Apple in the present day launched Submerged, the primary scripted brief movie designed for Apple Immersive Video on the Imaginative and prescient Professional headset. The 17-minute film is about in World Conflict II, and it follows a gaggle of sailors which can be struggling to outlive a lethal torpedo assault.
Submerged was directed by Austrian filmmaker Edward Berger, who additionally directed 2022 film All Quiet on the Western Entrance. Apple shared a behind the scenes video on the making of Submerged, exhibiting off the full-scale 23-ton submarine set that was used for filming.
Submerged, like different Apple Immersive Video content material, options high-resolution 3D video that is meant to be seen on the Imaginative and prescient Professional, and it’s meant to make the wearer really feel like they’re a part of the motion. Spatial Audio is included for a extra immersive expertise.
“Apple Immersive Video permits Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional customers world wide to expertise the subsequent era of sports activities, documentaries, and music performances. With Submerged, an immersive movie from visionary director Edward Berger, we’re excited to premiere the subsequent era of narrative filmmaking,” stated Tor Myhren, Apple’s vice chairman of Advertising Communications. “Imaginative and prescient Professional locations you in the course 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 won’t wait to see the way it conjures up filmmakers to push the boundaries of visible storytelling.”
Along with introducing Submerged, Apple additionally highlighted extra Apple Immersive Video content material coming within the subsequent few months.
Subsequent Friday, Apple plans to launch an immersive brief movie that includes the 2024 NBA All-Star Weekend, and in November, Apple will group up with The Weeknd for an immersive music expertise celebrating his new album, Hurry Up Tomorrow.
In December, Apple will launch the subsequent episode of its Journey collection. “Ice Dive” will comply with freediver Ant Williams as he makes an attempt his finest file for the longest distance dive beneath ice with a single breath. Journey will proceed in early 2025 in Majorca, Spain, with sport climber Kai Lightner.
A brand new collection known as Live performance for One may even come earlier than the tip of 2024, and it’ll function intimate performances from a few of the world’s greatest artists. The primary episode will function British singer-songwriter RAYE.
The following episode of the Elevated collection will are available early 2025, and it’ll function a crisp autumn in New England, with an aerial journey alongside winding coastlines and rivers.
Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional is on the market in Australia, Canada, China mainland, Hong Kong, France, Germany, Japan, Singapore, the U.Okay., and the U.S. All Apple Immersive Video is on the market at no extra value and it may be seen within the Apple TV app in most nations. In China, the video content material may be watched within the Migu Video and Tencent Video apps.