Stanford senior and university VR club co-founder creates pioneering augmented reality film with fellow undergraduate
Image courtesy of Max Korman
Stanford undergraduates Max Korman, ’18, and Khoi Le, ’20, launched what may be the world’s first augmented reality narrative film. And they did it using their mobile phones.
Snowbird is a 3D-animated short movie about porcelain creatures that come to life in a snow globe. Viewers can place a snow globe into their surroundings at any time – which could be at work, or home, during their commute or on May 12 at Stanford’s first annual VR for Everyone conference.
VR for Everyone is hosted by Rabbit Hole, Stanford’s virtual reality club co-founded in 2015 by Korman with an objective to foster community among immersive reality enthusiasts. The conference is expected to attract hundreds of attendees from campus and community. As reflected in the event’s name, VR for Everyone, adoption and inclusion in the industry are key themes.
The conference will also be the first public screening of Snowbird.
“The premise of immersive technology is the ability for creators to completelycurate a person’s visual and auditory experience. So, I think it has the potential to transform any activity that relies on these senses.”
Korman and Le are already assessing different narrative premises for new AR films even without a clear distribution pipeline.
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