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# This disco-ball camera wants to make VR cinema a reality
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/virtual-reality-film/
- Published: 2014-04-03T14:46:07.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T16:32:32.000Z
- Description: Gravity—the multi-Oscar winning movie, not the physical force—was a visual showcase that engaged your senses in the way only the absoluteness of space could. A film like that in virtual reality, where you could turn your head to see in 360 degrees, could be downright panic-attack-inducing. At least
- Author: Jason Johnson
- Tags: News, Film, gravity, jaunt, oculus rift, Television, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

*Gravity*—the multi-Oscar winning movie, not the physical force—was a visual showcase that engaged your senses in the way only the absoluteness of space could. A film like that in virtual reality, where you could turn your head to see in 360 degrees, could be downright panic-attack-inducing.

At least that is the bet of the startup Jaunt, a production company dedicated to [bringing virtual reality to film and television](http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/03/virtual-reality-has-another-wow-moment-as-jaunt-introduces-360-degree-cinematic-videos/?ref=killscreen.com). The company intends to show the tech’s potential outside the realm of space shooters and strange art projects. They’ve developed a hovering camera that looks like an an all-seeing disco ball to shoot footage compatible with Oculus and other headsets.

Of course, there are some big unanswered questions, like how practical watching a movie in virtual reality really *is*. Games make sense, because you’re moving around and interacting with stuff in 3D space. But does anybody really want to stand and spin around through a feature film? The way this works in *Zero Point*, another virtual reality film project, is that you sit in a chair and watch a movie with a slightly larger viewing field, kind of like a home IMAX theater. Needless to say, this would be perfect for a home viewing of *Gravity*, which was best seen in IMAX.

But that still doesn’t answer how I will eat popcorn in a face mask.