VR and Storytelling

They may look similar to the ViewMaster headsets of our childhood, but the new VR devices - many launching in 2016 - may only work after filmmakers update (and reboot?) their ideas about motion picture storytelling...

On October 13th, 2015, Alex Bowker of Samsung Electronics, Dave Ranyard of Sony London Studio and Saschka Unseld of Oculus Story Studio discussed the future of immersive storytelling.  Click on this link to view a video of their talk - entitled "Virtual Stories: Diving into a New Storytelling Dimension" -  at Power to the Pixel's "The Conference" held in conjunction with the 59th BFI London Film Festival.