Instagram and TikTok do not support native 3D. Creators post a Zipling 3D Video Link in their bio or story link sticker. Followers click it and enter a "Pop-out" experience.
Creators using the Insta360 EVO or QooCam EGO love Zipling because it allows them to post "3D Stories" on platforms that don't support 3D natively. The link acts as a landing page for their depth-rich vlogs.
Selling a luxury watch? Generate a 3D video link of the watch rotating in space. When the customer clicks, they can view the depth of the sapphire crystal and the height of the hands. Conversion rates for 3D video links are reportedly 40% higher than standard video links.
Raw volumetric video consumes ~1 Gbps per second per person (compared to 5 Mbps for HD 2D video). To "zipline" this over the public internet, three compression tricks are employed:
State-of-the-art codecs like Google's VP10 or MPEG's V-PCC (Video-based Point Cloud Compression) can squeeze a 3D stream down to ~10–20 Mbps—comparable to a 4K Netflix stream.