Fast And Furious’ Justin Lin Directs Live Action 360 Video For Google

Fast And Furious’ Justin Lin Directs Live Action 360 Video For Google

Following from last year’s beautiful Duet, Google just pushed out a sweet little short from Justin Lin, best known as the director of the Fast and Furious.

“Help” is a 360 video is available through the Google Spotlight Stories app. (The video comes in just under 1GB, so beware, you’re going to be waiting for a while. In fact, at the time of publication, it’s not even really downloading.) Originally a Moto X exclusive, Spotlight Stories is gradually now rolling out to additional handsets. It works on my Nexus 5, but not on my LG G4.

So in other words we haven’t had the chance to watch “Help” yet. Previously, all of the spotlight material has been animated, and this time around it’s a live action short.

To shoot the the 360 video, Lin’s production team used a rig composed of 4 Red Epic Dragon cameras with fisheye lenses. (Despite Steven Levy’s claims, this isn’t the first time something like this has been done. In fact, similar rigs are used to shoot 360 live action pornography.

Of course, the future of this kind of 360 video is very much up in the air. Lots of companies are developing the production technologies to make 360 interactive video, and a few platforms, including Oculus, are battling to be the center of the puzzle.


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