webvr-boilerplate to learn more. To start the process, simply clone this repository. This boilerplate is available via NPM which is an easy install.
So basically it’s the WebVR boilerplate project, as initiated by Github, that will make using and easily making immense VR experiences that can be easily run on different types of VR hardware – be it a cardboard headsets, or the Oculus rift or more. The boilerplate project as divided into two parts starts with WebVR polyfill – which in simple terms is great for running VR content even without the use of VR headsets and it is easy to be installed.
As we told you polyfills are codes. They replace certain API that helps you view VR content even without the VR hardware. In order to use WebVR on 3 platforms that are –VR Headsets, Smart Phones and PCs. A different set of polyfill is to be used in the HTML concept when making a WebVR for these platforms.
Since you would be accessing VR experience on PC via keyboard and mouse, use the code or polyfill “MouseKeyboardPositionSensorVRDevice” to get an orientation to access.
Similarly, for mobile devices, it’s the device itself that we use for accessing the content, use code/polyfill “GyroPositionSensorVRDevice” to get run the WebVR. Last but not the least, for VR headset usage, to get a complete view of the VR as if you are in a real time field, use code “CardboardHMDDevice”.
So how are these connected to Three.js? Apparently, these are run on three.js plugins – VRControls.js and VREffect.js specifically build for WebVR API.
Moving on from polyfills, next comes the complete manager – the WebVR Manager. This takes care of the compatibility part of the WebVR. It manages iconography and the transition of content from in and out of VR mode.
The best feature we liked of the WebVR manager is the orientation lock system that allows the screen to be in landscape while the phone screen is on for the VR to play without obstruction.
To give one more clear aspect on how WebVR Boilerplate works, here are some links that shall direct you straight to the point of what we are talking about and how it is helping change the VR scenario in the Web.

https://mozvr.com/#showcase

http://borismus.github.io/sechelt/
With this link posted by an enthusiast for web browsers like Chrome, get prepared to be amazed by the stunning soothing view this VR is offering here. Click on the link, move your mouse pointer and see for yourself.

How Does WebVR work?

Since the WebVR, if talking honestly, is still in a stage of experimentation that does not mean that enthusiastic coders cannot work on this platform to develop their VR apps that have web compatibility.
For WebVR work, the first thing one needs is a VR headset and hardware that is compatible with your computer. Check compatibility with WebVR setup as well. Make sure there is a dedicated GPU as this helps ensure a smooth functioning.
Second important thing to work on WebVR is to get installed Firefox Nightly (developer edition) https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/channel/android/ with the WebVR enabler add-on which helps establish the basic requirements for a WebVR environment. Now visit the MozVR project to test out your setup.
The hardware includes and talks of a position sensor, as talked about earlier. In case you are missing that, do not worry as an inexpensive option which would be using your mobile smartphone for the VR headset. But the catch here is, one might have to use data orientation API instead to run the orientation data by faking it with the data orientation API.
The basic idea behind boilerplates is that it helps you judge if the content is worth wearing your VR headset. As the VR headsets are a hassle to put on and even if not that, most people do not own VR headsets hence these previews help judge the content and give a different experience.
For WebVR to check VR and headset compatibility are important. WebVR is supported by various browsers but you have to check whether these browsers supports VR headsets such as Oculus Rift and HTV Vive that work great with WebVR.

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Amazon Go Shopping Technology Just Grab And Go

In the old time there is a tradition of going to market for different products, then came the trend of the provisional store where a shopkeeper sold multiple products with the limited choices, you had to keep shouting your voice to get the products. Definitely, this is very tiring and time-consuming, no option to compare between two products. Then came the trend of supermarkets where you could roam around in the shop which is bigger in size to see things kept on the shelf. Hundreds variety of a particular thing were displayed on the shelf, you can keep pushing your cart to see products, comparing them with each other, putting things in the cart, finally going to the checkout. The checkout scanning process is not an easy task also, you need to count cash or give credit card again takes few minutes. Finally, you get to leave.
The long line waiting at the checkout is troublesome and time-consuming. Therefore, the online shopping magically happened as an alternative solution, this gave you the easy access of browsing the products all around the world and being delivered to your door. But you needed to pay extra for the delivery charges, you can not get fresh grocery from the online shopping. What is missing here is the self-inspection of the product, etc.


