Azure service for 360 videos

Edafe Iduh 1 Reputation point
2022-06-01T21:25:20.553+00:00

Hi All

Is there an Azure cloud service that supports the use of 360 videos which enable users to seek through the video timeline?

Introduction

I am currently working on a project that is strictly designed to stream media files of 360 degree format captured from 360 cameras.

I have tried the Azure blob storage for storing my files but it does not support video seeking (moving/skipping to a new position in the video or audio timeline)

I have also tried Azure Media services, but it does not support 360 videos, which causes my videos to be displayed in a 2D format.

Azure Storage Accounts
Azure Storage Accounts
Globally unique resources that provide access to data management services and serve as the parent namespace for the services.
2,717 questions
Azure Media Services
Azure Media Services
A group of Azure services that includes encoding, format conversion, on-demand streaming, content protection, and live streaming services.
303 questions
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
2,438 questions
0 comments

1 answer

Sort by: Most helpful
Most helpful Newest Oldest
  1. John Deutscher (MSFT) 2,126 Reputation points
    2022-06-01T21:57:26.963+00:00

    I really depends on the format of 360 video you are wanting to use. There are many ways to do 360 video.
    The simplest format is just projection mapping and warping a 2D video (Monoscopic, Side By Side, Top Bottom), and de-warping that video at the client side.

    AMS can do 360 videos, you just have to upload a pre-warped video that can be then streamed over HLS or DASH to a browser client that is going to do the unwarping and view tracking.
    An example of this is the Babylon.js player plugin that they built for the Azure Media Player - https://doc.babylonjs.com/extensions/amp360Video
    That code is rather old, but the idea is still the same.

    Theo player is a commercial player engine that also supports 360 videos - http://demo.theoplayer.com/vr-and-360

    0 comments