VRLOG 023 - NY Stories: Central Park

I'm at a loss for words as I try to describe this video. As a storyteller I've never witnessed a leap in technology this crucial to how it makes a viewer feel. We've obviously had resolution changes and overall quality within those resolutions... but the feeling I get when you get to The Dakota in this video? It's unlike anything I've ever felt. Unlike Google Earth (which is also remarkable in VR) this is living and breathing and as an editor I never want to cut away. It's the strangest thing I've ever encountered in over 30 years of doing this... once you land on a shot that truly makes you feel present? It's like magic in a bottle, and cutting away is like throwing out the bottle...

...but then the next moment feels the same. Of course I'm creating this in a vacuum as it's so difficult for people to comment within VR, but I have to believe someone out there is watching these and their head is exploding. They also see the future, they also realize this is special and they know it needs to be spotlit so, much, more, than we're presently seeing. The number of people that own headsets that have no idea this type of story telling exists... it's such a missed opportunity.

But anyway, also cool to explain "the bench" (even if it is missing) and the true beginning of my life as an adult. What a luxury to have so many stories to pull from for VRlogs.