July 18, 2024
UPDATE
New Apple Immersive Video sequence, movies, concert events, and extra set to premiere on Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional starting July 18
Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional customers will expertise breathtaking sequence, movies, and extra spanning action-adventure, documentary, music, scripted, sports activities, and journey
Beginning this week, Apple is releasing all-new sequence and movies captured in Apple Immersive Video that may debut completely on Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional. Apple Immersive Video is a exceptional storytelling format that leverages 3D video recorded in 8K with a 180-degree subject of view and Spatial Audio to move viewers to the middle of the motion.
Boundless, a brand new sequence that invitations viewers to expertise once-in-a-lifetime journeys from wherever they’re, premieres at 6 p.m. PT right now, July 18, with “Sizzling Air Balloons.” The following installment of Wild Life, the character documentary sequence that brings viewers up near among the most charismatic creatures on the planet, premieres in August. Elevated, an aerial journey sequence that whisks viewers round iconic vistas from staggering heights, will launch in September.
Later this yr, customers can take pleasure in particular performances that includes the world’s greatest artists, beginning with an immersive expertise from The Weeknd; the primary scripted Apple Immersive quick movie, Submerged, written and directed by Academy Award winner Edward Berger; a behind-the-scenes and on-the-court view of the 2024 NBA All-Star Weekend; and Huge-Wave Browsing, the primary installment of a brand new sports activities sequence with Crimson Bull.
“Apple Immersive Video is a groundbreaking leap ahead for storytelling, providing Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional customers exceptional experiences with an unparalleled sense of realism and immersion,” mentioned Tor Myhren, Apple’s vice chairman of Advertising and marketing Communications. “From hovering over volcanoes in Hawaii and browsing enormous waves in Tahiti, to having fun with performances by the world’s greatest artists and athletes from all-new views, Apple Immersive Video revolutionizes the best way folks expertise locations, tales, sports activities, and extra by making viewers really feel like they’re really there. It’s the subsequent technology of visible storytelling, and we’re excited to convey it to extra folks around the globe.”
Boundless
With Boundless, viewers embark on the journeys they’ve solely dreamed of as they meet inspiring folks in extraordinary locations. In “Sizzling Air Balloons,” viewers take to the skies over the otherworldly panorama of Cappadocia, Türkiye. Within the subsequent episode, “Arctic Browsing,” out there this fall, viewers can move with a gaggle of intrepid surfers who’ve moved to a frigid area north of the Arctic Circle seeking wintry waves.
Wild Life
This August, Apple releases the second episode of Wild Life, which takes viewers to Kenya’s Sheldrick Wildlife Belief, the place orphaned elephants discover their footing within the care of their keepers, frolic in frothy mud baths, and kind a selected household with one another, their human companions, and the wild elephants that roam the lands past. Later this yr, viewers will courageous the deep with a daring group of divers within the Bahamas, who come face-to-face with apex predators and uncover creatures far more advanced than usually portrayed.
Elevated
Within the inaugural episode of Elevated, an aerial journey sequence that premieres this September, viewers will fly above volcanoes, climb up and over waterfalls, and uncover untold pure wonders the world over’s longest island chain, Hawaii. Within the subsequent episode, out there later this yr, viewers will expertise a crisp autumn in New England, with a shocking journey alongside winding coastlines and above breathtakingly lovely rivers.
Submerged
Submerged, the primary scripted quick movie captured in Apple Immersive Video, will premiere this fall. Set throughout World Conflict II, the action-adventure story brings viewers aboard a submarine because the vessel’s sailors battle to outlive a lethal torpedo assault. Written and directed by Academy Award winner Edward Berger, Submerged showcases the distinctive storytelling capabilities which can be solely doable with Apple Immersive Video on Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional.
2024 NBA All-Star Weekend
This fall, basketball followers will take pleasure in a novel perspective of the 2024 NBA All-Star Weekend in Indianapolis with an immersive quick movie that options the Rising Stars, the Slam Dunk contest, the first-ever NBA vs. WNBA 3-Level Problem with Sabrina Ionescu and Stephen Curry, and the All-Star Recreation.
An Immersive Expertise from The Weeknd
The Apple Music Award-winning and seven-time diamond-certified artist The Weeknd returns to the highlight with an immersive expertise that may premiere completely on Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional later this yr.
Crimson Bull: Huge-Wave Browsing
Viewers will really feel the facility of the ocean like by no means earlier than as elite surfers try to experience the barrel of the heaviest wave on the planet off the distant coast of Teahupo’o, Tahiti. This piece is filming this summer season and might be out there later this yr.
Empowering Filmmakers with New Instruments for Apple Immersive Video
Apple and Blackmagic Design will empower skilled filmmakers to convey their inventive visions to life with a brand new manufacturing workflow for Apple Immersive Video, together with a brand-new Blackmagic digicam — URSA Cine Immersive — and up to date variations of DaVinci Resolve Studio and Apple Compressor. This complete toolkit, which might be out there later this yr, will assist make much more immersive movies and sequence out there to Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional customers around the globe.
Extra sequence, movies, concert events, and sports activities captured in Apple Immersive Video might be launched this yr.
Availability
- Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional is out there in Australia, Canada, China mainland, Hong Kong, France, Germany, Japan, Singapore, the U.Ok., and the U.S.
- Customers in these international locations and areas can take pleasure in a preview of Apple Immersive Video and study extra in regards to the magic of Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional by reserving a free, 30-minute demo at their native Apple Retailer.
- These Apple Immersive Video items can be found at no extra price from the Apple TV app in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, France, Germany, Japan, Singapore, the U.Ok., and the U.S. Customers in China can entry Apple Immersive Video from the Migu Video and Tencent Video apps.
- New Apple Immersive Video items debut in U.S. English with subtitles in extra languages. Title availability varies by nation or area.
Press Contacts
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Apple
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Apple
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