When I was a kid, I played Cosmic Osmo and the Worlds Beyond the Mackerel. It was a graphic point-and-click adventure game released in 1989 that ran in something called HyperCard, and it was released for the Macintosh. …

The Weather Channel in VR — Click here to experience “Conditions at Omaha”. Available on YouTube for Cardboard (Android/iOS) and Daydream View (YouTube VR). Connect to WiFi signal for best results. Headphones encouraged. Recommended posture for experience is sitting on the floor. Preferably a carpet. What is this? “Conditions at Omaha” is a three-minute long VR…

En un Abrir y Cerrar de la Mente es una serie corta sobre técnicas de edición para realidad virtual. El primer post se puede ver aquí. “El montaje — incluso en una película más ‘normal’- no se trata tanto de ensamblar distintas piezas sino del descubrimiento de un camino.” (pg…

“Una película buena, bien editada, se parece a una extensión elaborada de los propios sentimientos y pensamientos del público. Cuando esto sucede, la entrega entre público y película, es mutua.” (En un Parpadeo, Walter Murch, 1995) Voy a llevarlos de regreso a Mayo de 2015. Después de un largo viaje…

In the Blink of a Mind is a short series on editing techniques for virtual reality. The first post can be found here. The second, on attention, can be found here. “Put [yourself] in place of the audience. What is the audience going to be thinking at any particular moment…

In memory of Nick Kadner, 1983–2016. Nick bravely helmed WORLD TOUR and continued being involved with Google VR content efforts until his death. Once Nick was lowered into his plot in Hillside Memorial, friends and family who attended were invited to shovel dirt onto his grave. …

In the Blink of a Mind is a short series on editing techniques for virtual reality. The first post can be accessed here. “Editing — even on a more ‘normal’ film — is not so much a putting together as it is a discovery of a path.” (pg. 4) Let’s…

“A good film that is well-edited seems like an exciting extension and elaboration of the audience’s own feelings and thoughts, and they will therefore give themselves to it, as it gives itself to them.” (pg. 72) In the Blink of an Eye, Walter Murch, 1995 I’m going to take you…

Next time you’re in a virtual reality experience, I encourage you to try and identify where the creator may want you to look — and then I want you to turn and look in the opposite direction. What do you see when you do that? Chances are, probably not much. …