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🥽 Apple Vision Pro today releases its first scripted immersive movie
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🍿 Submerged is a 17-minute World War II thriller set aboard a submarine
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💥 World War II submarines come under attack for some great action
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🔮 Apple Immersive Video could be the future of connected storytelling
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📣 Directed by Oscar winner Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front)
I’m wearing apple vision pro It’s all about embracing new experiences, and today it has literally reached new depths. I just watched Submerged, Apple’s first scripted immersive movie available on the headset, and this World War II movie is exactly what I wanted from the Vision Pro. . A content experience you can’t get anywhere else.
Submerged is a new 17-minute film set aboard a World War II submarine about American sailors silently patrolling the oceans when suddenly faced with a life-or-death crisis. They’re under attack! When you’re strapped into the Apple Vision Pro, you feel like you’re part of an underwater crew, but equally at risk because of the way it’s filmed. It has become.
Apple Immersive Video uses ultra-high resolution 3D video and spatial audio to transport you to that fateful submarine. What was really great about Submerged was that the 180-degree projection gave you a sense of freedom as you looked around the set, only to find yourself trapped inside a cramped, creaky WWII submarine. I couldn’t go anywhere. The disparity between these two emotions is what made Submerged come alive for me in Vision Pro.
From comprehensive 3D camera lenses to Vision Pro lenses with more pixels than a 4K TV, this technology is completely new. But the talent behind the camera has experience successfully bringing wartime drama to the screen. Apple has commissioned Academy Award-winning filmmaker Edward Berger (director of Netflix’s 2022 Quietly on the Western Front) to helm this unique short film.
Apple’s behind-the-scenes video for Submerged shows just how much work went into making the film. Tight shots, moody lighting, and haunting sounds capture the isolation and panic that comes with being aboard a World War II submarine.
The great thing about Apple Immersive Video is that you can see the set and actors around you from anywhere in your 180-degree field of view. I didn’t have to focus on the center of the screen to draw my attention to anything. In this way, it felt more like I was sitting in the front row of a Broadway play than watching a simple 2D movie.
I noticed supporting characters trying to sleep in their bunk beds, creepy bugs creeping across the floor of the ship, and gushing water flooding my field of vision as I searched for an exit. Even if you can’t control your movements (like in a video game), you instinctively want to escape from this panic situation.
Of course, I could have taken off the Apple Vision Pro at any time, but even during its short 17-minute runtime, I felt a connection to the submarine’s crew. I had no intention of abandoning ship. I was planning to watch this movie until the end.
The Apple Vision Pro remains a $3,500 novelty for most people, but unlike some AR devices that are theoretical at this point, it’s a real proving ground here for consumers. “Submerged” feels like a refreshing film while a regular movie might not offer the same level of excitement. It can change the way we experience movies and TV shows and form emotional connections with the characters.
I already use Apple Vision Pro a lot. It’s a much better entertainment system on board than a setback screen. But now I have a reason to take the headset home and show it to my dad, a former Navy sailor. Once I show him what he can do with this new headset I’ve been talking about, we’ll really connect and he’ll love it.
My father and I have visited dozens of ships and submarines over the years, and it’s so interesting to actually see those cramped cabins. Beyond 2D, Vision Pro offers a 3D glimpse into what submarines looked like during World War II. The entire crew is present, red lights and alarms are blaring, and water is gushing out to fill each compartment.
You’ll also get a glimpse of how Apple Immersive Video could be the future of connected storytelling. I’m ready to actively develop more content like this, built from the ground up for spatial entertainment.
