How volumetric video brings a new dimension to filmmaking | Diego Prilusky

TL;DR

This content explores the future of filmmaking, discussing how advancements in technology are allowing for immersive and multi-perspective experiences.

Transcript

I love making movies. Motion pictures have been in existence for more than a hundred years. Filmmaking hasn't changed for the dimensional mindset. Placing the camera in a scene and pressing "record" hasn't changed. Filmmaking is still a frontal experience, and creating the film has the possibility to follow the same direction of the content creatio... Read More

Key Insights

• 🎥 The experience of motion pictures can exist beyond the flat screen by utilizing VR glasses, AR glasses, and smart devices to enable audiences to experience content from multiple perspectives.
• 📷 With advancements in technology, 3D photography and volumetric video can capture the action and performance in a scene as a full three-dimensional volume, allowing for a fully immersive experience.
• 📹 Volumetric video requires an enormous amount of information and hundreds of cameras to capture the light and motion from all possible directions, creating a fully light-immersive scene from multiple perspectives.
• 🔮 Intel Studios has built the largest volumetric stage in the world, allowing for the capture of any kind of action or performance on a Broadway-sized stage.
• 🌌 The possibilities for storytelling and creation are immense with immersive media filmmaking, enabling viewers to travel inside the light and scene instead of perceiving it from a screen.
• 🎬 Paramount Pictures partnered with Intel Studios to explore immersive media in a Hollywood movie production, reimagining the iconic film "Grease" and allowing the audience to get inside the movie and dance with the actors.
• 💡 Immersive media filmmaking enhances traditional movies by opening up new possibilities and experiences beyond the flat screen, bringing a richer and more engaging experience to the audience.
• 🌟 We are at the threshold of a new era in filmmaking, with immersive storytelling and exploration defining the future of content creation and inviting everyone to join in on the exciting possibilities.

Summary & Key Takeaways

• Filmmaking has remained a frontal experience, but advancements in technology now allow for the creation of content experiences beyond the flat screen.

• The use of volumetric video and 3D photography enables the capture of scenes from multiple perspectives, creating a more immersive and interactive experience for audiences.

• The speaker's team has built a 10,000 square foot volumetric camera chamber, called Intel Studios, in order to explore the next generation of immersive media filmmaking. They have already tested this technology with a Western scene and a reimagined version of the film "Grease."