JAUNT VR APP MAKES VIRTUAL REALITY CONTENT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE FIRST TIME
Completely immersive VR footage of Paul's Historic Candlestick Park concert ready for download now
Earlier this year Paul made history when he performed the last
concert at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park, the very same stadium that
saw The Beatles last public concert 48 years ago, almost to the day.
A new app launched today by Jaunt allows fans to relive the magic of
that night—more accurately experience it for the first time in a
completely immersive 360-degree virtual environment offering access to
Paul like never before: the Jaunt VR app puts you right there in the
crowd, onstage, backstage, or even right by Paul’s side in the midst of
the climactic pyro, as he performs 'Live and Let Die' live at
Candlestick.
In addition to his obviously peerless status as a musical legend and
fearless innovator, Paul has never stopped looking for new and
interesting ways to reach audiences, from his work on this year’s single
biggest entertainment release, the video game 'Destiny,' to this
collaboration with Jaunt enabling fans to experience his music and live
performance in a previously unimaginable new way.
Jaunt, the technology company behind the app, is building the
hardware and software to make truly immersive cinematic VR possible.
This special footage of the world’s revered musician marks the launch of
their first publicly available content. Jaunt is making this
revolutionary experience freely available for consumers to download and
view for the first time. The content is available now through Jaunt’s
app on Google Play for Google Cardboard and Android phones and will be
coming soon to Samsung’s Gear VR and the Oculus Rift.
Paul's performance of 'Live and Let Die' was filmed using state of
the art technology, Jaunt’s proprietary 360 degree, stereoscopic 3D
cameras and 3D sound-field microphones. Viewers will experience a
completely new level of immersion: complete freedom to look in any
direction and experience every moment of the performance in true
stereoscopic 3D with reactive, omnidirectional audio.
“The concert at Candlestick put Sir Paul McCartney in front of
70,000 live fans, and with our technology and the launch of our app,
we’re opening up this access to many more,” said Jens Christensen, CEO of Jaunt.
“We’re creating a completely new medium for entertainment. This is just
the first step of our broader mission to bring viewers immersive access
to the latest concerts, movies, sporting events and more through
virtual reality.”
'Live and Let Die' is the first of these recordings to be released by
Jaunt, and it also marks the very first public release of content in
Jaunt’s cinematic VR library.
Jaunt, which emerged from stealth in early 2014, delivers a
completely new way to present and experience media. The Jaunt platform
makes use of advanced algorithms and computational photography software
to enable the creation of seamless, omnidirectional 3D experiences. The
company will continue to focus its efforts on enabling top content
producers to create a diverse array of cinematic VR experiences that
will be available for consumers to view and download across many
platforms.
In another upcoming McCartney-first is the aforementioned release of
'Hope For The Future' a track Paul wrote and recorded exclusively for
the end credits of video game 'Destiny,' the first time Paul has ever
composed for a video game.
Fans can now download Jaunt’s cinematic VR recording of Paul’s 'Live and Let Die' for Google Play. To download, click HERE!
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