October 10, 2024
UPDATE
Apple debuts the primary scripted movie captured in Apple Immersive Video and divulges new immersive movies for Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional
New episodes, movies, collection, and live shows captured in Apple Immersive Video are set to debut later this yr, with extra coming early subsequent yr
Right now, Apple revealed new episodes, movies, collection, and music performances captured in Apple Immersive Video that may debut on Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional free of charge. Apple Immersive Video is a outstanding media format that leverages ultra-high-resolution 3D video and Spatial Audio to place viewers within the middle of the motion.
Submerged, the primary scripted quick movie captured in Apple Immersive Video, written and directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Edward Berger, is now obtainable. Subsequent month, Apple and The Weeknd will launch a panoramic immersive music expertise celebrating the seven-time diamond-certified artist’s extremely anticipated new album, Hurry Up Tomorrow. With Live performance for One, a brand new live performance collection set to debut later this yr, followers will expertise intimate performances from the world’s largest artists, starting with a particular set from the award-winning British singer-songwriter RAYE. New episodes of Journey, which follows pioneering athletes as they tackle awe-inspiring challenges, can even launch this yr.
Submerged
This immersive fiction thriller, obtainable to Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional customers world wide free of charge, invitations viewers onto a WWII-era submarine and follows its crew as they wrestle to fight a harrowing assault. This adrenaline-pumping thrill journey showcases the distinctive storytelling experiences made doable by Apple Immersive Video.
“Apple Immersive Video permits Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional customers world wide to expertise the subsequent technology of sports activities, documentaries, and music performances. With Submerged, an immersive movie from visionary director Edward Berger, we’re excited to premiere the subsequent technology of narrative filmmaking,” mentioned Tor Myhren, Apple’s vp of Advertising and marketing Communications. “Imaginative and prescient Professional locations you in the midst of the story — inside a densely packed submarine, shoulder to shoulder with its crew. That deep sense of immersion simply wasn’t doable earlier than, and we will’t wait to see the way it conjures up filmmakers to push the boundaries of visible storytelling.”
“Apple Immersive Video is a superb new medium that expands the horizon of storytelling,” mentioned Edward Berger, director of the Academy Award-winning All Quiet on the Western Entrance and the upcoming, critically acclaimed Conclave. “Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional impressed me to inform a narrative in a manner that simply wasn’t doable earlier than, and within the course of, it modified the best way my staff and I take into consideration making a story. This immersive expertise pioneered by Apple goes to vary the way forward for filmmaking.”
Shot on location in Prague, Brussels, and Malta over three weeks, Submerged was filmed utilizing a full-scale 23-ton submarine set made with actual metal, brass, and steel that was modeled after WWII-era vessels. Important parts of the set have been constructed to resist being absolutely submerged, and featured sensible digital camera traps and particular results that have been uniquely rigged to reveal Apple Immersive Video cameras to sparks, steam, water, and fireplace with out breaking viewers’ sense of immersion. Solid members who may seem out of body or focus in a 2D characteristic have been meticulously scripted, and took part in in depth stunt rehearsals, together with freedive coaching in dive tanks and open water, to keep up continuity and realism. Followers can go behind the scenes of Submerged with a brief movie that reveals how the forged and crew crafted this immersive, action-packed drama solely for Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional.
2024 NBA All-Star Weekend
Subsequent Friday, basketball followers will get pleasure from an immersive quick movie of the 2024 NBA All-Star Weekend, that includes the Rising Stars, the Slam Dunk contest, the first-ever NBA vs. WNBA 3-Level Problem, “Stephen vs. Sabrina,” and highlights from the All-Star Recreation.
Live performance for One
Live performance for One is the primary music collection captured in Apple Immersive Video, bringing followers nearer to their favourite artists than ever earlier than. The inaugural efficiency comes from six-time BRIT Award winner RAYE, who alongside her 20-piece band presents her mix of R&B, jazz, and pop to viewers from the very best seat in the home.
Journey
After moving into skinny air above Norway’s breathtaking fjords with highliner Religion Dickey, and traversing the streets and rooftops of Paris with the world’s main parkour group, viewers are invited to swim alongside freediver Ant Williams whereas he makes an attempt to finest his document for the longest distance underneath ice with only a single breath. The subsequent episode of Journey, “Ice Dive,” will debut within the U.S. in December.
Early subsequent yr, viewers can expertise the shores of Majorca, Spain, the place world-class sport climber Kai Lightner tackles his largest problem but: free-solo climbing over the secluded and rocky coves, the place one slip will ship him into the raging sea.
Elevated
Within the subsequent episode of Elevated, “Maine,” obtainable early subsequent yr, viewers will expertise a crisp autumn in New England, with a surprising journey alongside winding coastlines and above breathtakingly stunning rivers.
These new episodes, movies, collection, and live shows be a part of the rising Apple Immersive Video catalog obtainable at present, which incorporates Alicia Keys: Rehearsal Room, Boundless, Elevated, Prehistoric Planet Immersive, Wild Life, and extra — all obtainable from the Apple TV app on Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional.
Availability
- Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional is out there in Australia, Canada, China mainland, Hong Kong, France, Germany, Japan, Singapore, the U.Okay., and the U.S.
- Customers in these international locations and areas can get pleasure from a free demo of Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional at their native Apple Retailer and obtain an prolonged preview of Submerged upon request starting Monday, October 14.
- Apple Immersive Video is out there at no further price from the Apple TV app in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, France, Germany, Japan, Singapore, the U.Okay., and the U.S. Customers in China mainland can entry Apple Immersive Video from the Migu Video and Tencent Video apps, which can be found to obtain free of charge from the App Retailer for Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional.
- New Apple Immersive Video episodes and movies debut in U.S. English with subtitles in further languages. Title availability varies by nation or area.
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