This is not a new work, but I kind of like it and would like to develop more.
The scene was from the first generation of a  classic PC game called "The Legend of Sword of Fairy" (仙劍奇俠傳)
I love this game so much, so I figured making some fan's work.

Just a simple scene test of 360 degree still:

If you like the game, you would know this scene!

Just an experiment!

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By researching the lastest work of  the VR director Milica Zec, I found this wonderful video from SVA. Zec and her teammate Winslow Porter shared their production experience of Giant, a VR story that featured in Sundance 2016. They talked about the project from the story inspiration and the technical side of VR filmmaking. 

Here are some technique highlight from the video:

Image captured from ​Milica Zec and Winslow Porter - Designing Giant: A Virtual Reality Experience

When bringing regular footage into a game engine, the image is flat as a plate. In order to bring a three dimensional illusion, they used a software called DepthKit, to make the footage more of a 2.5D experience. 

They captured the depth data on set, then composite the data afterwards. (Inside Unreal??)

They used Autodesk 123D Catcher to generate 3D models and placed them into Unreal. They claimed the method was money and time saving, and the software is for free!

They made a special chair that equipped with a low frequency sound vibration speaker underneath the seat, to give the audience the immersive feedback of bombing environment.

To be continued.......

2016年Google選出最佳360度廣告影片，No.1 是BMW 製作了”Eyes on Gigi Hadid” campaign, 知名模特Gigi 擔任賽車手，與其他四台車競速，觀者在360度影片中必須猜測Gigi最終是在哪個車道上．

影片除了搭配Gigi個人在社群的影響力外，此Campaign爭相被各大媒體主動傳播，這支廣告在臉書與Youtube總觀看次數高達13,000,000次
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VR Today 線上雜誌另外票選出最佳360度影片，
第四名是 Curiscope （製作科教育VR/AR的公司）的大白鯊360度體驗

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VR Today票選第七名是 厲陰宅ㄉII 的360度體驗。觀者像是進入鬼屋探索ㄧ般，在漆黑詭異的房子內感受靈異現象 ．片尾導入官方網站以及官方社群讓觀者可以追蹤或體驗更多。

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360度影片發布平台
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​Jessica Brillhart (Principal Filmmaker for VR at Google) talks about a unique method of how to edit 360 degree/ VR content using POIs (Point of Interests.) 

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