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New: AI passthrough!
This amazing Deo feature uses the power of AI to turn every VR scene into AR passthrough! Now you can take characters out of VR and have them right there with you - as if they were in the same room.
Notice: AI Passthrough is presently in beta mode, and as such, users may encounter occasional service imperfections. The feature is currently exclusive to the DeoVR app, but it will soon be accessible on both browsers and mobile devices. Your feedback is highly encouraged and appreciated.
Recommended headsets:
Meta Quest 3, and Quest Pro with stereoscopic color passthrough, Pico 4 (monoscopic color passthrough).
Compatible headsets:
Quest 2, Valve Index (monoscopic black and white passthrough).
Passthrough is not compatible yet for Oculus Link cable.
Check out our complete guide to passthrough and join in the discussion at our busy forum.
The video is notable for its gritty aesthetic and rapid editing style, which Rock achieved by processing two days of film overnight and editing it in a single 10-hour session to sync with the live performance audio.
Scenes captured during live performances at the Winterland Ballroom, showing Bowie and the band (including Mick Ronson, Trevor Bolder, and Mick Woodmansey) in front of both a live audience and a sterile white backdrop.
Bowie is seen posing in a rundown part of the city, specifically in front of the Mars Hotel on Fourth Street. These scenes were intended to depict Ziggy Stardust as a "Hollywood street-rat."
The cameraman for the location shoots was Jerry Slick, former husband of Grace Slick from Jefferson Airplane. The urgency of the production led to a "no effects" approach, relying entirely on cuts to maintain the rhythm of the song.
A key figure in the video is Cyrinda Foxe, a publicist for Bowie’s management company, MainMan. Bowie specifically requested a "consort of the Marilyn brand."
