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 concert events captured in Apple Immersive Video are set to debut later this yr, with extra coming early subsequent yr
At this time, Apple revealed new episodes, movies, collection, and music performances captured in Apple Immersive Video that may debut on Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional at no cost. Apple Immersive Video is a exceptional 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 accessible. 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 collection set to debut later this yr, 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 also launch this yr.
Submerged
This immersive fiction thriller, accessible to Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional customers all over the world at no cost, 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 following technology of sports activities, documentaries, and music performances. With Submerged, an immersive movie from visionary director Edward Berger, we’re excited to premiere the following technology of narrative filmmaking,” mentioned Tor Myhren, Apple’s vp 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 conjures up filmmakers to push the boundaries of visible storytelling.”
“Apple Immersive Video is an excellent 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 means that simply wasn’t potential earlier than, and within the course of, it modified the best way my workforce 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 had been constructed to resist being absolutely submerged, and featured sensible digicam traps and particular results that had been uniquely rigged to show Apple Immersive Video cameras to sparks, steam, water, and hearth with out breaking viewers’ sense of immersion. Forged members who would possibly seem out of body or focus in a 2D characteristic 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 reveals how the solid 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 gives her mix of R&B, jazz, and pop to viewers from the very best seat in the home.
Journey
After getting 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 beneath 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 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,” accessible early subsequent yr, viewers will expertise a crisp autumn in New England, with a shocking journey alongside winding coastlines and above breathtakingly lovely rivers.
These new episodes, movies, collection, and concert events be a part of the rising Apple Immersive Video catalog accessible in the present day, which incorporates Alicia Keys: Rehearsal Room, Boundless, Elevated, Prehistoric Planet Immersive, Wild Life, and extra — all accessible from the Apple TV app on Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional.
Availability
- Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional is obtainable 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 obtainable at no further 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 at no cost 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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Apple
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Apple
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