Amazon company innovates with a new Amazon Go Shopping Technology recently, where it eliminates the need of checkouts and changing the face of shopping industry. No more standing in lines, no more waiting to get the things scanned, no more irritating staffs, no more hassles, simply walk into the store and grab your grocery.
Amazon Go Shopping will be in the market in early 2017, the beta version of this marketplace will be in Seattle, all the shortcomings will be watched, rectified, and new features will be added if required to the existing technology. It will the fully launch itself across the world in the near future. This will take away all the annoying experiences a customer has when visiting the store.

 

There might be few questions that everyone must be having about this unique store and the Amazon Go Technology, we answer them all below.

What is this Amazon Go Shopping?

Amazon Go Shopping is the new way of shopping introduced by Amazon where the users can simply use their smart devices on which they have the Amazon go app installed to enter the Amazon Go store and shop like you do in any general market or a mall. Pick up things and just leave without having to stand in the queue for checkout like you do in the traditional shopping malls. Pay for the products you chose through the app, it auto calculates whatever you chose and displays a bill.

How does Amazon Go shopping work?

The Amazon calls its technology as “Walk Out Technology”, it is the combination of Computer Vision, Sensor Fusion, and Deep Learning algorithms, this is the same set of technology that is used in the self-driving cars. A step-wise working of the Amazon Go Shopping experience.
STEP1- Walk in the Amazon Go store, swipe the Amazon Go store app on the sensors at the entry point which link and activate the virtual cart as you shop.
STEP2- Once you have entered the store, simply pick up the products you want, the computer will sense your face when you take the product, it will add that product to your cart. If you do not like what you took simply keep the product back to the shelf and the product will be discarded from your virtual cart.
STEP3- Once you have done the shopping and feel there is nothing more you want to add to the cart. Simply walk out of the door, once you do that the sensors at the door will indicate the app to exit you, your app starts to charge you with a credit card linked to it.
It is that simple, you do not have to do anything. Simply walk into the store, pick up the products and walk out. This is the new solution to the hassle-free shopping experience.

How big is the store?

Amazon is planning to open the stores at a retail space of 1800 Square feet. This will allow the customers to shop easily and quickly, The first beta version of the Amazon Go store is going to be a brick and mortar store in Seattle. This is the first store that Amazon is opening, and later on, it will be opening the stores in another part of the country. Amazon is expected to open up around 2000 grocery and convenience store in the United States.

What does it sell?

Amazon will be selling almost everything like from fresh made breakfast, lunch, dinner to Grocery essentials like milk, bread, chocolates, Grains, eggs, jams, cereals, spices, whatever you think of finding in a general grocery store.

How did Amazon come up with the idea?

Amazon is a pioneer of online shopping to the world. And the people at Amazon thought why not to push the boundaries of technology a bit more to create something amazing and something that people could only imagine. Hence by using the technology of computer vision, sensor fusion, and deep learning the walk out technology was brought to life. This Amazon Go Technology almost took four years to come to life and is still in the beta version.

Amazon Go Technology Advantages?

The Amazon Go biggest difference is a feedback system on how people shop, what they are looking for, etc. Getting feedbacks from the customer base is a tough task for the companies to increase their sales. Also, the companies will be able to get an actual figure of their sales and know who their loyal customers are through the Amazon app, they might also be able to give special discount to keep them happy as a token of thank you.

This technology will also be able to link the products to the customers. When a customer changes from one brand to another brand, it will be easy for the brand owners to recognize their competitors, analyze their strategies to where they are falling short.

What is the downside of this technology?

A. Few of the disadvantages of this technology can be the product that is picked once gets added to your virtual cart, but when a customer decides not to buy the product and places the product on the wrong shelf, it might not get discarded from the virtual cart.
B. Another problem that the customers can face is supposed a customer had placed the product on the wrong shelf and other customer picked it from the shelf so he might get charged for the wrong product.
C. Products like vegetable need to be weighted so there won"t be any mechanism to find out how much did a customer take the particular thing in.
D. It will take away the employment of many.

Bottom Line

To conclude, this is a technology that will change the way people prefer to shop, though it is starting only in Seattle which is in the testing mode, it is for sure one event that people will be eagerly waiting for. It is also said that the stealing of the retail goods will also be minimized as you can not enter the store without scanning your smart device. So even if someone manages to steal something at the exit, but they will be charged in the app. There are way more cameras that we are thinking of, more sensors will be used to calculate everything, so the chances to fool the technology is impossible. Amazon Go Shopping is the Future.

Happy Shopping!!!

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Snapchat Augmented Reality Future Secret Growth Plans

What is Snapchat?

