# 360° Scuba Videos 

By [Meta East](https://paragraph.com/@mattheweastman) · 2022-07-16

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in 2016 I started filming a bunch of scuba videos I filmed with a Nikon 360° Camera. I went with a 360° video over a normal goPro because I liked the idea of capturing the full scene underwater and because I figure worst-case scenario I could always just one side of the camera.

[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDeIGGx73XkeZlQoQFfWxOHwU9Oj7Au-Y](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDeIGGx73XkeZlQoQFfWxOHwU9Oj7Au-Y)

I started editing these 360° videos in premier using Mettle plugin (recently acquired by Adobe). this was my first experience working in the 360 storytelling space.

I ended up making 360°versions AND flat versions of these videos and it seems my audience was more inclined to watch the flat version since the footage was a bit shakey and most people didn’t have VR headsets at the time.

**I should pick this project back up now that VR headsets are picking up steam.**

[![]({{DOMAIN}}/editor/youtube/play.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UXI1Drngg0)

Also, I later created other 360 videos for a small canoe company. The video analytics wasn’t great BUT I also uploaded the photos from this trip to google maps and many of these photos have 10K+ views. Seems we are still in the phase where we like these new visual mediums but we don’t have a good way to experience them yet.

Also did a few real estate things but the quality of my Nikon 360 was not good enough.

[![]({{DOMAIN}}/editor/youtube/play.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA4Ju8Xt4lw)

to be continued..

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*Originally published on [Meta East](https://paragraph.com/@mattheweastman/360-scuba-videos)*