admin Films entered the lives of human beings in the early 20th century. Before that human beings had just seen paintings and pictures. Suddenly, we saw moving pictures at a very fast pace – Video.
Multiple videos combined together became film. The initial films were black and white, did not have any sound, the music was synced by the orchestras performing live during the film. With time films added sound, colour, moving shots, crane shots, 3D, etc.
About 100 years of millions of human work has helped films reach where it reached today.
And then comes Virtual Reality (VR).
Virtual Reality – the future of Cinema?
Before VR, we were just watching films on a screen of a theatre. With Virtual Reality, the screen comes in front of our eyes.
It’s just like how we experience the real world. It shows the world in 360° degrees. When we look left – it shows what’s happening in the left direction. When we look right – it shows what’s happening in the right direction. When we look up/down – it shows what’s happening in the up/down directions.
So, now we don’t just watch the characters on the screen but we might get a chance to live the story with the characters where we ourselves may become a character. We might become the protagonist of the story and the story unfolds as per the decisions which we make. Just like how it happens in the real world. Some of the stories might be a mix of gaming and story-telling, creating a brilliant new form of not just watching but living stories.
The possibilities with VR are endless. VR is all about innovation, creativity, experimenting, failing and learning what works and what doesn’t. We need to focus on the process and enjoy every bit of it. Hollywood is embracing VR and we are sure Bollywood will catch-up soon.
Virtual Reality is not just a little upgrade to films but it’s a transformation. Transformation takes time but is worth it. Virtual Reality is getting better and better and the no. of people using VR is increasing day by day.
Virtual Reality in Spirituality!
Virtual Reality has many use cases be it in gaming, entertainment, training, healthcare, etc. But, how about spirituality?
We at Elysian Studios use a unique and in-depth approach to Virtual reality (VR) storytelling, creating blissful VR experiences. Elysian means divinely inspired and is bringing back the ancient wisdom, taking you beyond what you can perceive, opening you up – to the lands of mysticism and inspiring you to reach your ultimate possibility.
We are one of the 1st VR studios in India who have created a VR series – Mystic Lands, which takes you to some of the most ancient, blissful and energetic lands like Kashi – The city of Lord Shiva, Bodh Gaya – The land of Buddha’s enlightenment and Rishikesh – Yoga capital of the world. Our VR films are receiving much love from various parts of the world, are getting shortlisted at various International Film Festivals and are featured on major VR platforms.
We at Elysian Studios have been producing VR content focusing on spiritual tourism. Spirituality is India’s soul, we have Char Dham, Sapta puri and many other spiritual and religious locations. India is a world leader when it comes to spirituality. Our sages, saints and rishis like Swami Vivekananda, Paramhansa Yogananda have gone to the west and have influenced billions of people around the world. We would like to do the same thing in a different way, by using our ancient wisdom and helping people to overcome their difficulties through our content. We only get to learn how to survive in schools and colleges, but only few learn – how to live. And we want to transform lives through our content and influence as many lives as we can across the globe.
About the Author:
Arvind Ghorwal is the founder and CEO of Elysian Studios. Arvind is an alumni from IIT Mumbai, he initially started working in a start-up founded by his seniors and friends, where he lead teams which executed the operations in Tier 1 cities in India, using the latest visual technologies like drones, 360, VR and AR. He then founded Elysian Studios which creates blissful experiences in Virtual Reality. Elysian Studios uses a unique and in-depth approach to the new art of virtual reality storytelling, creating high-end VR experiences. Elysian means divinely inspired and is born to bring back the ancient wisdom, to take you beyond what you can perceive, to open you up – to the lands of mysticism and to inspire you to reach your ultimate possibility.
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