When it comes to gifts this holiday season, don't look under the tree; open your computer or mobile device instead. Mercedes-Benz has just launched a pair of spectacular, albeit short, 360-degree films featuring some of the fastest and most exciting cars ever created.
Capable of being viewed through the Samsung Gear Virtual Reality (VR) devices, as well as Android-powered devices and Apple products, these films star the all-new Mercedes-AMG GT S being driven around the Laguna Seca Raceway in California. They were shot in real time using a total of 18 cameras mounted on special rigs. The output from each camera was then electronically stitched together to create one seamless lap of the Laguna Seca track in 360 degrees.
The experience is so vivid it feels like you’re hovering just off the front or back bumper of the new GT S. Likewise, you can opt to take a virtual seat next to the driver – which happens to be none other than five-time DTM champion Bernd Schneider – to experience what the action feels like from inside the car.
You can watch the videos here: http://bit.ly/16yubWM and http://bit.ly/1w6cvq0
Source: Mercedes-AMG