Thanks for visiting my project page. I hope you can help me with a project and answer a few simple questions below.

I am conducting a study for an emerging media platforms class as part of a master’s degree program at S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.

For my field test, I went to the 70th Shinnecock Powwow on September 3 and recorded some 360 video using a 360Fly 4k camera, which I edited in 360Fly Editor, and some “traditional” video using my Canon Vixia camcorder, which I edited in Premiere Pro.

I’m curious to find out whether 360 video recorded on a rather new low-end camera (it cost about $500) can compare to video shot and edited in a more traditional manner, whether emotional responses are the same, and which tells the story better.

Disclaimer: I’m rather new to using the 360 camera. The quality of the recording isn’t terrific, and I don’t know if that was my fault or the camera’s. So try to put production values aside, and just judge them on format and your reaction to the videos.

If you have a cardboard viewer, please follow the link to Youtube and watch the 360 video in 360 mode. If you don’t, be sure you’re checking out all the different angles in the video.

My overarching question is whether you think 360 video is going to have a permanent place in news gathering. Will it replace traditional video? Stand alongside it?  Disappear once the wow factor is gone?

Thanks again for helping out, I’m really very interested to hear what you have to say!