The Known Unknowns: Storytelling at the Frontier of Immersive Film

Director Elad Offer doesn't wait for a roadmap. Filming his latest project, an immersive dance film captured in both Blackmagic 180 Immersive VR and AINA's full volumetric technology, meant navigating a landscape of known (and unknown) unknowns at every turn. It is the kind of challenge he has made a habit of, most notably as the director of Bono: Stories of Surrender, the first ever feature-length 180 Immersive VR film released on Apple Vision Pro for Apple TV+. 

Joining him is Emily Olman, CEO of Hopscotch Interactive, AWE Advisory Council member, and producer on the dance film, who brings the view from the other side of the same production. Together, and in conversation with host Kathleen Cohen, Tech Humanist and XR Immersive Strategist, the three dig into what this production taught them, what surprised them, and what they would approach differently knowing what they know now. For anyone making immersive work at the edge of what is currently possible, this is the conversation you actually want to have.