Snapchat has been in the market for a while known as sending, receiving fun video and photo which get self-destructed after its receiver views the message. It was made public in the year 2011 Snapchat was created by Evan Thomas Spiegel who is the Co-Founder and CEO of Snapchat. It was created when they were studying at Stanford University. They initially named the company on the name of the product itself but later got it changed to Snap Inc.
The initial idea was taken from the concept of “PICABOO” that is being visible for a short period, then get vanished. The reason for picking this concept was to create a natural flow of chat like in person. This Picaboo app was first available only for the iOS system. Because of its temporary nature, it became slowly popular amongst the people. In the year 2012, the Snapchat app was made available for the Android market too. In a survey in May 2014, the users were sending over 700 million snaps in a single day.

What is Augmented Reality?

Augmented reality means combining the world of computer and the users in the real world. That means superimposing the graphic of the computer world on the view of the user of the reality. You have seen augmented reality at many places most common is seeing the cricket scores while you see the cricket match. The augmented reality works in real time without any delay. It adds the computer vision with the object recognition, so as the surrounding information of the real world becomes interactive. Just imagine what if on the construction site you look at the structure of a building, there is an overlapping image of the actual work that is to be taken place in the building, this will allow you to imagine a better future scenario of the real world would look like. Another example for better understanding can be the technology used by the aircraft plans, the actual image gets interactive with the computer graphics, during the landing, the pathway and the graphics get combined to indicate the pilot with the actual ground realities for a better landing.
Snapchat Augmented Reality Future Secret Growth

As the technology is progressing by leaps and bounds, so is the social media industry, all the leading players in the industry are in the race to contribute and acquire this new technology. Snapchat has made its step into Augmented reality by acquiring the Israeli augmented reality start-up called the Cimagine Media. Cimagine Media is an organization that is into software development. It was initially working with a furniture company where the consumers could see what the furniture would look like if they place it in the location they desire to.
Snapchat was already in the business by using the AR technology for the lenses where it used to capture the face of the user and help it turn into an animal or a vomiting rainbow face. Snapchat has not only undergone one acquisition but has undertaken many acquisitions this year like the Bitstrips.com that excels in the field of making custom emojis and many others.
The secret future plans of Snapchat Augmented Reality is assumed to be as follows:
A. Stickers sponsored by big brands

Snapchat might think of bringing in the sponsored stickers option to promote the ads. Promotion with the augmented reality option will be a great way to give greater hemispheres to the advertising world. It will be possible for the users to put the stickers on the particular object; with the help of geo-filtering, it will be possible to track the movement of the object around in the video. In present version snapchat allows the users to put emojis and stickers on their video and images, but they cannot move along with the object, but this will be possible with the augmented reality version. We are ready to see the new twist to 3V advertising.

B. Snapchat introducing Groups

This can be yet another exciting feature that can be added to the snapchat augmented reality. Grouping is something that gives the happy feature to its users. All the leading social media platforms give you the option to have groups where you can send a single message once at the same time to all people. At times it becomes very difficult for the users to search for the contact scrolling through the entire list searching for those people whom they want to send the message to.
This will not only benefit the users but will also be beneficial for the snapchat, as well as for the AD companies. In between the video the ads API upgrade can be used to show and target more Ads with the help of lenses and the geo-filter. This will allow for the better placement of Ads, the companies will earn more from this. The audience will be targeted and the snapchat will benefit from the both sides. The users will be happy for providing the group feature, the AD agencies will be happy for a better rate of exposure from the application.

C. Image Recognition helping E-Commerce

Snapchat recognizes many things as of now, but with the Snapchat Augmented reality, it is entirely possible that Snapchat would also be working on image recognition. The main earning source of Snapchat is through ads hence we can expect logo recognition to be one of the options used for promoting a particular brand. Once a user scans a logo and uses in the video targeted coupon discount to the used can be given for the video. If talking further about Snapchat, it is quite possible that it will be picking up the option of image recognition in the visual search that is it can identify objects related to a particular brand like it is done for the visual search for shopping. So basically we can say that we are looking forward to a new experience of image recognition for ad targeting

D. 360 Videos, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality

As the technology is on the boom, augmented reality and virtual reality is something that the users are looking forward to. Except for the Augmented Reality options, Snapchat might also come up with 360 videos where the users will be able to experience the 360 videos in Virtual Reality. As the social media platform like Facebook and Instagram are promoting live video options, it is quite possible that Snapchat will also be coming with the same choices to the market in the coming days. People will be able to shoot 360-degree videos, collaborate those videos with the augmented reality, play with the graphical digital objects in the real-time video shooting to turn them into fun videos.

