Hey what's up, everybody so now whoa Keeley just attack me from behind let's go get my water oh my
god i don't need to do this really fast okay take two let's do it again hey what's up guys we are
at clear water and florida and behind me is the beautiful clear water ocean apparently it's the
best beach in florida in 3d yes why not capture us is the Kandao EGO 3d camera you should really
watch it with a nerdy 3d glasses the red and cyan one but the best way to watch it is with your vr
headset like Meta Quest 2 or any vr headset keep walking and walk straight to the ocean so yeah
look at the ocean behind us it's very very nice and now let's see more footage of the Qoocam EGO
So the introduction you just watched might not be a comfortable 3D experience in VR,
if you watch that in a VR headset. I am about 40cm away from the camera.
And that is TOO CLOSE to the camera. I hope I made a point.
We are now in a Jazz Club watching some amazing live Jazz performances.
The audio is captured by the Qoocam Ego. Let’s take a listen.
As you can hear, in-camera audio is clear with pretty good dynamic level control. This is a
great little camera to capture live concerts and live events and relive that moment in 3D.
But hey, is it the 3D industry dead like five years ago! Who cares about 3D these days?
With the collapse of 3D TV and 3D Display industry, there aren’t many devices that
can see 3D comfortably except inside a VR headset like the Meta Quest 2.
Lucky, Qoocam EGO can capture comfortable 3D in 60fps and publish directly on Oculus TV or
YouTube 3D with the help of some FFMPEG magic. I will teach you how at the end of this video.
Suppose you own a VR headset and want to relive that special family moment
in the Metaverse. In that case, I think Qoocam EGO is great, especially now the Insta360 EVO
is discontinued, and there is no consumer VR180 camera anymore in the market that is under $300.
Let’s talk about the specs. EGO captures 1080P resolution per eye and 4K in total. 60fps is
the key to getting comfortable 3D in VR as the screen is so close to your eyes.
There are TWO 1 over 2.3 inches sensors with F1.8 aperture.
The interpupillary distance is 65mm, which is a lot wider than 60mm
in Canon Dual Fisheye and 63mm on human average. This is probably why my intro talking head video
is so uncomfortable to view in VR. But it does make the distance objects more 3D,
as you see here. So it is a trade-off. Bad news for the Pros, EGO only has auto-exposure
at the time of recording. As you see here in fully auto camera settings facing the setting sun,
the image looks pretty good. At the point of recording,
Qoocam EGO stabilization firmware is not released yet. So I am using a cellphone gimbal. That is
why you saw earlier that my gimbal went down, and the camera goes "limb" according to Keeley.
The camera has adjustable focus distance to create shadow depth of field in 3D,
which I think it is a pretty cool feature if you know how to focus your camera.
Here is the result focusing on 2-meter. Here is the result focusing on 1.1 meter.
Here is the result focusing on 50cm / half a meter Here is the result of 40cm
And you can go as low as 30cm - which is best for macro 3D.
Autofocus firmware will be released soon for those of you who just want to point and shoot.
Ego is the only 3D camera that can see what you are capturing
in 3D immediately as it comes with this little 3D Glasses attachment. It is a great
preview camera to have on a professional VR180 film set. As the Canon R5C can not produce a
correct 3D image immediately. So if you use the Qoocam EGO on top of the Canon R5C,
your director or clients can see the 3D effect immediately after the take to decide if it needs
to reshoot or move on. It turns out to be a great tool for our professional film set. Especially
when working with clients or directors that never direct or shot on a 3D VR camera before.
There are an issue I do want to point out. Qoocam EGO is very easy to overheat,
especially shooting in Florida in the summertime.
I hope Kandao can fix this overheating issue soon. Also, the battery is not so long-lasting.
I will get an extra battery for any outdoor shoot or bring a power bank with you.
Qoocam EGO can also take 3D photos. It takes 8K, 4K per eye 3D photo. Here are some cute Kimchi
photos. Look at that handsome boy! This is in 30cm and 50cm focus distances. With the background all
blurry, 3D look a lot better! Unfortunately, 3D Photo is not in RAW, only in JPEG, for now.
The video captured by Qoocam EGO can be directly sideload onto Meta Quest 2. All you need to do
is to rename the file to end with _3D.mp4 I will recommand to release your 3D video
on YouTube 3D, which is the best platform for releasing 3D videos for Meta Quest 2, PSVR,
your old 3D TV, and my personal favorite, the Leia Inc. Lume Pad - a 3D tablet that does not
require nerdy 3D glasses to watch YouTube 3D video. My review is right here. Check it out.
The best way to prepare Qoocam EGO videos for YouTube 3D is using
FFMPEG. There are tutorials out there teaching you to use Handbrake. That is re-encoding your video.
Therefore, you lose image quality. Lots of 3D videos demo I saw so far,
including the Kandao official ones, are doing it wrong! EGO actually has pretty decent image
quality on YouTube if you follow my instruction here to do lossless metadata injection.
I am assuming you already installed FFMPEG for Oculus Quest. If not, please follow my
tutorial here. Offload all your EGO videos into a folder. In the windows address bar,
type in CMD. Or you can cd into your folder using Terminal on Apple iOs Mac computer.
Now command prompt is open into this folder with all your RAW EGO videos in it. Copy
and paste this command here. You can copy the code from this video description down below.
Hit enter, it will search all your EGO videos in this folder and batch process them. Now you see
all these MKV files. They can be directly uploaded onto YouTube. When you see this 3D icon is turned
on, your 3D Video is working correctly. The retail price of Qoocam EGO is $369
and it will be available on B&H, Amazon and all major retail stores.
We all wish Kandao to release a true consumer-level VR180
camera. So it is kinda disappointing we only get a 3D camera. What do you think? Comment below!
If you are interested in getting a FREE Qoocam EGO, we are doing a giveaway.
All you need to do is subscribe to my YouTube Channel here and Instagram here @hugh.hou - drop
a comment on my latest Instagram post about this Giveaway. We will put you in the raffle
for a chance to get a FREE camera. I will DM you on Instagram if you are the lucky winner!
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