Daughters of Chibok Proves the Value of Indie VR at Venice Film Festival
September 7th was the last day of the Venice Film Festival, the oldest film festival that takes place every year as part of the Venice Biennale. For the third year…
Articles tagged: behind the scenes
McClatchy’s Augmented Reality Ethics Code
Theresa Poulson is the editor of McClatchy New Ventures Lab. McClatchy is currently accepting applications for its second cohort of Storytellers in Residence. Visit here for more information. When we set out to create two…
Behind the Scenes: McClatchy Tells Migrant Stories with Augmented Reality
This article originally appeared on the blog of McClatchy New Ventures Lab and has been reproduced here with permission. To check out more of McClatchy’s immersive innovations, follow them on…
Behind the Scenes with The Weather Channel’s Mixed Reality Broadcasting
One year ago today, The Weather Channel debuted its first immersive mixed reality (IMR) experience. The 8-minute TV broadcast aimed to transport viewers to the scene of a typical tornado,…
How McClatchy built its AR app, Actual Reality!
Ben Connors from McClatchy’s New Ventures Lab shares how (and why) they’ve built its first augmented reality app, Actual Reality! This article originally appeared on McClatchy NVL’s Medium account and…
Q&A: Behind the scenes on Ashe ’68 VR with Eve M. Cohen
Ashe ‘68 is a multi-component documentary project celebrating the life and legacy of tennis champion and civil rights activist Arthur Ashe. The project shares his story through film, a photo…
Q&A with TARGO’s Victor Agulhon and Chloe Rochereuil
The easiest way to sum up TARGO’s virtual reality content is this: watch unique people, in strange places, doing interesting things. It’s an approach that has worked well for the…
Q&A: Journalist Nyasha Kadandara
Kenya-based journalist Nyasha Kadandara is working in a VR film about the environmental and humanitarian crisis surrounding Lake Chad, a project in partnership with Electric South and BlackRhino VR. Kadandara…
Directing my first VR180 production
We’ve recently launched a new show called “Now Your Turn” on Geek & Sundry that was filmed using Google’s new VR180 format. When VR180 was announced, it was met with a fair amount…
Behind the scenes of Gannett’s first AR app launch with Ray Soto
On March 29, USA Today and Florida Today released a new augmented reality app to experience SpaceX’s April 2 rocket launch live in AR. The app, called 321 LAUNCH, works…
Storyboarding Strategies for VR
This article is part of an extensive series of articles to walk creators through the process of making a 360-degree video, from start to finish. One of the things I love most…
The tools you need to map out your VR project
Ready to take a stab at telling stories in VR? Previsualization will be an essential tool in your VR filmmaking preproduction planning. “Previs” = Prep There is one major VR…