{"id":290,"date":"2017-11-08T11:37:04","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T18:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hangarcatmedia.com\/?p=290"},"modified":"2017-11-08T11:38:26","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T18:38:26","slug":"vr-storytelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hangarcatmedia.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/08\/vr-storytelling\/","title":{"rendered":"VR Storytelling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After last month&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smbyyc\">SMBYYC<\/a> (<a class=\"twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SMByyc93?src=hash\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\"><s>#<\/s><b>SMByyc93<\/b><\/a>) where Shaun Crawford (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mammothvr.com\/\">MammothVR<\/a>) talked about VR and AR and where&#8217;s it going, my head started spinning about how it can be used to tell stories. A point was raised that traditional filmmakers are hesitant to embrace it because they like to direct the attention of the viewer and there&#8217;s too much freedom in the 360 world. It made me think of this: Picture that scene in Children of Men, where Clive Owen makes his way through a battlefield but in complete immersive 360 VR.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MjFHqohaHYU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The viewer&#8217;s POV is directed via the sounds that surround him, the bullets whizzing by, the explosions and cries in the distance. It would be amazing.<\/p>\n<p>And of course, someone did it already. The New York Times did an 11min long doc film with an embedded journalist following iraqi troops in Fallujah, the best way to view this, is to either use <a href=\"https:\/\/vr.google.com\/cardboard\/\">Cardboard<\/a> or a VR headset.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Ar0UkmID6s\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Wow. This is the future of storytelling!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After last month&#8217;s SMBYYC (#SMByyc93) where Shaun Crawford (MammothVR) talked about VR and AR and where&#8217;s it going, my head started spinning about how it can be used to tell stories. A point was raised that traditional filmmakers are hesitant to embrace it because they like to direct the attention of the viewer and there&#8217;s &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hangarcatmedia.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/08\/vr-storytelling\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;VR Storytelling&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Where #VR Storytelling is going, thoughts on #SMBYYC93 #VirtualReality","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[26,8,7],"tags":[92,93,76,83,88,87,91,84,85,27,79,94,77,89,90,74,81,10,78,9,82,75,80,86],"class_list":["post-290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-film","category-social-media","category-video","tag-92","tag-360-video","tag-ar","tag-augmented-reality","tag-doc","tag-documentary","tag-embedded","tag-falluja","tag-fallujah","tag-film","tag-google-cardboard","tag-mammoth-vr","tag-mammothvr","tag-new-york-times","tag-reporter","tag-smbyyc","tag-smbyyc93","tag-social-media","tag-storytelling","tag-video","tag-virtual-reality","tag-vr","tag-vr-headset","tag-youtube"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9dYqm-4G","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":362,"url":"https:\/\/hangarcatmedia.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/03\/film-and-social-media-chat-with-the-alberta-filmmakers-podcast\/","url_meta":{"origin":290,"position":0},"title":"Film and Social Media Chat with the Alberta Filmmakers Podcast","author":"Hangarcat","date":"10.03.2018","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VNJ5W6mKysw I want to thank the fine folks at The Alberta Filmmakers Podcast for having me on their show to talk about #Film, Social Media, PokemonGO and Flat breads from many cultures. 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