In 2006, Oleg Gaponyuk founded a panoramic production company in Moscow. Today, this Russian team has 10 highly-qualified experts who use their own 10 drones and helicopters to fly over 150 countries in the world. A number of world-class attractions, including major cities in the world, national parks, world cultural heritage, as well as the Antarctic, Arctic, Everest and so on, they even shot high-definition panoramic pictures and videos of space.
AirPano takes photos
5000 18K panoramas, nearly one-hundred 4-8K high-definition VR videos, and the panoramic images and panoramic videos they shot are almost perfect, which is truly impressive. Their aerial photography technology for drones has so far been at the top level in the world and has been dubbed the “World's Leader†by the insiders. They use their own perspective to interpret the beauty of the earth to the world. In addition to collecting beautiful landscapes, the spirituality of nature, the beauty of extreme sports, and the diversity of customs, they have also taken some public videos to alert the world. Even if you have not been in contact with the “panorama†field, you must have seen the pictures they took on major social platforms. The name of this team is called AirPano.
Do not forget the beginning of the heart, can always be. Sergey Semenov, AirPano's current CEO, explained AirPano's mission: to show people the beauty of the planet in an unprecedented way, like birds flying freely over the world.
AirPano initially operated as a non-profit organization. The team did not have a fixed financial support. Everyone has their own job. The funds for shooting themselves are self-sufficient. But with their own enthusiasm and vision for photography, they have stepped through every inch of the world's land, relying on authorized photo and video copyrights to maintain the team's operations, and gradually turning to commercial operations. They have worked with a number of world-renowned IT and media companies, including Google, Microsoft, Apple, and National Geographic magazines. After fame, many companies invited them to do engineering and commercial auctions, and the team’s economic resources have become relatively stable.
AirPano team
In addition to shooting, the AirPano team with technical experts also developed a number of aerial artifacts, such as tripods, high poles, mobile photography vehicles, and stationary devices. Although from the initial non-profit gradually to today's business model, but every 1-2 weeks, AirPano will still update roaming and panoramic video on the official website for free, their official website has an average daily traffic of about 30,000, visitors from the world each country.
At the same time, the AirPano Travel Book APP launched by AirPano on the IOS system is also popular among people and ranks first among travel applications in many countries. The main purpose of the Travel Book is to enjoy the planet like a bird. It collects high-definition aerial panoramas of many world-famous tourist attractions. All attractions can be viewed in the form of 3D panoramic photographs, giving people a sense of immersion. After the application is opened, the paper-cut scenes show different styles of colors and a three-dimensional page-turning effect. Just like a book, the effect is so exquisite that people say “this is the perspective of Godâ€.
AirPano's reputation and ingenuity have made many companies want to cooperate with it, and it has its rightful agent. After several months of communication and negotiation, UtoVR finally reached a cooperation agreement with AirPano, becoming AirPano's first VR company in China with genuine authorization, agent content display and sales.
The UtoVR virtual reality content platform is currently the most active VR content platform for domestic users. The UtoVR virtual reality player is the first VR video player to support VR playback in China. "Enthusiastically investing in the VR business and developing a panoramic culture" is also the love and ideal of every member of UtoVR. It is precisely because of this common mission that UtoVR and the AirPano team have also helped the global audience better appreciate the beautiful planet like birds.