Light Field camera. CALENDAR. Google LatLong. Binary Crumbs: Spherical Immersive Video: Navigate, Control, Explore. Up until now, I've focused primarily on 3D innovations that affect the photographic industry.
Although some of these photographic innovations have dynamic properties that allow users to freely move throughout a virtual environment, it's important to note that the raw data used to build them is wholly static/still. Examples include: equirectangular photos, Photosynth, and photorealistic 3D models. What we must understand is that photo-based technology is not the only medium charging down this path. Video technology too, has improved to a point where spacial environments can be freely navigated by the end user. The main difference is that in order for immersive video to be produced, literally petabytes of information need to be stored, rendered, and allocated.