E. Snapchat Analytics

Snapchat might be thinking of bringing in analytical tools to the new system because as of now all the leading social media platforms have such analytical tools which help the organization to understand, calculate their performance in the market amongst the people. To understand the count of their followers with the new advancement in technology, Snapchat will also be coming up with tools which will help the brands, organizations to analyze their performance on the social platform. The parameters that might be included in this format can be "my story", "view", "screenshots are taken" if the complete video was watched, the "bounds back ratio" etc. Right now snapshot doesn"t tell you the bounce back rate of a particular video, but with the augmented reality Snapchat will be able to tell the bounce back ratio of the users.

F. “Local Stories” or “GeoStories.”

Local stories or Geo story seem to be yet another exciting features that Snapchat has to offer. You will be able to post videos taken on a particular location which will stay live for the next 24 hours. Imagine that you are going on a trip, you are able to view the videos that were shot and posted in the 5-kilometer radius of your location. You will be able to know what are the exciting places, what are the things that the other users are doing, what are the things that you can plan out for your trip. Other social media platforms are somehow providing the same features, but it would be rather more exciting to have a video shot of a particular place than just a status or a photograph.
Bottom line

Snapchat Augmented Reality can prove to be the next social media trend in the world of Technology it will be a much-awaited technology that the people would like to use in the form of an application.

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Amazon Echo Dot - The Ambition in the Internet Of Things

Amazon"s Echo Dot is a tiny box with a colossal brain that masters smarter

Introduction

Amazon"s Echo Dot - a genius way to make any stupid speaker the Einstein

Amazon Echo Dot is an intelligent technology tool developed by Amazon. It is a seven piece microphone of 9.25 resembling a tall cylinder speaker. The Amazon echo dot is a bit which does sound interesting and widely helpful in the current trending world which is rapidly changing into the era of technology and Yes! Amazon has thus provided one such feature echo dot. This device is capable of interacting voice with the machine to human providing other real-time information and has the stamina to handle and control all the smart devices as an automation hub.
What is Amazon Echo Dot?

The echo dot consists of a small inbuilt speaker which enacts as the best day to day tool for all the voice responses. It is a tiny black and white puck with an arena, consisting of four buttons. It can pair to a wireless speaker via Bluetooth and is pretty much audible in your surroundings.

The “Rise and Shine word” is Alexa. Alexa being the wake-up word, the voice assistant comes to life for meeting our day to day needs. It receives instructions and executes the actions.
Coming Into Sight

The Dot is a discreet sitting on a countertop. At the top of the dot is a rotating light ring actively listening to our voice. It goes mute when you turn on the mute button where the mics are disconnected electrically.

Carrying Out Its Job

Once the echo is plugged in, open the Alexa app on your smartphone by connecting to the wifi. Doing this Alexa performs a variety of features such as setting timers and telling the time etc. It tells you how your day is and how you commute, the weather from the connected calendar.

Alexa has been accessed to a lot of information. It has a deep volume of knowledge about Google data at its fingertips.
Judgement

It is an excellent mic which constantly keeps listening to you.

The main best feature of echo dot is its voice control over things without any secondary help. This mark has massive impression forwarding for the internet. The automation routine through voice gives us a satisfying pleasure. It gets the job done in such a way that nothing else can compete with it.
Smart Home

Nothing can give us that so much pleasure when you enter a room and the lights get turned on in the kitchen as you utter the word “Alexa, turn on the lights in the kitchen”.

And this is one of the most exciting sets of skills. We have to be aware of the names that we give to all devices So that Alexa is able to configure what we are trying to say.

You can configure what is visible and is not visible to Alexa within the various skills. You have to do it one by one as two things cannot take place at the same time.

For instance, Instead of telling each work separately it is better that we collectively put them together in the Alexa app. So this will help us to make our work easier like telling “Alexa house off and so everything turns off when we step out of the house”.

Analysis Of Amazon Echo Dot App

The 7 Piece Microphones

The device has seven microphones which have the ability to receive commands when the sound system is quite far away from our site. It can work up to a distance of 30 meters. It is activated by further commands by hearing the word “Alexa” else can be generated by switching the action button present at the top of the device.
Functioning Skills

Echo dot can communicate through wifi and Bluetooth so that it will be enabled to perform the skills. It provides a privacy statement as it is the duty of Amazon to examine and assure the security for the preferred skills.
Encoded Communication

Echo dot does not allow anyone to easily hack or use the security leads. It has been proved by the testers of IOT laboratory by a safety communication.

