:00:13. > :00:48.And welcome to the BBC's Broadcasting House in London.
:00:49. > :00:51.But what does the future of TV look like?
:00:52. > :00:53.Well, back in the '80s, the futurologists were telling us
:00:54. > :00:58.exploring our own virtual worlds from the comfort of our own homes.
:00:59. > :00:59.The problem was back then VR was rubbish.
:01:00. > :01:02.So it went away, but not, as it turns out, for good.
:01:03. > :01:05.These days the displays inside the goggles are much better
:01:06. > :01:07.and the motion`sensing technology is far more responsive,
:01:08. > :01:08.and that means virtual reality is back.
:01:09. > :01:11.And it's not just being used in video games.
:01:12. > :01:13.Dan Simmons has been to the Commonwealth Games in Scotland
:01:14. > :01:20.where the BBC is attempting to give you a ringside seat.
:01:21. > :01:24.It's the biggest sporting event Scotland has ever hosted,
:01:25. > :01:26.and for those responsible for broadcasting the Commonwealth Games,
:01:27. > :01:30.the aim is not solely to show what's here.
:01:31. > :01:35.It's to make some lucky people feel that they are.
:01:36. > :01:39.Inside the Hydro Arena, camera operators have been practising
:01:40. > :01:42.their own floor routines to ensure smooth coverage of the gymnastics.
:01:43. > :01:49.is setting up a different kind of kit.
:01:50. > :01:54.He's capturing and then sending a live 360 degrees video signal
:01:55. > :02:00.To capture it all, this camera has seven lenses `
:02:01. > :02:04.six around the side and one on the top.
:02:05. > :02:08.Special software stitches together the seven video feeds on the fly
:02:09. > :02:20.a spatial audio microphone records the sound from all directions.
:02:21. > :02:24.The action in the Hydro is streamed live over the internet
:02:25. > :02:27.to the Science Centre, in this case just half a mile away,
:02:28. > :02:31.but of course theoretically viewers could be anywhere
:02:32. > :02:52.Creating the illusion that you're actually there
:02:53. > :02:59.that show a small section of that 360 degree video.
:03:00. > :03:02.Motion sensors work out your head movements
:03:03. > :03:08.to show you what you'd be looking at as if you were there.
:03:09. > :03:11.Now, we've seen surround vision cameras before,
:03:12. > :03:14.but getting the footage to the audiences with minimal time lag,
:03:15. > :03:19.around three or four seconds, is the impressive part.
:03:20. > :03:24.that the quality of the video needs to be reduced
:03:25. > :03:28.so it can be stitched together faster and sent across the net.
:03:29. > :03:32.So the picture isn't as sharp as we're used to,
:03:33. > :03:38.that the screen is so close to our eyes.
:03:39. > :03:41.In future, higher powered processing and more bandwidth for each viewer
:03:42. > :03:47.For now, getting a smooth, reliable feed is more important.
:03:48. > :03:51.This is the first time that a major sporting event
:03:52. > :03:56.has been streamed live to a VR headset,
:03:57. > :03:59.something that could be an everyday reality in the future.
:04:00. > :04:03.We're sending the sound in a special format that allows us to move that
:04:04. > :04:08.when you move your head, and that can really add to the experience,
:04:09. > :04:12.because you'll hear something that happens over your shoulder
:04:13. > :04:17.and turn your head to be able to look and see what's going on.
:04:18. > :04:20.So people usually just think of the video side of things,
:04:21. > :04:22.but the audio really adds to the experience.
:04:23. > :04:32.We're running it in real time so that we can do a live broadcast.
:04:33. > :04:34.Of course, with a lot of money going into this area
:04:35. > :04:48.from broadcasters and web streaming companies,
:04:49. > :04:52.and a glimpse into the director's gallery backstage.
:04:53. > :04:56.And out in the field with reporters, literally,
:04:57. > :05:05.could this be the future of nature programmes?
:05:06. > :05:08.If viewers truly invest in its use, then these experiments today
:05:09. > :05:10.for the Commonwealth Games could be offered up for real
:05:11. > :05:13.in time for the next Olympic Games in just two years' time.
:05:14. > :05:38.Next up, a look at this week's tech news.
:05:39. > :05:40.The UK Government has announced that driverless cars
:05:41. > :05:43.will be allowed on public roads from January next year.
:05:44. > :05:44.Previously, concerns about legal and insurance issues
:05:45. > :05:47.had restricted the machines to only being allowed on private roads.
:05:48. > :05:49.The Government has also invited cities
:05:50. > :05:52.to compete in trials of the tech, while a review of road regulations
:05:53. > :05:54.has been ordered to provide guidelines for the introduction.
:05:55. > :05:55.Next step ` flying DeLoreans, I promise!
:05:56. > :05:58.on Canada's National Research Council
:05:59. > :06:01.could take up to a year to repair, according to its government.
:06:02. > :06:03.The attack, which temporarily shut down Research Council's computers,
:06:04. > :06:08.has been blamed on a Chinese state`sponsored actor
:06:09. > :06:15.dismissed the report as a groundless allegation.
:06:16. > :06:25.It is unclear which information was compromised.
:06:26. > :06:27.And finally, it turns out Facebook isn't the only site
:06:28. > :06:31.Lots of them do, including dating company OK Cupid.
