Virtual Reality Movies

For Virtual-Reality Movies, Old Methods Don't Fit New Medium

Filmmakers have a new set of challenges when it comes to 360-degree video. Here's how the industry is tackling those problems.

Nigel Manuel | August 13, 2015

I'm standing on the bow of what looks to be a sunken pirate ship. A blue whale swims near me. Our eyes lock as he glides by and, as he turns to drift away, I see the ridges on his belly.
I am awestruck by his beauty, and it takes a moment for me to recall a crucial element of biology: Whales have tails. Sure enough, his sweeps along the top of the ship. I duck, and then watch the whale swim away.

Source: http://totalcinema360.com/what-we-do.html

My underwater encounter took place in a hotel room in Manhattan's trendy Meatpacking District. 

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