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Have you ever watched a movie that was so amazing, you wished you could be part of the action? If you're like me, then you'd immediately say YES !!!! Imagine watching a Marvel movie and being soo close to the intense, action-packed fight scenes, or watching a brand new Pixar movie and feeling as if the animated characters in front of you are actually real. With new virtual reality technology that has recently been created, your wish can come true. The article, written by Beyza Boyacioglu, gives a bit more information on how this virtual reality mixed with movies is supposed to work.
Beyza attended the Sundance Film Festival which included a virtual reality display. She was able to try it out, and wrote of her experience with it. The video that was given for the display was influenced by observational documentary tradition and ethnographic film, called Herders. She describes what she had seen in the film and how real it almost felt, how she could move her head and look around her at different parts of the environment.
However, making films such as this are not easy. It requires advanced technology, such as multiple cameras and sensors in order to accomplish creating a 360 degree 3D video. Plus, there would be no room for the production crew, if it were to be a 360 degree environment. The audio and background noises/sound effects would also need to follow the viewer's head as they move. These specific conditions could pose a problem in creating these films, which could take much time to figure out the solutions to these issues and improve on them.
This article was very interesting. It's amazing to think of how far we've come regarding technology and film productions, even in just a few years. In 2001, no one had ever dreamed that we could create animations as realistic as they are today, and it'll only get better from here. Maybe in just 10 to 20 years, we'll have ourselves our very own virtual reality sets placed in our living rooms! That would be pretty sweet.
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