Dirrogate: A Cinematic VR novel based on Memories with Maya is released

Facebook's investment in Virtual Reality was the spark that rekindled the VR revolution, underway. But Virtual Reality isn't for gamers alone, and the new buzz phrase spreading through Hollywood is “Cinematic VR.”

AAA Hollywood studios are in a scramble to learn all there is to know to create cinematic VR movies that encompass immersive storytelling with visuals that envelop audiences.

Watching a movie on a Virtual Reality headset (HMD) that was shot with a camera system that captures the entire 360 field of view, creates an experience that rivals even large scale cinema screens. The caveat? There is an acute lack of compelling Cinematic 360 3D content.

Dirrogate: A Cinematic VR novel, breaks new ground in visual storytelling and is based on my hard sci-fi novel Memories With Maya re-published by Penguin as Maya

Virtual Reality is the perfect medium to re-create visually, the ideas from the pages of Memories with Maya. A.I, Digital immortality and “the wizer” - the fictional sunglasses-like VR headset are themes explored in the book, and they come to life, in this VR novel.

Highlights of the VR novel:

The VR film is approximately 10 minutes in length, and features original composed music, Binaural audio, and a mix of CG and live action in stereoscopic 360 – a first in VR.
The film will playback on VR headsets such as the Oculus Rift, GearVR, Vive, and Google Cardboard.

Audiences “enter” the pages of the graphic novel, and become part of the scene as the action unfolds around them.

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Dirrogate: A Cinematic VR novel is produced by Master Media.