PLANET BREMEN flickr photo by jonasginter shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license
Google’s shift into transforming video stories with 360 degree perspectives dovetails nicely with the push into virtual reality storytelling, and some of the talk scattered around Networked Narratives (and more likely to come). This release — Pearl — tells the heart-warming story of a father and daughter, all set inside and near a car, and the viewer can move around the setting of this car as time passes on.
What I find fascinating is how this kind of video/story experiment begins to push the agency of the storytelling to the viewer, who can move around the “car” here, or just keep the eyes focused outside the windows. The story unfolds, but where the lens is looking all depends on us. I think that is intriguing.
Watch Pearl (I am embedded it here but I think you might need to go to the video on YouTube). I see they have other stories now published, too. I like Pearl, though, for its emotional connection (see? Story overrides tech, even as tech complements story)
And watch the Behind the Scenes video of the Making of Pearl.
Peace (with stories),
Kevin
We just purchased a 360 degree camera and once again, when we buy a new piece of tech, we’re stumped on how to use it. Storytelling is a great example. I’d love to hear more about networked narratives.