Apple debuts the primary scripted movie captured in Apple Immersive Video

October 10, 2024

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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, sequence, and concert events captured in Apple Immersive Video are set to debut later this 12 months, with extra coming early subsequent 12 months

At this time, Apple revealed new episodes, movies, sequence, and music performances captured in Apple Immersive Video that may debut on Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional without spending a dime. 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 wide ranging 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 sequence set to debut later this 12 months, followers will expertise intimate performances from the world’s greatest 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, may even launch this 12 months.

Submerged

This immersive fiction thriller, obtainable to Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional customers all over the world without spending a dime, 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 potential by Apple Immersive Video.

“Apple Immersive Video permits Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional customers all over the world to expertise the subsequent era of sports activities, documentaries, and music performances. With Submerged, an immersive movie from visionary director Edward Berger, we’re excited to premiere the subsequent era of narrative filmmaking,” stated Tor Myhren, Apple’s vice chairman of Advertising 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 potential earlier than, and we are able to’t wait to see the way it evokes filmmakers to push the boundaries of visible storytelling.”

“Apple Immersive Video is a superb new medium that expands the horizon of storytelling,” stated 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 method that simply wasn’t potential earlier than, and within the course of, it modified the best way my crew and I take into consideration making a story. This immersive expertise pioneered by Apple goes to alter 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. Vital parts of the set had been constructed to face up to being totally submerged, and featured sensible digital camera traps and particular results that had been uniquely rigged to show Apple Immersive Video cameras to sparks, steam, water, and fireplace with out breaking viewers’ sense of immersion. Forged members who would possibly seem out of body or focus in a 2D function had been meticulously scripted, and took part in in depth stunt rehearsals, together with freedive coaching in dive tanks and open water, to take care of continuity and realism. Followers can go behind the scenes of Submerged with a brief movie that exhibits how the forged and crew crafted this immersive, action-packed drama completely 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 Sport.

Live performance for One

Live performance for One is the primary music sequence 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 gives her mix of R&B, jazz, and pop to viewers from the perfect 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 greatest his file for the longest distance beneath ice with only a single breath. The subsequent episode of Journey, “Ice Dive,” will debut within the U.S. in December.

Early subsequent 12 months, viewers can expertise the shores of Majorca, Spain, the place world-class sport climber Kai Lightner tackles his greatest 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 12 months, viewers will expertise a crisp autumn in New England, with a shocking journey alongside winding coastlines and above breathtakingly stunning rivers.

These new episodes, movies, sequence, and concert events be a part of the rising Apple Immersive Video catalog obtainable as we speak, 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 nations 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 extra value 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 without spending a dime from the App Retailer for Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional.