Gadgetory

livestreaming is the next frontier in virtual reality and the aura for i wants to be the easiest solution out there it's a camera that shoots 4k VR straight to youtube with just a few clicks so the camera component of the aura system has for 117 degree wide angle lenses to are facing up and to are facing down in order to get the whole scene there are four microphones around which gives an Ambu sonic sound experience so that means sound is coming from all around you when you're listening in headphones while the camera is really small there's also a box that does all the stitching and calibrating automatically to connect the camera to the control box plug in an ethernet cable that delivers power and data you also have the option of connecting an external microphone to the control box once it's connected to the internet you can preview the stream from a browser and then send it out to a live broadcast on YouTube when the broadcast is active watch it on YouTube mobile app or in a VR headset exposure is automatic but it compensates with a sort of HDR or high dynamic range video it blends the correct exposures for highlight and shadow areas all from the box the SD card slot on the box also lets you record video without live-streaming it records a stitched and unstitched version for maximum flexibility and the video quality is impressive from the demo we shot in CNET's offices there's about a minute delay when you watch the stream on YouTube but that's because of YouTube's rendering process rather than a bottleneck on the camera itself with a price point of three thousand five hundred and ninety-five dollars it's not an everyday camera it's definitely geared towards music sports and news applications