TLS 1.2 encryption is been preferred for the communication of echo. This strong encryption is used for obtaining the software updates.

The information which is fed to Alexa is always encrypted. A study stream of network traffic has been observed whether it was spoken or not.
Less Space

All connections are protected against the simple middle attacks of man. For instance, if the input is needed for the user, the data will be stored confidently by the app.
Small Things Make Great Wonders

The Echo Dot may appear small but it plays as a helping hand to us.

This dot is applicable to any Bluetooth speaker and goes in hand with any audio system. There is no necessity of having an extra speaker to get along with it. This includes tiny speakers inside it.
Alexa’s Capability

You would be surprised to learn that amazons echo does a lot more than what we expect and the new feature will be far better than what she did previously. New features such as other smart home controls are also being introduced in the revised app of Alexa.
Alexa has recently been updated to link with other internet services through voice. Alexa is far much capable of ordering and purchasing products from amazon. Another benefit of Alexa is that it can guide as in answering questions through the help of Wikipedia and solves math problems, converting the measurements.
A Close Friend For The Future

The Amazon will introduce Echo dot second generation to this world worth fifty bucks with a pitch note of “A star trek computer your home”. Amazon has successfully made the entry of Alexa making the customer more tempting as it’s smarter than the first version. It is now a better listener worth for money. The new Alexa is delightful and has an encouraging value in technology.
The Exciting features of Alexa which are yet to come!
Excelling Vocabulary

Amazon is working towards the standardization of vocabulary for Alexa. So that she may perform better and more.
Notifications

The future of Alexa is been focusing on better helping services. When there are some impossible situations Alexa might help you when you need it even though you are not preferring that to her. Amazon wants to do things better with anything through notifications.
Alexa The 8th Sense

Alexa will be soon featuring a better task in giving knowledge or educating about third party skills that may help us reach our destination although we are not aware of the skill or knowledge. This can be noticed in smart gadgets.
Upcoming Devices
The speakers can be amplified through a powerful source which gives way for next generation of echo dot. This can also serve as a microprocessor with an interactive touch display.

Conclusion

“Today is the only day in which we have any power.” Yes, that power is Amazon Echo Dot.

Alexa is not just a voice but it is a helping hand which makes our work easier and satisfactory. The echo dot app is created for benefiting our needs through modern techniques.

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Nikon KeyMission 360 Camera Review

Introduction

The Nikon KeyMission 360 camera is the new action gadget in the market. The Nikon cameras have its name in the market for being one of the best and the leading brands in providing the consumers with the best of the photography experiences, but it was limited to being in the segment of 2D cameras only. With the changing trend, the Nikon camera has moved to a new segment of cameras that is the action cameras, or the 360-degree camera.

The best part about these cameras is they can easily be connected with the smartphones and tablets so you can playback the videos share it on the social media platform, easily set up the settings to capture the action and make all the editing that you want to. These action Nikon KeyMission 360 cameras come in different variations they are wearable and can be mounted on the surface.

The Nikon KeyMission 360 is compact, easy to use, waterproof, light in weight and easy to store and carry. The impressive video quality of 4K Ultra HD Video allows you to experience the world in the 360 view, that is even better than that of a human eye, it allows you to relive the moments over and again. What makes this product so unique is it is waterproof, it is dust-proof, it is shockproof, and it is freeze-proof. It is so made that it can withstand any climatic condition it does not range itself in the delicate segments of cameras, it is easy to use and can be used to capture all the action. Hence called as the keyMission or the action cameras. Just place and mount the cameras and feel free to capture all the fun.

4K Ultra HD Resolution

The quality of the scenes shot is with Nikon KeyMission is so crystal clear that you can relive each and every moment in the very sense that the user had seen in person. Because of its 4K resolution, ultra HD video quality the video captures is of great sharpness. This sharpness is four times that of the full HD quality, imagine getting videos and photos that are sharper and clearer that your Full HD.

Nikon used a very smart technology to track all the position of video shooting, let it be vertical or horizontal or even rotational movement, is kept and later on when the video is introduced all the movement of hands, shaking of images, etc is minimized so that you get to experience a video that is steady in nature and seems to be flawless. This is something related to videos, but the action camera is not only limited to taking videos only it is also capable of taking ultra slow motion videos, along with Time-Lapse Sequence and also 23.9-megapixel photos.

