Littlstar’s library contains thousands of 360-degree videos produced by major brands like Discovery, National Geographic, Showtime, and Disney, as well as curated content from individual contributors.
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Saudi hospital on fire, 25 dead
The king stressed the importance of investments in health care, education, housing, employment, transportation and the economy. The king also referred to the importance of Saudi Arabia’s custodianship of Islam’s two holiest sites in Mecca and Medina.
Apple TV users can explore any part of the video by using the Siri remote to tweak their viewpoint.
Astronauts start spacewalk at International Space Station
The astronauts had to move the rail auto so a cargo ship carrying about 3,000 kg of supplies could dock on Wednesday. After quickly completing their primary objective for the spacewalk, Kelly and Kopra tackled several get-ahead tasks.
Littlstar, which already has an iOS app, is backed by Disney Accelerator, which provides both financial backing and mentoring for tech companies launching products in the consumer entertainment and media fields. When the service first popped up previous year, it claimed to be the first online community for VR, panoramic and 360-degree videos. The experience seems to be quite something, offering Apple TV owners a new means of interacting with the content they are watching, and helping viewers more than ever feel like they’re engaging with something live, rather than a recording. Unlike YouTube, Littlstar exclusively publishes 360-degree videos, and while it doesn’t have the breadth of content you’d find on Google’s streaming giant, there’s still a wealth of clips from the likes of National Geographic and Wall Street Journal. On PCs, users have to click and drag on the videos.
NASA to Make Critical ISS Repairs During Spacewalk on Monday
The primary objective of the spacewalk by American Nasa astronauts Tim Kopra and Scott Kelly was to free a jammed robotic trolley. The outing by Scott Kelly and Tim Kopra began at 7:45 am (1245 GMT), the United States space agency said.
Chief executive of Littlstar, Ben Nunez, said “as more and more content creators look to 360 videos and virtual reality to tell stories and connect with consumers, we want to provide them with the widest distribution across platforms”.
Lastly, with the expectancy of the app on Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Sony PlayStation VR by 2016, users can now experiment with Littlestar on the web or through their Android devices for free.
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What’s curious about this is how this type of videos can be viewed through the Apple TV. The remote’s trackpad lets users smoothly pan around in any direction they like with just the tip of their finger.
