I just created my first scene of virtual reality.  Holy cow.  It took me multiple attempts between the first try and the final cut to come up with a simple sequence that I felt proud of.  For a while, I found these multiple attempts at creating a scene to be very frustrating.  I couldn't wrap my head around the technology, there were so many balls to juggle, and there were so many folders within folders within folders, hidden in obscure places on the computer desktop.  There were moments where I...

I really enjoyed this project, because I tried to think about how to utilize the full space. It took some getting use to, to be able to think in a much larger 3D dimensional world. I am very use to shooting for film and TV which requires a lot of focus on what is in the fore, mid, and background to create a more realistic feeling. This however, took another level of consideration, because you also had to take into account what was above you and behind you. When the...

Although I had to create a scene three times because I had major problems with saving, I thoroughly enjoyed making my scene. The best part was being able to walk through it, and see what the scene looked like on the ground. It made all the frustration and hard work worth it because I could walk through my scene and see the boat I put in there, or the campfire I had right next to the water. I couldn't experience it virtually in 3D, but even to just be able...

Virtual Reality is booming and I love every second of it! Being able to experience some of the worlds that have been created has brought me great insight to the story telling techniques that have been developed thus far. What I really enjoyed in terms of what did work was the documentary involving the Ebola outbreak in Africa. The VR has been referred to as the empathy machine, and this stood true with the Ebola story. What really worked to help create this space was the 360-degree view at all...