:06:32. > :06:32.The matchmaking site released analytics
:06:33. > :06:33.showing how it made up compatibility ratings
:06:34. > :06:36.to influence how people viewed prospective matches.
:06:37. > :06:38.The result? Well, love is just as complicated
:06:39. > :06:42.no matter how compatible you're told you are.
:06:43. > :06:58.Fans of sci`fi movies and TV shows are an incredibly loyal bunch.
:06:59. > :07:02.Which means if you make a video game of their favourite movie
:07:03. > :07:05.and you don't get it right, they will not forgive you.
:07:06. > :07:07.And that's why the team behind the latest attempts
:07:08. > :07:10.to adapt the sci`fi franchise Alien really had its work cut out for it.
:07:11. > :07:15.Marc Cieslak has been finding out if anyone can hear him scream.
:07:16. > :07:24.I think... I think there's something here.
:07:25. > :07:35.And the prospect of a close encounter which won't end well.
:07:36. > :07:38.Alien: Isolation remixes the ingredients from
:07:39. > :07:43.the 1979 movie to create a first person survival`horror video game.
:07:44. > :07:47.Set 15 years after the events of the sci`fi classic chiller,
:07:48. > :07:49.the player adopts the role of Amanda Ripley,
:07:50. > :07:55.the daughter of the movie's original heroine.
:07:56. > :07:57.And in a nod to the big screen incarnation
:07:58. > :08:00.of cinema's unfriendliest ET, two bonus missions,
:08:01. > :08:06.which these exclusive shots reveal, reimagine key points from the film.
:08:07. > :08:16.It's disappeared into one of the cooling ducts.
:08:17. > :08:21.And the movie's cast have returned to lend vocal talents to the game.
:08:22. > :08:29.We should never have landed on this damn ball. Over and out.
:08:30. > :08:33.to meet the actress who played the only surviving crew member
:08:34. > :08:35.of the commercial shipping vessel the Nostromo.
:08:36. > :08:38.Sigourney Weaver returns to the role that made her famous,
:08:39. > :08:46.this time playing a virtual version of herself in 1979.
:08:47. > :08:49.Why return to the role of Ellen Ripley?
:08:50. > :08:54.The movie, you know, it still sort of means something to people.
:08:55. > :08:57.I still meet people who are, you know,
:08:58. > :09:05.young people who are still discovering it for the first time.
:09:06. > :09:07.And I thought it's such a specific, cool, claustrophobic world,
:09:08. > :09:12.that the idea of giving everybody the opportunity
:09:13. > :09:16.to come into that world and make some of those decisions,
:09:17. > :09:18.and have that adventure personally, I get it, I dig it,
:09:19. > :09:21.and I think it's very immersive, and really scary,
:09:22. > :09:27.and also, in its odd way, very beautiful.
:09:28. > :09:30.As soon as I opened my mouth, it was Ripley's voice,
:09:31. > :09:36.It was like she'd been sitting next to me for these 35 years,
:09:37. > :09:42.and I guess if you've played a part that many times,
:09:43. > :09:44.that they sort of become part of your DNA.
:09:45. > :09:49.So there she was, you know, and we had quite an interesting day.
:09:50. > :09:52.Alien is one of cinema's great horror movies.
:09:53. > :09:54.Do you think this video game can compete
:09:55. > :10:06.I think they take the scare in a really new, visceral direction.
:10:07. > :10:10.that people really hated leaving that world.
:10:11. > :10:15.I feel, with this, that after probably so many of the fans
:10:16. > :10:19.watching this movie so many times, the opportunity to trade places
:10:20. > :10:25.with one of the characters and be in that world
:10:26. > :10:30.that has sort of haunted you for so long will be very satisfying.
:10:31. > :10:37.And I think... I've only, you know, dabbled in video games,
:10:38. > :10:41.but I actually think they are a very interesting creative, new world.
:10:42. > :10:45.People who make games are discovering that there is
:10:46. > :10:48.a much bigger audience for games, that's much more interested
:10:49. > :10:52.in content and in story and in subtlety of character
:10:53. > :10:58.and things like that, than just shoot`'em`up.
:10:59. > :11:04.My husband directed a video game that's based and inspired by a play,
:11:05. > :11:10.so there's a whole huge world that video games are heading into
:11:11. > :11:14.that I think will be fantastic for the audience.
:11:15. > :11:18.They will be the stars of their own picture.
:11:19. > :11:21.And gamers will be able to find out if they have the stomach
:11:22. > :11:24.to star in their own version of this deep space scare`'em`up
:11:25. > :11:45.when the title is released in October.
:11:46. > :11:50.That is it for short version, for the full version you can go to the
:11:51. > :12:08.website. Thank you for watching, we will see you next time.
:12:09. > :12:12.Some of us have had a lovely weekend, for others it has not
:12:13. > :12:17.stopped raining, particularly across parts of Scotland and Northern
:12:18. > :12:23.Ireland. Closest to the centre, you can see the cloud wrapped into the
:12:24. > :12:28.eye of the storm, across Glasgow. It is now edging slowly northwards. The
:12:29. > :12:30.worst of the weather will continue in that direction, but still some