Concept and Practice of VR Filmmaking

Introduction to VR, AR and 360° Cameras

We have been introduced to the theme of the assignment, Virtual Reality, 360 degree video and the available tools. This made us familiar with the basic process of recording and viewing a 360 degree video.

Introduction to Tilt Brush

We explored the language of 360 degree video by reusing a 2D image in 360 and back.

Collective Film with 360° Film presented in VR-Glasses

We made a horror movie combining footage from the 360 camera as well as creating a landscape in Tilt Brush. The film itself then was watchable on the htc Vive.

References:

• Virtual Art: From illusion to Immersion - Oliver Grau
• Redefining the Axiom of Story: The VR and 360 Video Complex: https://techcrunch.com/2016/01/14/redefining-the-axiom-of-story-the-vr-and-360-video-complex
• 360-video-fundamentals: ​https://thefulldomeblog.com/2014/03/06/360-video-fundamentals/

Examples of 360 videos we watched:

• Invasion - Baobab Studios https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ0fKW5PttM&t=147s
• Dreams of O - Cirque du Soleil https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4uZ5H0IT4Y
• Notes on blindness: Into darkness - Ex Nihilo, ARTE France and AudioGaming, in co-production with Archer’s Mark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb5DwAZIQZw&t=150s
• The Sun Ladies- Lucid Dreams Productions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc0fTQrdoKw
• Isle of Dogs - Felix and Paul Studio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqXC46b1uUg&t=49s
• Drawing Room - Jan Rothuizen, Sara Kolster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6a3QlFOeYs
  
  

More interesting projects:

• Tafelgeheim – Sara Kolster https://sarakolster.com/Tafelgeheim-Out-of-Sight
• Anyways – Pips:Lab http://www.pipslab.org/projects.php?lang=en&installation=36#.XM9tx5MzYWp
• Birdly – Somniacs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWLHIusLWOc&t=4s
• Gender Swap – Experiment with The Machine to Be Another – Be Another Lab https://vimeo.com/84150219
• Barbie-Doll Illusion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRAHJt8YMMY
• Near Death Simulation - Frank Kolkman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-vWUo4rgAQ
• Walk Again Project – Duke University https://qz.com/757516/paraplegics-are-learning-to-walk-again-with-virtual-reality/