October 8, 2024

Watch this one-minute preview of Apple’s first scripted Vision Pro short

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Watch this one-minute preview of Apple’s first scripted Vision Pro short

Director Edward Berger wears a Vision Pro headset in the trailer for Submerged. | Screenshot: YouTube

Apple just released the trailer for Submerged, the first scripted immersive video for the Vision Pro. The short, written and directed by Edward Berger, is set inside a WWII submarine as its crew deals with “a harrowing torpedo attack.”

The trailer for Submerged consists of behind-the-scenes shots and fisheye-looking clips from the short, along with a voiceover from Berger, who claims that the immersive format will “change the future of filmmaking.”

Berger also says putting on the Vision Pro changes “the way you think about storytelling.” One could see how the location — the narrow innards of a submarine — might be both a technical challenge to overcome (it’s hard to film in tight spaces!) and an answer to the disconnect that comes with…

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