Sharing Features

Nikon has also made sharing easy, it has introduced the inbuilt Wi-Fi system in it and also a Bluetooth for sharing your videos and images. Nikon gives you the feature to view, share and edit your photos and videos through you smartphones and tablets by using a snap bridge 360/170 app. This app helps you shoot videos remotely, i.e just place your camera and move away from the location through your app you will be able to shoot everything without being there in person. Also, it allows you to change settings and keep transferring data to a different or any desired location that you wish for.

The camera does not have a display option like the traditional cameras do. Hence all the display has to be handled by the app itself. And a pre-installation of the app is important before setting up the camera. The only weak side of the connectivity is that when the camera is used for underwater shooting the wireless connectivity is not possible.

Wearable and Mountable - Let No Fun Pass by Uncultured

Because of the Nikon KeyMission360 compact and lightweight design the camera can be easily be mounted anywhere and can be worn easily. It comes with a standard ¼-inch socket that can be attached with or on the existing accessories. Nikon does not bound you to use its camera in any particular way you can use it in any which way you want it. Nikon has made it so strong that it can handle all the climatic condition. And as far as mounting comes into picture its accessories come in different variations as follows:

• Adhesive mount


• Suction mount


• Wrist mount


• Helmet mount


• Chest harness mount


• KeyMission extension arm mount


• Hand grip mount
  Engineered for the Toughest of Situations

As discussed earlier the Nikon KeyMission 360 is made to withstand in all the tough situations of mother nature. If talking about the specifications of the camera:

• It can be used for underwater shooting that is it will remain waterproof up till 98 feet of depth.

• It can be used to shoot in the coldest of places it can shoot to a temperature that is as low as 14 degrees F.

• It can also sustain shocks, that is if the camera falls from a height of 6.6 feet it will remain unharmed.

• Limitations of the Nikon KeyMission360

Some of the limitations of the Nikon KeyMission 360 cameras are:

• It is said that the camera is shock proof but it doesn"t mean that it would not deform the camera.

• Being shockproof doesn’t mean excessive shock or vibrations can be handled by the camera. Placing of heavy objects on the camera can hamper the camera.

• Being waterproof is one of the qualities but possibilities are that the images captures might be blurred.

• When using lens protector underwater full 360 degrees capturing is not possible.

• Keeping the camera more than an hour underwater can be dangerous.

• For being freeze-proof the camera does operate but the battery might be an issue as at lower temperature battery gets discharged quickly.

What comes in the box?

When you buy a Nikon KeyMission360 the box will come with the following things:

• One User’s manual

• EN-EL 12 Rechargeable Battery, you can buy one extra set of battery so as to not fall short of action.

• EH-73P Charging AC Adapter to charge the battery.

• UC-E21 USB Cable, to transfer files.

• AA-1A Base Adapter

• AA-2 Base Mount F

• AA-3 Base Mount C

• CF-AA1 Silicone Jacket

• AA-17 Head-Mounted Display

• AA-14A Lens Protector

• AA-15A Underwater Lens Protector, to be used underwater but this restricts the user from taking 360-degree videos.

Nikon KeyMission 360 Camera Specs:

• It comes with a 23.9 megapixels lens which reduces the number of effective pixels that makes the images better.

• It has a sensor size of 1/ 2.3-in. An image sensor as CMOS*2 giving total pixels of 21.14 million*2 and an image size of 7,744*3,872 pixels.

• It has a rechargeable battery Li-ion EN-EL12, the approximate charging time is around 2hrs and 30 min, and this is the charging time when no charging is left in the battery that is it is completely drained.

• For media storage, it supports MicroSD, Micro SDHC, Micro SD*C memory cards.

• It has an ISO Sensitivity of ISO 100-1,600, that means lowest ISO Sensitivity of 100 and highest sensitivity of 1,600.

• It has a weight of 7oz. That is approximate of 198 gm this weight includes the weight of battery and MicroSD card.

• If seeing the dimension it has a width of 2.6 in. (61.1 mm) a height of 2.5 in. (65.7 mm) and depth of 2.4 in. (60.1 mm).

