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The closeups of Barton were tight enough that I could make out the pores on his face.
I often find the experience of watching a movie in Vision Pro calming almost to the point of sleepiness.
I was so startled that I almost jumped off the couch I was sitting on.
From that moment forward, the film seemed to press in on me and its characters.
I enjoyed Bergers varied propositioning of the camera.
At one point a 20-ft torpedo was essentially loaded into my chest at least from my point of view.
At another, the main character was staring warily right into my eyes.
When one of the torpedo tubes burst open and flames and sparks formed overhead, all hell broke loose.
Within seconds there were geysers of water shooting into my and the main characters faces.
It was reset the water was just below my nose.
Miraculously, all the crewmen survived.
This being an Apple immersive film, perhaps I shouldnt be surprised.
Apple is still mainly interested in delivering relatively brief immersive experiences.
Apple is also lining up more Adventure and Elevated episodes, including one for Maine.
There are more concert experiences on the way, like one from The Weekend and another from R.A.E.
Are they and this entertaining and somewhat anxiety-inducing film reason enough to spend $3,500 for a Vision Pro?
Ill leave that up to you.
Our conversation has been edited and shortened for clarity.
Were there any technical surprises as you were preparing to do this or even as you were doing it?
How much can you shake it?
What kind of dolly moves, crane moves can you make?
Can you do a three-axis move, or is it better just to move on one axis?
Just do push-ins or trackbacks or things like that.
You know, where are we gonna put the lights?
Where are we gonna put the microphones?
Very quickly we realize, okay, we’re gonna have to integrate everything into the set.
The set looked great, by the way.
It looked looked realistic.Had you ever shot a VR film before?
First experience, first stereoscopic experience.
I’d never even put on any VR glasses.
Do you now own a Vision Pro?
Absolutely, and I use it a lot.
It’s a great great way to watch movies.
How long was the entire shoot?
I think we shot for 10 days.
Tested maybe for a week and then shot for 10 days.
Yeah, it did take a lot of planning.
It took quite a while but you know, also we had a tight timeline.
I mean, we shot it in April and it has a long post-production process.
Yeah, a lot of planning, but a lot of around-the-clock work as well.
Did you get to show it toTim Cook?
I mean, I know he watched it.
I wasn’t present in the room when he watched it.
I’m not, in general, I’m not a big fan of improvisation.
If you look to the edges, they were kind of darkened.
It’s almost like theater in a way.
