Prince Caspian’s Blu-ray Disc Breaks Ground with Circlevision

It looks like the Blu-ray Disc for Prince Caspian is going to be the disc to own, for fans and non-fans alike. Why would non-fans want it? It is a showcase for a technology that you’ll only find here, at least for now. That technology is Circlevision:

Prince Caspian’s BD release will push the extras and interactivity including a clever new feature called Circlevision.

In the demo we saw, Circlevision let us use the remote to spin around a scene in 360 degrees. It’s done by using footage from an array of cameras positioned around a 360 degree set.

Circlevision was originally developed in the 60s, but it has been revived by Disney with the latest Blu-ray technology. When you highlight specific points in the panorama, you can call up text, video and sound that relate to it. We spent ages wading through all the extras and barely scratched the surface of what’s on there. Prince Caspian looks set to be the most advanced Blu-ray release so far.

[via Electric Pig]

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