Walt Disney Studios has announced its deal with Nokia Technologies in using the new OZO virtual reality camera of the latter to take the audience behind the scenes of future movies.

The partnership started when “The Jungle Book” movie released earlier this month, which featured two 360-degree videos focused on the Red Carpet premiere and an interview with the cast. Nokia president Ramzi Haidamus pointed out that this is just the beginning because the deal also covers the other studios that Disney owns like “Marvel” and “Lucasfilm.” In short, the Ozo could potentially show up being used for 360-degree VR content for “Star Wars,” “Marvel,” and “Pixar” properties.

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The Nokia Ozo is a 360-degree camera, one of several recent cameras that were designed specifically with VR filmmaking. The high-dollar device is capable of spherical and stereoscopic video capture, with a spatial audio array because of the eight built-in, synchronized 2000 x 2000 sensors. The video sensors feature a progressive scan with global stutter, and the lenses have an angle view of 195 degrees each. The camera’s minimum imaging distance is 20 feet.

It has a base sensitivity of ISO 400, a relative aperture of f/2.4, and a base color temperature of 5000 degrees Kelvin. The solid state audio sensor is omni-directional, providing a full 360-degree soundtrack. The camera also utilizes a 500GB solid state drive to record media in a MOV format that contains 8-channel raw video and 8-channel PCM audio. The SSDs can record 45 minutes of this type of media locked at 30 frames per second.

Its tag price $60,000 includes camera itself, a digital cartridge, a camera mount, a docking station, and a power supply, all of which comes in a rugged shipping case.

Disney said that Nokia will be there to help them explore the creation of VR content for its theatrical releases. Nokia will be the instrument to bring Disney film properties to life in a new and unique way.

"We aim to bring extraordinary experiences to audiences around the world, and specially created VR content is one more way we can transport people even further into the worlds our filmmakers create,” said Jamie Voris, Chief Technology Officer for The Walt Disney Studios, in a statement.

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