May 05, 2024

BBC launches VR movie "The Turning Forest"!

The BBC has confirmed that it will launch a new virtual reality film "The Turning Forest" next week. This fairy tale will be free to Google Daydream, the mobile virtual reality platform. Daydream's mobile head can cover the user's eyes and immerse it in the film.

The BBC stated that this project is part of the company’s efforts to explore emerging technologies and new narrative media for future audiences. The company has now launched a trailer for this experimental project.

The BBC revealed the storyline of The Turning Forest. A young child stares into the eyes of an imaginary creature and then embarks on a fantasy journey into a new realm of “the folk dimension and infinite imagination”.

The movie is also equipped with "spatial" audio, which further enhances the user's immersion. Xiao Bian has reported that "The Turning Forest" premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival and was originally designed for the Oculus Rift.

The BBC said that they have optimized the film to further improve sound design and introduce new controller interactions.

Zillah Watson, executive director of the R&D department at BBC, said: “The uniqueness of “he Turning Forest” is that it starts with the sound design and uses the most advanced audio technology to send people to a magic. In the world."

"It uses our own team, partners and universities for decades of research and experience to create a beautiful sound environment. We hope people will like it."

"The Turning Forest" was jointly produced by BBC's R & D team and virtual reality film and television production company VRTIV.

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