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VR Video: Boom or Bust?

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Level 3 Communications委托Unisphere Research进行的一项研究显示,人们对虚拟现实视频传输的兴趣明显上升.

The study, titled ott视频服务市场:今天的趋势以及4K、HDR、HFR和VR的下一步是什么 is based on a survey conducted in partnership with Streaming Media magazine. In all, 来自全球媒体和娱乐公司的628人参与了这项调查,并就许多OTT话题发表了自己的见解, 从高动态范围(HDR)和高帧率(HFR)增强到1080p视频,以及他们对超高清(UHD或4K)和VR视频等新兴格式的看法.

Level 3对更好地理解虚拟现实非常感兴趣, 调查结果提供了对虚拟现实世界的敏锐洞察. To add interest around the survey, Level 3提供了一个以虚拟现实为中心的奖品:受访者可以参加一项抽奖,获得Oculus Rift虚拟现实头盔. 

After assessing the survey data, contributing editor Tim Siglin, 谁撰写了调查问题和最终分析, 他表示,他对VR视频传输潜力的看法发生了变化.

“当我开始为第3级的第二次OTT年度调查制作问题时, I was a VR video skeptic," Siglin says. “但在分析阶段,很明显,VR视频战略决策对那些已经提供OTT服务的公司来说具有巨大的影响力.”

随着提供OTT服务的受访者对VR视频的兴趣大幅下降, which accounted for about half of all responses. 其他受访者要么正在考虑推出OTT服务,要么是使用在线视频平台(ovp)的非营利组织的一部分,要么是通过外部内容交付网络(CDN)来增加内部交付。.

OTT service providers favored VR video by a slight margin, 超过一半的人表示他们至少在研究VR的潜力. 这一群体包括那些准备推出或已经推出VR视频内容交付的公司.

For those who believe VR video is here to stay, 全面采用的主要挑战包括两个方面:业务和技术.

On the technical front, the lack of hardware was a notable concern, as was the issue of competing hardware standards.

Bandwidth was also a concern, 因为VR视频流需要比传统视频流拥有更广阔的视野. While most VR video is lower resolution than 1080p video, the wider field of view requires a higher number of pixels, which in turn requires a higher bandwidth.

On the business front, 消费者缺乏意识或兴趣是最主要的原因, VR视频和虚拟现实广告的货币化仍然存在不确定性. 害怕来自免费服务甚至是消费者创造的VR视频内容(UGC)的竞争, or user generated content) were also high on the list.

The UGC concern is valid, given that relatively few professional VR video rigs exist, 目前大多数VR视频设备都是消费设备的汇编,可以由热情的业余爱好者制作和营销自己的内容拼凑在一起.

On the more traditional OTT front, the need for quality CDN services continues to grow, 符合OTT行业的整体增长预期. 在提供OTT服务的受访者中,超过三分之二的人预计明年OTT收入将至少实现两位数的增长.

几乎一半的受访者预计,2015年至2016年,OTT收入将同比增长50%, 近20%的人预计在同一时间段内增长率将超过50%.

Finally, because OTT services need to differentiate themselves, 一些OTT提供商希望使用直播OTT内容作为他们的主要区别. 这就要求增加CDN服务,使其能够与大多数CDN所面向的更受欢迎的视频点播(VOD)内容交付同等地处理直播OTT. If the survey responses are any indication, 这将标志着OTT行业首次强调直播内容(包括直播活动和直播线性频道),而不是典型的VOD或追赶产品.

These details and more can be found in ott视频服务市场:今天的趋势以及4K、HDR、HFR和VR的下一步 report, available for free download.

For other current research, visit StreamingMedia.com Research Reports.

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