by DGFone » June 8th, 2019, 3:30 pm
[quote="gothprincesskiara"]What really took me by surprise is that this remake was filmed in using all VR (virtual Reality) and how they were explaining how they did it, its still confusing me, and I’m very curious as to how we will be able to even experience this remake in VR when it comes out, I can only imagine.
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From my understanding, they were using VR sets to move the (virtual) camera around in real time in order to make changes to things like camera angels, etc. Obviously, real time rendering doesn't look as good as what the final movie will look like, but they must have rendered enough to get a good idea what the final visuals will look like.
IMO, it's not that different than moving the virtual camera on a computer monitor via keyboard and mouse like a regular 3D real-time renderer - think playing a video game, or what map makers using the Unreal Engine might do when creating maps. But since VR is the Big New Thing (tm), it's not so news-worthy to say "yeah, we change camera angles by playing around using a real-time test render of the final movie" as it is to say "we are using VR to help make the movie better". Just more to pile on the hype train, I suppose.
Plus, since the movie has such a high budget, things like these get tacked on as a director's 'wish-list' - things they always want to try, but can't justify in a lower-priced movie. Needed to make the movie happen? No. Revolutionary? I doubt it, even in the long run. But fun to try and see what the tech does? Sure.