{"id":33086,"date":"2014-02-02T22:06:37","date_gmt":"2014-02-02T22:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/emergentfutures-oculus-is-awesome-for-games\/"},"modified":"2018-12-06T13:01:14","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T20:01:14","slug":"emergentfutures-oculus-is-awesome-for-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/emergentfutures-oculus-is-awesome-for-games\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-33086 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/emergentfutures-oculus-is-awesome-for-games\/attachment\/33087\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_n08r3gBuJ81qz5ttno1_1280-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/emergentfutures.tumblr.com\/post\/75391466597\/oculus-is-awesome-for-games-but-its-the-future\">emergentfutures<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h1><strong>Oculus Is Awesome for Games, But It\u2019s the Future of Movies<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&ldquo;I never thought I\u2019d ever say this, but I\u2019m onstage with Beck. He\u2019s wearing his usual hat-and-blazer combo, and covering one of my favorite David Bowie songs. Out past the crowd is a full choir \u2014 a few faces I recognize because they played with Beck during last year\u2019s\u00a0Station to Station rolling art extravaganza \u2014 and a massive musical ensemble. People are cheering and taking photos. It\u2019s incredible. Then I look down. Instead of seeing knees or feet, I see Beck\u2019s Chelsea boots.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s when my brain reminds me I\u2019m not actually on stage.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, I\u2019m sitting in a chair at the Sundance Film Festival\u2019s New Frontier installation, wearing an Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. I\u2019m watching\u00a0 a retooled version of the\u00a0360-degree interactive video\u00a0of Beck\u2019s live performance of \u201cSound and Vision\u201d that he and Chris Milk\u00a0made for Lincoln last year. My I\u2019m-a-rockstar dream is shattered, but it\u2019s possible that this might actually be\u00a0<em>cooler<\/em>\u00a0than performing with a folk hero \u2014 I get to have all the fun of performing without worrying about singing off-key or being incapacitated by stage fright.<\/p>\n<p>Full Story: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/underwire\/2014\/01\/oculus-movies\/?cid=co17696344\">Wired<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>reprise<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>emergentfutures: Oculus Is Awesome for Games, But It\u2019s the Future of Movies &ldquo;I never thought I\u2019d ever say this, but I\u2019m onstage with Beck. He\u2019s wearing his usual hat-and-blazer combo, and covering one of my favorite David Bowie songs. 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