Submerged, the primary immersive scripted movie for Imaginative and prescient Professional, is now out. However new present episodes, movies, collection and live shows captured in Apple Immersive Video will debut later this 12 months and early subsequent 12 months, Apple stated Thursday.
“Apple Immersive Video allows Apple Vision Pro users around the world to experience the next generation of sports, documentaries, and music performances. With Submerged, we’re excited to premiere the next generation of narrative filmmaking,” stated Tor Myhren, Apple’s vice chairman of Advertising and marketing Communications.
“Vision Pro places you in the middle of the story — inside a densely packed submarine, shoulder to shoulder with its crew,” he added. “That deep sense of immersion just wasn’t possible before, and we can’t wait to see how it inspires filmmakers to push the boundaries of visual storytelling.”
Extra Apple Immersive Video content material arrives quickly for Imaginative and prescient Professional customers
The Apple Immersive Video media format incorporates ultra-high-resolution 3D video and Spatial Audio to place viewers within the middle of the motion, Apple stated.
The scripted brief movie Submerged, written and directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Edward Berger, is now accessible to view with Imaginative and prescient Professional (watch the trailer).
“Apple Immersive Video is a wonderful new medium that expands the horizon of storytelling,” stated Berger, director of the Academy Award-winning All Quiet on the Western Entrance and upcoming Conclave. “Apple Vision Pro inspired me to tell a story in a way that just wasn’t possible before, and in the process, it changed the way my team and I think about creating a story. This immersive technology pioneered by Apple is going to change the future of filmmaking.”
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Right here’s how Apple described what went into the making of the movie:
Shot on location in Prague, Brussels, and Malta over three weeks, Submerged was filmed utilizing a full-scale 23-ton submarine set made with actual metal, brass, and steel that was modeled after WWII-era vessels. Vital parts of the set had been constructed to resist being absolutely submerged, and featured sensible digicam traps and particular results that had been uniquely rigged to show Apple Immersive Video cameras to sparks, steam, water, and fireplace with out breaking viewers’ sense of immersion.
Solid members who may seem out of body or focus in a 2D characteristic had been meticulously scripted, and took part in intensive stunt rehearsals, together with freedive coaching in dive tanks and open water, to take care of continuity and realism. Followers can go behind the scenes of Submerged with a brief movie that reveals how the forged and crew crafted this immersive, action-packed drama solely for Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional.
Different immersive content material coming quickly:
In November, Apple and The Weeknd will launch an immersive music expertise celebrating the seven-time diamond-certified artist’s new album, Hurry Up Tomorrow. However the iPhone big gave no different details about it.
Live performance for One arrives in November
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With Live performance for One, a brand new live performance collection set to debut later this 12 months, followers will expertise intimate performances from the world’s greatest artists, starting with a particular set from the award-winning British singer-songwriter RAYE with a 20-piece band.
New episodes of Journey
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The present Journey follows athletes taking up unimaginable challenges. New episodes ought to come out earlier than the tip of 2024, Apple stated. viewers are invited to swim alongside freediver Ant Williams whereas he makes an attempt to finest his document for the longest distance underneath ice with only a single breath. The subsequent episode of Journey, “Ice Dive,” will debut within the U.S. in December.
Early subsequent 12 months, viewers can expertise the shores of Majorca, Spain, the place world-class sport climber Kai Lightner tackles his greatest problem but: free-solo climbing over the secluded and rocky coves, the place one slip will ship him into the raging sea.
2024 NBA All-Star Weekend
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On October 18, basketball followers can take pleasure in an immersive brief movie of the 2024 NBA All-Star Weekend, that includes the Rising Stars, the Slam Dunk contest, the first-ever NBA vs. WNBA 3-Level Problem, “Stephen vs. Sabrina,” and highlights from the All-Star Sport.
Elevated
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Within the subsequent episode of Elevated, “Maine,” accessible early subsequent 12 months, viewers will expertise a crisp autumn in New England, with a journey alongside winding coastlines and above breathtaking rivers.
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