• It has a lens of 1.6 mm and is said to have an angle view of 8.2 mm lens in 35mm. It has a focal length of 1.6 mm*2, lens f/-no. of f/2.0. The lens construction is of 7 elements in 7 groups, lens zoom in of fixed single focal length, and comes with a vibration reduction technique. For autofocus, it has an autofocus range of approximate 1 ft. (30 cm) to infinity.

• The exposure metering is done in matrix center weighted, programmed auto exposure, exposure compensation of -2.0 to +2.0 EV in steps of ⅓ EV.

• It has a shutter speed of 1/80000-1sec. Ans one can set a self-timer from .10 sec to 2 sec. It has a CMOS electronic shutter.

• For interfacing, it has a Hi-speed USB, and an HDMI output of type D, it has a USB Micro connector for the input-output terminal. Along with this it also has a Wi-Fi Functionality and Bluetooth connectivity.

• The storage filesystem is of DCF Exif 2.3 compliant, the storage file formats that it supports is still pictures in JPEG format and Movies in Video: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, Audio: AAC Stereo

Price

The stupendous piece of perfection the Nikon KeyMission360 is available in the market for an affordable price of $499.95.

Bottom line

For those who are enthusiastic about going on adventures and enjoying to the limits this is the camera for them. It shoots all the activity in action. The price is very low as compared to the features the camera has to offer. It is a must buy for every enthusiast. Its mount and go feature, and the weatherproof feature allows its users to use the camera in all the climatic conditions and situations, it quickly gets mounted anywhere and everywhere. Let it be your kids first swimming lessons a soccer match a wildlife shooting or anything no action can stop you from storing in the memories.

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Insta360 Spherical Video Camera Review

Insta360 is a leader in the field of VR spherical camera industry. It has not only exceeded the expectations of its users but has also taken the market by storm by meeting the needs of the government department, and enterprises. It is not only popular amongst the masses but has taken over the professional fields too. The company Shenzhen Arashi Vision Co., was established by Liu Jing Kang who is the CEO of the company in the year 2014. The company originally deals in the professional, intelligent technologies and spherical cameras. With the great success in Insta360, the product now gets distributed to over hundred countries across the globe. The Insta360 products can be easily spotted in the fields of sports, tourism, Mass media, for conducting conferences, etc.
The Insta360 deals in spherical cameras and has four products which are at the top of the range in the market i.e. Insta360 Pro, Insta360 Air, Insta360 Nano, and Insta360 4k. Each of this product is a pioneer in itself.
Here is a quick insight of all the four products of Insta 360
Insta360 Pro

Insta360 has announced its 8K professional virtual reality camera as Insta360 Pro. This product is launched to enhance the experience of the 360-degree filming experience. The first glimpse of the Insta360 Pro was seen in the CES 2017, that is a tech trade show that took place in Las Vegas. The resolution of the camera is 8K and can shoot a 360-degree film which can be viewed with a virtual reality headset getting a feel of actual depth of the scenes shot. Making you relive all the moments in virtual reality.

Insta360 Pro Specifications

1. When taking pictures through Insta360 Pro, it offers a resolution of 8K that is approximately around 7680*3840 and it offers a real-time stitching or the post-processing stitching.

2. For the video recording feature, the camera is capable of providing a live streaming feature at a maximum of 3840*1920 at 30fps that are 4K along with real-time stitching. At a maximum of 7680*7680 that is 8K at 30fps, it provides a post-processing stitching.

3. 3D photos can also be taken at a maximum of 7680*7680 that is 8K real-time stitching and/or post processing stitching.

4. 3D videos can be recorded at a maximum of 3840x3840@25fps that is 4K with real-time stitching and live streaming and at a maximum at 6400x6400@30fps that is 6K with post-processing stitching.

5. It has lenses of 6*F2.4 Fisheye Lenses

6. It supports file types that are MP4, JPG, and RAW

7. The body is made up of aluminum alloy and the fiber part of polycarbonate.

8. It has four built-in mics and AUX feature.

9. It has a dimension of 143mm and a weight of 1228g.

10. For storage, it is equipped with SD card slot and an USB3.0 High-speed driver.

11. For interfacing Insta360 have WiFi connectivity, HDMI 2.0 Type-D to connect the footage with the output, RJ45 Ethernet interface and a USB Type-C for file transfer.

