The company officially rolled out support for live 360-degree video streams on Wednesday, allowing users of Twitter's and Periscope's apps and website to pan within a live stream simply by moving their phone around. Twitter debuted the new feature with a live stream from Periscope celebrity Alex Pettitt. Periscope recently added the ability to broadcast external video feeds via its service; now this same feature has been extended to also work with 360-degree cameras. The ability to broadcast in live 360 degrees is currently only available to a few select partners, but the Periscope team said in a blog post that it will be made available more widely in the coming weeks. Twitter has been working for some time on integrating live 360-degree video as a first step towards embracing virtual reality. The company hired former Apple designer Alessandro Sabatelli as director of ARVR in June, and briefly hired former Angelhack founder Greg Gopman as its VR program manager in October. However, Gopman was let go just days later after reports over past controversial remarks resurfaced.
