Illustrated interactive panoramas offer fascinating possibilities in terms of narrative and design. It is a unique way to tell an immersive story, with or without interactive elements, animation or sound. Furthermore in this age of hyper-realistic computer generated imagery people are finding a new appreciation for hand drawn imagery. Sometimes it can even be advantageous to show an obvious sketch rather than sleek rendering with a finished look. Read More
Learn what’s new in Pano2VR from the master gnome himself! Thomas Rauscher will showcase Pano2VR 6.0 with its upcoming features, including an improved Google Street View export and other new social media features. Read More
With reports suggesting that VR could generate $70 billion by 2020, it’s not surprising to see major media companies publishing VR stories as fast as they can. However, telling stories using 360-degree spherical video poses some interesting problems, and there are a growing number of articles questioning the validity of 360-degree spherical video techniques for storytelling in journalism and documentary filmmaking. Read More
Want to shape your 360-degree content into fully immersive and interactive VR experiences? Today, GoPro is introducing ForgeJS, an open source set of tools to let you build the most immersive experiences out of your 360-degree content. Read More
Spanning four days, experts, innovators and other key players in 360 photography and VR video will be presenting, demonstrating and discussing the present and future of these industries. The marketplace is open to the public. Seats are limited, Buy your ticket now! Read More
One of the main issues shooters face when shooting 360 VR, is that uneven camera movements can make the viewer feel uneasy and even nauseous. Jerky movements coupled with rolling shutter can also make it very hard to stitch a 360 together, introducing errors that are time consuming to try to rectify. For this reason most high end professional VR shooting up until now has been done from a fixed position. If the camera is moved it is done on a dolly, track or specialised buggy. Read More
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VR – The Perfect Empathy Machine Because, ultimately, the emphatic gift blurred the boundaries between hunter and victim, between the successful and the defeated. – Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Sheep VR is here and photokina certainly didn’t ignore it. Digility was the first VR/AR conference at photokina. Virtual Reality, as we know,… Read More
This year’s Photokina Motion Picture Award includes a new category for 360 video! This is part of Photokina’s Video Festival, which aims to show the most beautiful, exciting, emotional, inspiring or funny videos. The rules are simple: footage must be no more than five minutes long, the deadline for submission is August 1st, submissions should… Read More
When the post ‘Taking back control in VR storytelling with Liquid Cinema’ was written in early May I was really looking forward to finding out what Liquid Cinema, from Deep Inc, would offer VR video producers. Even the names of the features were tantalising; Forced Perspective, Gaze Control, Heatmapping… Read More
VR’s greatest strength is making people have an emotional, visceral connection with whatever’s being shown, and this capability is starting to be explored in new and really interesting ways. A new VR app, ‘A Walk Through Dementia’, recreates the experience that a dementia sufferer has in ordinary situations: ‘at the supermarket’, ‘on the road’, and… Read More
VR is exploding. There’s a real sense of goldrush fever in the industry, and things are happening faster than ever before. But the best way we can keep our industry growing and new ideas developing is to share. Read More
Immersive virtual reality isn’t literally doing things, but it does help the viewer experience things in an almost first-hand manner. It’s the most active form of passive experience there is. How effective is it, exactly? Read More
The Grand Prize Alex McClain Category Nature Gold Award — David Vasicek Silver Award — Boston Burger Bronze Award — Denis Gadbois Category Saint-Lawrence River Gold Award — Boštjan Burger Silver Award — Wael Chanab Bronze Award — Roxanne Shewchuk Category Old Québec Gold Award — Alex McClain Silver Award — Boštjan Burger Bronze Award… Read More
An interesting VR project takes those changes into consideration, making use of the format, while leaving the traditional “in front of the camera” aspect out of the equation. The story and the action need to evolve around the viewer, not just in one direction. Read More