The startup has developed a mobile application utilizing Spatial Video technology, enabling users to experience immersive content with six degrees of freedom through live recording and streaming to head-mounted displays and holographic screens. This technology allows multiple viewers to individually engage with remote scenes, facilitating natural eye-to-eye conferencing and collaborative content consumption.
Funding
$9.6M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Traditional video conferencing and streaming solutions lack the sense of presence and natural interaction found in face-to-face communication. Existing systems often fail to accurately convey depth and spatial relationships, hindering effective collaboration and creating a disconnect between remote participants.
Solution
ViewMagic offers a software platform that enables applications to control virtual cameras in 3D space within live-streaming or pre-recorded video content. Using a small number of regular color cameras, the system captures light-field video, which is then processed and streamed to allow viewers to experience immersive content with six degrees of freedom. This approach facilitates natural eye contact in video calls by virtually moving the camera behind the display and enables physically accurate virtual teleportation experiences on VR/AR devices. The platform reconstructs images and generates high-resolution depth data in real-time, enhancing visual effects for both standard and immersive content production.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes companies developing video conferencing applications, VR/AR content creators, and visual effects studios seeking to enhance the realism and immersiveness of their products.
Features
- Software-controlled virtual cameras with 6DoF movement within live or pre-recorded video.
- Light-field video capture using standard color cameras, eliminating the need for green screens or specialized depth sensors.
- Real-time image reconstruction and up to 4K resolution depth data generation.
- ViewMagic Experience for enabling natural eye-contact in video calling applications.
- ViewMagic 4D for delivering immersive virtual teleportation experiences on VR/AR devices.
- Compatibility with 2D displays (with head tracking) and light-field displays for a 3D window-like illusion.
- Software Development Kit (SDK) for integration into existing applications.