YouTube: 360-Degree Live Streaming And Spatial Audio

One Step Closer to Reality: Introducing 360-Degree Live Streaming and Spatial Audio on YouTube

Neal Mohan | April 18, 2016

[...]We first launched support for 360-degree videos back in March 2015. From musicians to athletes to brands, creators have done some incredible things with this technology. Now, they’ll be able to do even more to bring fans directly into their world, with 360-degree live streaming. And after years of live streaming Coachella for fans around the world who can’t attend the festival, this year we’re bringing you the festival like never before by live streaming select artist performances in 360 degrees this weekend.
Starting today, we’re also launching spatial audio for on-demand YouTube videos. [...]

Source: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU8wpH_LfhmvCvcBGui3LHC8DufjgvxNn

<more at https://youtube.googleblog.com/2016/04/one-step-closer-to-reality-introducing.html; related links and articles: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU8wpH_LfhmvCvcBGui3LHC8DufjgvxNn (Immersive Videos With Spatial Audio. Updated April 20, 2016) and http://youtubecreator.blogspot.com/2015/03/a-new-way-to-see-and-share-your-world.html (A new way to see and share your world with 360-degree video. March 13, 2015)>