BBC using Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games to trial 4K/UHD, pan-around video, augmented video and Oculus Rift
Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2014 11:56 am
By Michael Burns
The BBC is using the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, which kicked off this week, as a testing ground for new ways of delivering TV coverage of live events.
A special BBC R&D production is being shown live in the Glasgow Science Centre for the duration of the Games (until 3rd August), giving people a unique opportunity to see the very first live broadcast of a Commonwealth Games in Ultra-High Definition (UHD) – aka 4K – which offers up to four times as much detail as standard HD.
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