NFTs + Personal Video / VR Player on PlayStation — PS4, PS5, PSVR
Story Time
A few years ago, we built a side-load VR video player into the Rad applications (then called Littlstar) on PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Google Daydream. This was originally built for content creators and studios who wanted to test huge VR files without having to upload them to our servers and wait for processing of the content. Some of these files were 10+ GB of upload and transcoding, just to test one change. As we expanded video support out onto the main PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, we continued to support the video player for traditional video, as well as VR videos.
The more interesting outcome of this, is that consumers can also leverage this feature to watch their own content! Whether it be movies you own, family videos, 360 or 180 degree videos you’re capturing with new immersive cameras, or even content that might be deemed adult / pornographic in nature. In addition, we added RSS feed support and even UPnP, which was largely a response to the lack of VR content being produced. What that enables though, is the ability to get a collection of outside video feeds from anywhere, and build your own channel list of TED talks, or news channels, or whatever, right inside the PlayStation. This also means that any video-centric publisher can create an RSS feed and get on the PlayStation (or Google TV, or iPhone) via the Rad app without having to talk to us or publish an app through Sony (which is a meaningful process). As a viewer / consumer, you can purchase this as a premium feature of the Rad platform here.
Connecting the Dots from a Video Player to NFTs
Rad (as Littlstar) built a global leadership position in distributing VR content as the largest streaming platform dedicated to immersive content starting in 2014, and now Rad is changing the way content is distributed again by making the content distribution model NFT-first. All content coming into the platform in the future will be NFT based, creators will own their audience and manage their own rights, and fans will benefit by owning the NFTs they purchase outright. We are ingesting 4K video, live streamed events, volumetric video AR holograms, and still support 360 VR video, but moving to wrap all of that content up as NFTs to empower creators and fans.
Video and XR powered by NFTs. The streaming metaverse.
Why does this matter? Well if you buy a video NFT, you own it, and you can play it with the Rad sideload video player on the PlayStation 5 without having to stream it, watch ads, or have any data collected about you. This sideloading video capability will soon to be added to our forthcoming updated Oculus Quest, iOS, and Android applications.
Of course since the content is NFT-based, you’ll be able to trade it or resell it as you see fit soon directly on Rad’s NFT marketplace, and the original creators will get royalties on their creations.
We’re reinventing Hollywood. If you’re interested in learning more about Rad, check out the website at https://rad.live, and if you’re a video NFT creator, please reach out to ‘content @ rad.live’ so we can work with you as a launch partner on the new NFT marketplace about to launch.
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