VRTest29 - Why no 8K?

Описание: VRTest29 - 8K Stereoscopic VR180 Visual Music Test - made in TouchDesigner
(but it is very fuzzy and soft at only 4K or lower playback)...

Last year my most popular Visual Music pieces were 3D VR180 ones that showed up properly in 8K 60 fps on YouTube - sharp and clear. Here are two examples:    • Study 127 - "Immersion2" - VR180 8K Stereo...   and    • Study130 "Travelers" - 8K VR180 Stereo 3D ...  .

Now for the last few months NONE of my 8K pieces are showing up on YouTube as 8k! Why not?

For weeks now I have been researching, talking to tech support and trying different variations of workflows, resolutions, compression schemes, codecs, wait times, programs etc to try to regain the 8K sharpness needed for Meta Quest3 headsets. In a quick survey of VR180 pieces labelled 8K this week, only 6 out of 30 tested actually showed up in stats as 4320s and played properly in VR at 8K - even from experts like ‪@hughhou‬ So what gives? Why is it nearly impossible now to show 8K?

If anyone knows or has a method worked out to CONSISTENTLY get your work in 8K VR180 on YouTube please let me know. It is impossible to get full 2K resolution per eye out of Quest3 unless the input is sampled at two times that (4K per eye) which for stereo means 8K upload resolution AND playback is needed. Surely Google understands that. The incredible VR180 format is doomed if all we can watch is fuzzy videos. Please bring back consistent 8K playback YouTube...

Gord Harris - Saturday, Jan 31/2026