12. The camera comes with a 5000mAh removable battery, along with an adapter 12V, 5A DC.

13. Can share the photos to all leading social media platform and also you can live-stream your videos.
Insta360 Air

The Insta360 Air is a spherical camera that works with your mobile phone with ease. But the only problem with the camera is, it works only with Android phones. If you are wishing to use such feature in your iPhone then you will have to go for a separate version that is the Insta 360 Nano. But the Insta360 Air is compatible with all kind of android phones, when you do not have your phone with you, you can use the Insta360 Air with your laptop also as a webcam for conferencing and other such purposes.
Like other cameras of Insta 360, Insta360 Air also has its set of apps which gives you the ease to shoot 360-degree videos and photos and easily share them on leading social media platform. It is not necessary that your friends also need to have a 360-degree camera or a Virtual reality headset to view your videos, all they need to do is download Insta360 player app, and they can enjoy your videos with ease. The product is said to be live this year by March.

Insta360 Air Specifications

1. The Insta360 Air is compatible with all Android phones and has two applications to access its complete features as Insta360 Air and Insta360 Players to play videos.

2. It has a minimum aperture of F2.4 and a photo resolution capture of 3008*1540 that is a resolution of 3K.

3. It has a video capturing resolution of 2560*1280, it gives an fps of 30 frames per second.

4. Dimensions in metric is 37.6mm diameter, Dimension (US) is 0.12 ft Diameter, 0.13ft Height.

5. It has a total weight of 26.5g

6. And for the connection, it has USB Micro/Type-C.

7. It has two lenses and one LED Indicator a USB Interface and a burning hole.
Insta360 Nano
Insta360 Nano was introduced in the market with the idea of a 360 camera view for the iPhone users. There are not much attachment for the iPhone users when talking about the technology and hence this Insta360 Nano, this slim attachment easily mounts on your iPhone with the lightning connector and is ready to use, the most impressive part of this camera is its simple and sleek design. It has a 30fps which mean every moment is caught in action and that to crystal clear.
When you plug in the Insta360 Nano to an iPhone it sets just perfect with the phone sticking close to the back of the phone. The app of the nano camera flips upside down because the camera mounts to the bottom side of the phone and hence when using the phone you need to flip the phone and so the app flips itself. It comes with a stylish slip in the bag where you can store your camera and take it along with you freely.

Insta360 Nano Specification

1. It has a lens with aperture F2.0.

2. It provides with a resolution of 3040*1520.

3. It has a TF Card Slot as a storage medium.

4. Has a dimension of 110 mm(D) * 33 mm(W) * 21 mm(H).

5. Has a weight of 70 +5g -5g.

6. As a total battery capacity of 800mAh.

7. And it comes along with an adapter of 5V / 1A.

8. It has a power/shutter feature to it along with a LED indicator and a lightning connector

9. It also has a micro-USB Port and an internal Microphone for better recording feature.

Insta360 4k
The Insta360 4K is yet another exciting product of the Insta360. The Insta360 4K can shoot spherical videos in 3 different resolutions i.e. 2K at 30 frames per second, 3K at 24 frames per second, and 4K at 15 frames per second. The specifications tell that the camera has two 230 degree lenses through which everything gets recorded, and the overlapping or the stitching of the two views is done in real time. Not only this but it also allows you to go for real-time preview and live stream. As we are talking about 4K resolution, it means you will be enjoying capturing all the details. But in this process be ready to have large memory available as the 4K videos take up more of your memory.
It supports all kind of playing platform that is the videos you have recorded can be viewed with the various option like you can relive the moments of the concert through a virtual reality headphone. If seeing on the smartphone you can also drag the screen to get a 360-degree view. The videos can also get rotated as any other video does on the smartphone. Instant sharing is also an option so no matter whatever is the platform your friends are using they will be able to experience exactly the same that you lived in. The Insta 360 4K has a dedicated mobile app to allow you to use your camera as a remote control for better controlling.

Insta 360 4K Specification

1. It has a sensor of sony 8- megapixel CMOS

2. It Is handy with a storage of Micro SDHC memory card slot.

3. It Has two lens of F2.0 FOV around 230 degrees and a focal length of 1.00 +5%mm -5%mm.

4. Has a resolution of 4096*2048 that is around 4K and 25 frames per second, and a video maximum resolution of 3008*1504 and 30 frames per second.

5. An input of 5v / 3A.

6. And has a dimension of 158mm (H)* 74.5mm(L)* 48mm (B).

Bottom line

All the products of Insta 360 are engineered for excellence. The company leads in the field of spherical cameras and imparts nothing but the best. Possessing any of the product of it is a dream come true. Now capture all your memories in a 360-degree view. Attach the camera to your smartphone on the go and don’t let any moment pass by.

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