Tag: 360 Video

The Creation of “Decisions: Party’s Over,” an Interactive Virtual Reality Experience

January 8, 2019May 11, 2018

Jaunt worked with Diageo to create an interactive virtual reality experience about the consequences of binge drinking. Titled “Decisions: Party’s Over,” the experience follows the journeys of four partygoers as they expose themselves to the dangers of binge drinking. This perspective is powerfully delivered to audiences using new immersive storytelling techniques and interactive distribution technology. … Read more

Arcadia Flats: A VR Horror Experience

January 8, 2019March 6, 2018

Writing and creating a compelling horror short film is challenging enough. So when we found ourselves on the edge of our seats while watching Arcadia Flats, a 360°/VR horror experience, we knew we had to talk to the writer and director Joe Jacobs and writer and producer, Lacey Leavitt to learn more. From production and … Read more

VR goes for Gold with the Olympic Channel

January 8, 2019January 4, 2018

Exclusive Q&A with Jaunt Executive Producer, Canaan Rubin and Nicolas Delloye, Commissioning Editor at Olympic Channel. As Trending Gold arrives this week on the Olympic Channel, we’ve done a deep dive into the project with two of the individuals central to bringing the series to life. In the interview, we discussed how immersive VR and … Read more

Jaunt Brings Content Adaptive Streaming to XR Platform

January 8, 2019December 14, 2017

We are pleased to introduce content adaptive streaming to the Jaunt XR Platform. Content adaptive streaming allows for video delivery to be optimized for each individual piece of content and leads to a higher quality user experience across all platforms. With content adaptive encoding becoming a new standard for traditional video streaming on entertainment platforms … Read more

Writing an Immersive Screenplay, Horror Character Development, and the Deep Empathy of 360

January 8, 2019October 26, 2017

Elia Petridis’ film “Eye for an Eye” takes viewers to a séance in VR. As CED and Creative Director of Fever Content, Elia Petridis and his team have pushed this VR Creative Agency to test the limits of the medium, focusing in on its mass appeal. As a VR creative his journey began with Eye For … Read more

Dancing in the Woods with “Brume”

January 8, 2019October 12, 2017

The cast of Brume from one of the final shots of the film. Our interview with director and choreographer Mallory Rosenthal about the 360 experience, Brume, highlights the challenges of dancing in the rain. We love talking about art and even more so when we can turn you on to something a little bit different than … Read more

Reliving the LA Riots in 360

January 8, 2019September 14, 2017

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Los Angeles riots. Sparked by the acquittal of 4 LAPD officers in the beating of Rodney King after a traffic stop, the city was in turmoil for almost a week as the rest of the world watched. To commemorate the anniversary as this divisive event in American … Read more

Going Out of Body with “haunt” and Director Lilian Mehrel

January 8, 2019September 7, 2017

You know how sometimes you meet people and wonder where they have the time to make it all happen? In writer & director Lilian Mehrel’s case, she makes time. Ahead of the release of her second immersive film, haunt, we asked her how she made her latest project on a tight budget over a weekend … Read more

What’s the Best Thing About VR? Knowing Nothing

January 8, 2019August 29, 2017

Rose Colored director Adam Cosco. Our interview with director Adam Cosco and Vincent Edwards from Invar Studios discusses the film Rose Colored and why making boring VR isn’t fun. Rose Colored, our latest piece of VR episodic content to come to the Jaunt VR App, is an introspective sci-fi series that poses an interesting question: How … Read more

Talking “Bitter End” with Gordi and Director Michael Beets

January 8, 2019August 17, 2017

People say that video killed the radio star, but we think using 360 video and immersive experiences are just another way to get fans to really engage with you. Just ahead of her upcoming album Reservoir, Australian singer-songwriter Gordi decided that instead of only releasing a 2D version of her latest single, “Bitter End”, that … Read more