Let’s talk the Holy Grail of this emergent storytelling medium: photoreal fidelity in a real-time rendered experience. Light fields hold immense promise to break down these barriers in time, but what can be done today? The Entertainment Technology Center @ USC teamed up with major studio and technology partners to explore the cutting edge of physical asset capture in an interactive VR experience, exploring the very real computing and workflow challenges along the way. Learn best practices and pitfalls uncovered in the creation of Wonder Buffalo VR, a real-time rendered Unity experience that made waves at Sundance and SXSW 2017 through its integration of photogrammetry, volumetric video and interactive CG elements. Speaker: Brian Fager

1. FINDING OUR WAY IN THE METAVERSE
A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Technology that Fits the Content
(and not the other way around)

2. “THE FUTURE IS ALREADY HERE.
IT’S JUST NOTVERY EVENLY DISTRIBUTED.”
- WILLIAM GIBSON

3. “THE FUTURE IS ALREADY HERE.
IT’S JUST NOTVERY EVENLY RENDERED.”
- ME

4. “THE FUTURE IS ALREADY HERE.
IT’S JUST NOTVERY EVENLY CAPTURED.”
- ME

5. WHAT ISTHE ULTIMATE POTENTIAL OFVR?

12. CARVING A PATHTO AVR EXPERIENCE:

13. Volumetric Video
Character Capture
Character Audio
Recording
Photogrammetry
Set Capture
VR Production Workflow
Story Development
Previsualization
Volumetric Video
Solve
Ambisonic Object Based
Audio Mix
Photogrammetry
Solve
CG Prop Modeling
& Texturing
Prop Animation
Color Correction
Leap Motion
Interactive Development
& Compositing
HTC Vive
Hand Drawn
Textures
PREPRODUCTION
ON PRODUCTION SET POST PRODUCTION INTERACTIVE DEVELOPMENT

15. STORY WORLD

16. WHYVR AT ALL?

17. VR CAN DEEPEN EMPATHY

18. INTRODUCING MIRROR NEURONS

20. TYPES OFVR EXPERIENCES
*SOURCE:VOICESOFVR.COM
(There are really only 4)

21. TYPES OFVR EXPERIENCES
*SOURCE:VOICESOFVR.COM

22. TYPES OFVR EXPERIENCES
*SOURCE:VOICESOFVR.COM