Thursday, March 20, 2008

Surf The Largest Swells At Teahupoo With Red Bull

Red Bull, with the help of a company called Immersive Media and their 360-degree spherical video camera (a technology that uses a specially designed camera housing to capture eleven separate video streams), have created a completely spherical and high-resolution view of various surfing clips at the Teahupoo surfing event in the South West Pacific.

The technology, in effect, creates an unique viewing experience that allows viewers to feel as though they are part of the action by controlling the camera with their mouse during the video.

Below is one of the clips:



To view more, go and check out the Red Bull Surfing site by clicking here.