Virtual reality now has Emmy winners, too
Virtual reality has official entered awards season territory.
Henry, a VR animated short about a hedgehog, received an Emmy for Outstanding Original Interactive Program. It's part of the juried Emmy awards given before the ceremony on Sept. 18, and it's the first piece of VR narrative to win such an award.
SEE ALSO:Let President Obama take you on a VR tour of YosemiteThe eight-minute short was produced by Oculus Story Studio, an internal division of the VR headset maker focused on crafting narrative that works best in virtual reality. In that sense, Henry director Ramiro Lopez Dau, who came from a career animating films at Pixar, said there's an incredible amount of experimentation.
"VR storytelling is so early in its life, so we really wanted to answer the basic questions for storytelling: can you feel empathy for the character?" he told Mashable. "Before even knowing if we could tell a story, we wanted to test the empathy and connection."
Henry the hedgehog's problem in the film is simple: he's desperate to give someone a hug, but his spines aren't exactly PDA-friendly. The way Dau gets the simplistic story to resonate is how much Henry and his costars connect with the viewer, by looking directly at them (thanks to VR's positional tracking) instead of looking at a camera.
"People really feel for him, in a different way than in a movie.That emotional connection made people feel differently. They'd say, 'I really want to reach out and hug him,' or 'I really want to help him out," Dau said.
Dau's animation background may have prepared him for this role in some ways, but he said VR short films are now having to throw out much of the rules. While the team started working with traditional storyboards, they realized it didn't always translate.
"There moments that we felt the story was working, but when we put in VR, it didn’t work," Dau said. "The feeling was different when you were in the space with him."
The eventual success, and the Emmy jury's recognition of it, gives Dau hope for the future of VR storytelling.
"It shows the industry is really backing us, by giving us big, massive, important award is going to VR," Dau said. "There's so much potential for great storytelling down the road."
Henryis available to watch for free through the Oculus storefront.
TopicsVirtual Reality
(责任编辑:新闻中心)
-
Top 10 Most Significant Nvidia GPUs of All Time
Founded in 1993, Nvidia is a youngster when compared to other semiconductor companies. However, its ...[详细] -
最新!尾水排放标准要来了,你的鱼塘怎样才能达标?_南方+_南方plus日前,广东省生态环境厅发布公告,公开征求广东省地方标准《水产养殖尾水排放标准》二次征求意见稿)以下简称“《标准》”)意见。《标准》 ...[详细]
-
百款年鱼产品集体亮相!珠海两地年鱼大集正式开市_南方+_南方plus2024年1月19日珠澳臻品年货嘉年华暨直播电商节在珠海市体育中心隆重开幕珠澳有好市,祥龙献优品1月19-21日三天持续欢乐购活动上 ...[详细]
-
近日,“雅安交警”微信公众号上曝光了两起三次酒驾的案例,两起酒驾的驾驶员似乎都抱着侥幸心理,然而他们都受到了法律的惩处,付出了代价。其中一例为11月23日,石棉县公安局交警大队查获的一起二轮摩托车驾驶 ...[详细]
-
South Korea beefs up drills amid escalating NK provocations
A Spike missile is launched during the South Korean Marine Corps' full-scale live-fire drills on the ...[详细] -
三角生鱼遇上川菜,像极了爱情 | 广东年鱼入蜀②_南方+_南方plus四川火锅配什么鱼?什么鱼适合做酸菜鱼?若是在巴蜀大地找答案,不少人会回答:“生鱼”。四川有多爱生鱼?从它与“中国生鱼之乡”——三 ...[详细]
-
培育高素质农民助力乡村振兴!罗定市2023年高素质农民培训班开班
2024年1月11日,由罗定市农业农村局主办,广州上善教育培训有限公司承办的2023年罗定市高素质农民培育培训班正式开班。罗定市农业农村局相关负责人、广州上善教育培训有限公司负责人和来自罗定市21个镇 ...[详细] -
2016年12月26日,青岛联通召开党委扩大会议,听取安委办关于安全生产工作情况的汇报。会议强调要坚守“发展绝不能以牺牲安全为代价”这条不可逾越的红线,要牢固树立“ ...[详细]
-
The Future of Tech: The Desktop PC
If you're over a certain age, you'll probably know that people have been foretelling the death of th ...[详细] -
雅安日报/北纬网讯22日,抗战老兵陈仁国迎来了他的百岁生日,市委统战部、市工商联、民革雅安市委与四川省普善公益慈善促进会相关人员聚在一起,陪老人过一个温馨的生日,为他送上生日的祝福。民革雅安市委相关负 ...[详细]