Good VR Content Isn’t Just Entertainment It’s Personal Experience
While studios and distributors around the globe push out new films, series, mini-series and content to fill the insatiable entertainment demands of folks; they just have a hard time figuring out how they’re going to make huge profits from VR (Virtual Reality), which seems to be a solo adventure.
But there’s a cadre of experienced, experimenting filmmakers who are making immersive entertainment for people who want to participate in, control and experience their content.
We Are So Busy with Our Connections, We’re Alone
“I love you. I really love you.” – Molly Jensen, “Ghost,” Paramount, 1990
When my dad was alive, he was one of those never-connected people.
I offered to get him a computer for his home in the Midwest, pay for the connectivity and even get him some local training. He could get online and “visit the world,” and I could send him a note and we could “talk” when I was working late (two-hour time difference) and just wanted to tell him I was thinking of him.
His response was typical, straightforward, logical, “Got along without a computer before, why now? You want to talk with me, pick up the damn phone!”
More, Better Content Drives Demand for Better, Faster Service
“Transportation is a precise business.” – Frank Martin, “The Transporter ,” Eurocard, 2002
“Jeezz, this thing is slow!”
Our son was complaining about downloading a TV show from Hulu.
It took about 10 seconds before it began streaming.
I bit my tongue and refused to say, “You think you’ve got it tough? I can remember…”
New M&E Industry Advances Put Viewer in Charge
“We know we don't want anything extraordinary to happen to Jonathan. We've already agreed on that. No accidents, nothing unnatural. The game was created to demonstrate the futility of individual effort. And the game must do its work.” – Bartholemew, “Rollerball ,” MGM, 1975
Between the sessions at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Media Communications and Entertainment Conference and IBC, it’s obvious that folks aren’t just coming to play (think Field of Dreams). They are determined to annihilate their opponent(s).
Studio/network execs were ecstatic when Disney’s Igor told the world they were taking their major toys (Disney Motion Picture Group, Marvel, ESPN and players to be named at a later date) – away from Hastings Netflix to do their own thing late next year.
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