360-cam: John visits St Ninian's Isle, Shetland
Added 2024-02-06 20:47:26 +0000 UTCIt's always fun having a new toy to play with, so we let John Gater loose with a 360 camera!
Here he is exploring Britain's largest tombolo - a narrow strip of sand connecting St Ninian's Isle to mainland Shetland. (Look out for our producer, Karen, in the background!)
While watching the video on a computer click and drag using the mouse or tracker pad: up, down, left and right to get a full 360-degree view in real time! You can also zoom in or out.
Depending on your connection speed, you may need to adjust the video quality by clicking on the cog icon at the bottom of the YouTube window.
If using a phone or other mobile device, it should work by simply rotating the screen.
You'll be seeing more of the 360-cam on upcoming digs, so please let us know what you think!
Comments
Way cool. Very nice music.
Connie L Merchant
2024-04-20 20:44:26 +0000 UTCEwan Maclennan does a beautiful cover of this and so many other similar tunes
Wendy
2024-03-11 18:10:41 +0000 UTCThis is amazing 👏 🙌
Wendy
2024-03-11 18:07:37 +0000 UTCwow! love this! amazing, that you can see the shadow of a stick, but it is not recording "itself" .. so the stick. what a view! thank you for this.
Octavia Gentemann-Schmidt
2024-02-28 19:46:48 +0000 UTCHi Jill - it was so much fun but hard to hide 😆 Karen x
Karen Kirk
2024-02-25 20:50:57 +0000 UTCSuper cool technology. The company I work for is testing these now for large equipment performance tests. I love Karen trying to lurk out of sight. :)
Jill Desruisseau
2024-02-24 23:25:46 +0000 UTCIt’s fantastic! Thanks, John!
Tunde Brunette
2024-02-18 01:25:07 +0000 UTCThat's so cool
Spud Man
2024-02-17 03:31:57 +0000 UTCThat was fun! What does the device look like? I could tell from the shadow that it was a stick with a bulbous top point. Was there a bulb(sensor) on the bottom, too? It was interesting that the device, (plus computer imager) took itself out of the picture. If you look at John's hands, he looks like he is holding something, but there is nothing there. Thanks for sharing.
Cate Abbott
2024-02-10 02:38:37 +0000 UTCTrust John to get his hand on the tech first, just make sure he doesn't turn any filters off, we have seen him turn of the Roman filter when doing the survey
Neil Graham
2024-02-09 00:44:18 +0000 UTCNice. You could even look up at the sky, or at the ground :-).
Andy Quick
2024-02-08 23:48:24 +0000 UTCBBC "walks" use 4k with a crisper image and maybe you could use a mini windsock on the mic when sound is important. Otherwise a very useful addition to output. Keep experimenting.
Derek Thom
2024-02-08 14:28:52 +0000 UTC❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Cheryl Kurucz
2024-02-08 06:51:17 +0000 UTCHe looks cold but still our good old John, going strong. Neat technology. Just like being there.
Edwin Elliott
2024-02-08 05:36:32 +0000 UTCA man you don't meet every day, excellent back-ground music for John & the video. I think with time & practice this new bit of tech will be mastered both by John & the viewer. Good stuff.
Bede Browne
2024-02-08 01:36:32 +0000 UTCGreat! 👍 Embrace the tech ❤️🙏❤️
Ingi Jensson
2024-02-08 01:31:46 +0000 UTCLove it!!!! Keep it up!
Margie Willis
2024-02-07 19:43:07 +0000 UTCAwesome!
Michael Crisp
2024-02-07 12:06:53 +0000 UTCTerrific...and I learned a new word-always a good thing, even @ 82!
SallyMum
2024-02-07 11:50:39 +0000 UTCLove the interactivity and the fact that John still has issues with technology after all this time!
Clive James
2024-02-07 10:15:14 +0000 UTCThat was different!
Sue Tweedie
2024-02-07 08:36:37 +0000 UTCThis is amazing. I am guessing this is already in use in archeology sites? I wonder why this isn't more common due to getting a whole different experience being able to look around. Great to use for maybe historical sites or sites that may be off limit due to safety concern etc! Or just to record places before they are lost to something like sites that suffer from corrosion. A whole different experience comparing to just images or 3D made areas!
Marcus Lindström
2024-02-07 07:13:07 +0000 UTCI'm only forced to wonder, how did John get hold of this toy before Stewart? This seems like a Stewart thing!
Eric Fretheim
2024-02-07 05:43:24 +0000 UTCThat is amazing.
Elessa Wylde
2024-02-07 03:15:24 +0000 UTCVery cool. I expect to see John walking back & forth in the fields with a GoPro stick duct taped to his head... that in itself is worth the cost of admission. 😁👍 love it, thanks John.
Patricia Amero
2024-02-07 02:44:28 +0000 UTCNow that John is an expert with the 360 cam, let him use it in the next pub scene (keeping one hand free for his beer, of course). 📹🍺
Eggs Ackley
2024-02-07 02:37:00 +0000 UTCThanks Andy, it worked a charm! Every day is a school day for me & tech.
Patricia Amero
2024-02-07 02:33:36 +0000 UTCExcellent loved the music too. The first piece was The Pogues, I’m a man you don’t meet everyday, was it not?
Ivan Clowsley
2024-02-06 23:08:12 +0000 UTCThis is great! I did have an issue when I had it in full screen as the top banner would cover the up arrow, so had to get out of full screen to use it. Thanks for the experience! Gorgeous area.
Leanne
2024-02-06 22:40:34 +0000 UTCHe was having so much fun with it, even though you could tell his hands were freezing.
Evelyn G Kimbrell
2024-02-06 22:13:47 +0000 UTCJohn Gater has been like a kid in a candy shop with the return of the new Time Team. Kudos to him, his joy and expertise.
JanD
2024-02-06 21:53:37 +0000 UTCSuper cool piece of tec .Wonderful. That was stunning @ 4K John @ TT
PHILIP MAY
2024-02-06 21:35:32 +0000 UTCThis is great! To get it to work on my iPad from the Patreon page. I had to click on the ‘share’ button at the top right of the video and then on the 3 dots icon and this played the video on YouTube and it worked by rotating the screen - hope this helps.
Andy Woodhead
2024-02-06 21:32:12 +0000 UTCWhat an amazingly beautiful beach and scenery.
Jen Harris
2024-02-06 21:28:28 +0000 UTCBrings to mind German airplane, seagulls, umbrella, Sean Connery.
James Lee-Pevenhull
2024-02-06 21:23:00 +0000 UTCWell that was fun!
Carrie S
2024-02-06 21:20:01 +0000 UTCI've been hoping we could actually see the digs on the island .
Winfield E. Johnson
2024-02-06 20:58:49 +0000 UTCVery Cool...
Steve Mikre
2024-02-06 20:55:50 +0000 UTCThis is fab!
Zoe Propper
2024-02-06 20:52:57 +0000 UTC
